For Employers

Your Strategic Advantage in an Ever-Changing Environment

Retirement Plan Consulting Services

How We Work With You

We are dedicated to:

Creating a reliable, seamless experience and improved outcomes for retirement plan sponsors and employees
Implementing process-driven strategies to help you limit your fiduciary liability
Acting as your guide to help you manage changes in the regulatory environment
Offering advice and education to improve the retirement readiness of your employees
Helping you manage your relationships with third parties

How We Are Different

Our objectives are aligned with your best interests and those of your employees.

An impartial viewpoint
Investment advice and selection free from proprietary product constraints
A fully transparent fee structure
Objective vendor and investment recommendations
We're committed to standards of investment fiduciary excellence

Seamless Integration

The Newton Financial Solutions Advantage

Our primary goal is to help you manage risks, ensure that your plan delivers optimum investment options and services, and improve employee retirement readiness.

NFS Advantage

Designing a Plan to Help Maximize Satisfaction

We focus on designing a plan that can streamline your administrative responsiblities, maximize plan provisions, and promote employee satisfaction.

Plan Design:

Employer contribution modeling and analysis

Review of plan eligibility and distribution provisions

Optimal use of “safe harbors,” such as 404(c) and default alternatives

Compliance with legislative and regulatory changes

Vendor Management and Due Diligence:

Ongoing fee benchmarking and analysis against other vendors and plans

Vendor search services, including:

Gathering responses, data, and pricing from several plan providers
Analyzing costs, services, and investment choices
Facilitating finalist meetings

Helping Your Employees Make Better Decisions

We provide advice and education to help your employees understand plan options, encourage participation, promote satisfaction, and feel confident about the decisions they are making toward their retirement readiness.

Employee education program tailored to your specific needs
Semiannual employee education meetings, including enrollment meetings and broad financial planning education
Individualized investment advice
Effective use of online tools and resources
Ongoing assessment to track progress and measure results

Recommended Resources

Regulatory Updates

Retirement Plan Perspectives

Retirement Readiness Is Rebounding From Record Lows

• 40% of workers are “not at all” or “not too” confident about having enough money for a comfortable retirement.
• 47% of workers report total savings and investments of less than $25,000.

Helping Maximize Your Fiduciary Protection

As risk management specialists, we share your fiduciary responsibilities. We stand by you to help mitigate the potential risks and liabilities of a changing retirement plan landscape.

• Serve as a named co-fiduciary to the plan.
• Formalize investment committee protocols.
• Conduct ongoing fiduciary reviews.
• Provide guidance on regulatory changes.