401(k) Plan Consulting

Holland Investment Management, Inc. (HIM) has been a Group Retirement Plan expert for over 19 years having served numerous corporate plan sponsors and thousands of plan participants. HIM serves as the consultant on plans ranging from a Local Law Firm with 15 participants to a Nationwide Restaurant Chain with over 750 participants across the country.

While all 401(k) plan sponsors need expert advice, only the largest corporations in America can afford a full-time 401(k) consultant on the staff of their HR Department.  When you hire HIM as your 401(k) Plan Consultant, you will have access to an expert consultant who will look out for your interests first.  HIM will lead and oversee the entire process, from beginning to end, by working with your 401(k) Plan committee on your behalf in the following main areas:

  I.  Analysis of Overall Plan and Plan Design Recommendations
 II.  Plan Administration and Recommendations
III.  Monitoring of Plan Expenses and Recommendations 
IV.  Monitoring of Fiduciary Risk and Recommendations
 V.  Participant Education and Recommendations

As your plan's consultant, we will function as an extension of your HR Department committed to helping you with your 401(k) by:

1. Assisting with the establishment of employer sponsored participant directed plans.
   
   
2. Assisting with the establishment of an Investment Policy Statement.
   
   
3. Assisting with plan design to help you achieve your goal of creating a successful plan.  One that will help you attract and retain employees, assist your participants to reach their retirement savings goals, and meet other
   corporate goals of your own choosing.
   
   
4. Providing on-going monitoring of all service providers to ensure not only that your plan expenses are kept to a minimum, but that your plan gets the most value available in the marketplace consistent with the quality of plan you wish to provide for your plan participants. These include:
   
   

   a. The Plan Record-keeper
   b. The Third-Party Administrator (TPA)
   c. Independent Investment Managers offering 3(21) and 3(38) Services
   d. Investment Options / Fund Expenses
   e. Other Service providers
   
   

5. Reducing fiduciary risk to the Plan Sponsor (Corporation) as well as the trustees of the plan and members of the 401(k) Plan Committee. We monitor legal, legislative, regulatory trends and developments for you.
   
   
6. Providing on-going monitoring of the services provided by the following service providers and recommendations for replacements of:
   
   

   a. The Plan Record-keeper
   b. The Third-Party Administrator (TPA)
   c. Independent Investment Managers offering 3(21) and 3(38) Services
   d. Investment Options / Fund Expenses
   e. Other Service providers
   
   

7. Recommendation and on-going monitoring of the very best available independent 3(21) or 3(38) Investment Advisor which will screen, select and monitor investment choices for the plan.
   
   
8. Providing customized educational support for the plan participants that can be delivered to clients in the comfort of their home on their own schedule. Providing education on the plan, its fund choices and other tools to help participants navigate the increasingly complex financial and tax environment.
   
   
9. Organizing and leading all plan meetings and solving any and all problems associated with the plan.