Do you know your options with your University retirement benefits? We have an open system of allowing University employees to choose their investment provider and then decide which investment advisor they want to manage their assets.
*This allows you to separate the product from the advice so that you can pair the best of both worlds and/or only select the services that you require.*
We have made strong relationships with many financial companies so we may represent your interests in a stronger and more profound way. At the Ohio universities, we generally manage our client accounts through the deep discount custodians available at your institution (for ARP, 403b, & 457b accounts) so we can help you choose the best investment platform for your needs and then pair it with non-biased, credentialed, and fiduciary-based advice.
One of the largest employer-sponsored retirement plan providers in the United States, Fidelity offers a platform with the widest range of investment options available to University employees for a reasonable cost (if we use index funds then it is the lowest cost available).
As the largest employer-sponsored retirement plan providers to Universities in the United States, TIAA CREF offers a platform with the lowest cost annuity options available to University employees. TIAA CREF’s platform is also an annuity option that has the ability to be converted into lifetime income payments at retirement.
Since many of our clients are University employees, we have an intricate understanding of your benefits, OPERS, and STRS. Given these specialty planning considerations, changes to the pension systems, and the ever-changing financial planning environment, we are in an ideal position to help our University employees.
We are one of the only Fiduciary standards available on campus. We always represent our clients’ interests ahead of our own and we are one of the only financial firms managing ARP, 403b, and 457b accounts at Ohio Universities to state this plainly and openly. Learn about how we are a fiduciary firm and why that’s important for you.
Don’t see your institution? Schedule an appointment with us and we will happily work with you to get where you need to be.
