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RETIREMENT PLANS


Alesco works with both defined benefit and defined contribution plans.


Defined Benefit Retirement Plans:

For defined benefit plans, we apply our institutional investing (OCIO) model to assist clients looking to improve the funding status of their plan and meet the future liabilities due to participants.

  • Customized investment solutions
  • Investment policy consulting and maintenance
  • Asset allocation modeling
  • Discretionary portfolio management
  • Asset class investment management, including portfolio rebalancing and strategic & tactical portfolio adjustments
  • Due diligence and analysis of investment managers, including:
    • Cost
    • Tracking error
    • Indexing methodology
  • Timely and comprehensive portfolio performance analytics, benchmarking, and reporting
  • Collaborative relationship with your Pension Committee
  • Education: macro-economic and investment issues

Defined Contribution Retirement Plans:

For our 401(k) and 403(b) defined contribution retirement plans, we work with sponsors to provide participants with exceptional investment options. Since asset allocation determines the vast majority of variation in a portfolio’s long-term returns, we work with plan sponsors to ensure their retirement fund lineup has the appropriate investment options for participants to select and manage their individual asset allocations – giving them the best opportunity for retirement success.

Our approach to selecting investment options for retirement plans emphasizes index-centric or passively invested funds. This allows plan sponsors to effectively fulfill their fiduciary obligation while helping their participants minimize exposure to common investment fund mistakes such as manager risk, style drift, and high expense ratios. We implement an easy to understand retirement plan design with three levels of investment fund groups that allow participants to build a diversified and cost-effective portfolio, regardless of their investment knowledge and expertise.

As an independent, fee-only service provider with no proprietary funds to offer, Alesco is uniquely positioned to offer advice that is truly in the participant’s best interest.

  • 3(38) or 3(21) Fiduciary protection
  • Fiduciary compliance:
    • Investment policy consulting and maintenance
    • Retirement plan committee charter
    • Fiduciary checklist
  • Plan design consulting
  • Total plan expense audit and benchmarking
  • Quarterly plan reviews with retirement plan committee:
    • Fund performance evaluation vs. benchmarks and peer groups
    • Fund expense analysis
  • Education
    • Retirement plan committee
    • Participants
      • Enrollment meetings
      • Group education sessions
      • One-on-one planning
      • Benefit fairs