Recently, ADMIN Partners hosted a webinar for financial advisors that focused on the underserved 403(b) markets. During this conversation, we touched on the topic of 501(c)(3) non-profits and how beneficial a 403(b) retirement plan can be to their organization. It’s unfortunate how often the non-profit marketplace is overlooked when it comes to retirement planning. Whether it be a lack of education on how to properly service the plan or ...
RETIREMENT PLANS
AN INSIDE LOOK AT ERISA
In the past 10+ years, ADMIN Partners has worked with hundreds of retirement plans. With this experience in hand, we have been able to help navigate Plan Sponsors around the rules and requirements that come with ERISA. To this day, we continue to receive questions from Sponsors and Advisors regarding what subjects a 403(b) Plan to ERISA and the responsibilities that come with this label. In order to create a better understanding of ERISA, here is ...
WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL!
It’s that time again! Back to school time which means school staff and students are getting back into the swing of things. Here at ADMIN, we understand how busy this time of year can be for the school’s administration team. With this in mind, we are sending out a reminder that we are here to help! The beginning of a new school year brings a lot of responsibility for school administrators; one being updates to (or the implementation of) the ...
ADMIN’S FOCUS: SAVING PLAN SPONSORS TIME PT2
One of the things that makes ADMIN Partners unique as a TPA is that we work with a specific selection of clients. Being in the tax-exempt and government markets, we are working with a number of organizations that have a strong focus/mission. From public schools to non-profits, our clients are concentrated on helping others. This means they often have little time (and sometimes limited budgets) to source an employee just for administration ...
ADMIN’S FOCUS: SAVING PLAN SPONSORS TIME
One of the things that makes ADMIN Partners unique as a TPA is that we work with a specific selection of clients. Being in the tax-exempt and government markets, we are working with a number of organizations that have a strong focus/mission. From public schools to non-profits, our clients are concentrated on helping others. This means they often have little time (and sometimes limited budgets) to source an employee just for administration of ...
DATES ADDED TO ADMIN’S WEBINAR SERIES!
After the success of our webinar series: Servicing The Underserved, ADMIN has decided to add two additional dates. This allows busy financial advisors to join in on the conversation surrounding complex retirement plans. With over a decade in the industry, ADMIN Partners has seen it all. From failed IRS Audits to Plans operating out of compliance, ADMIN Partners has experienced the good, the bad, and the ugly. With this knowledge in hand, we ...
HOW UNIVERSAL AVAILABILITY REALLY IMPACTS RETIREMENT PLANS
ADMIN Partners has talked a lot about Universal Availability (UA) and Meaningful Notice here on the blog. We have shared what UA is and how employers can ensure they meet the requirements for their retirement plan. With that in mind, we want to steer the conversation surrounding UA and expand on why it is so important. We also want to share some insight on what can happen when Plans fail to provide their employees with Meaningful Notice. Let’s ...
A DYNAMIC DUO: TPA’S + FINANCIAL ADVISORS
When it comes to retirement planning, Financial Advisors and TPA firms have spent years working against each other. This was the result of Third Part Companies venturing into the world of investments leaving Advisors to feel like they had a new army of competition. While it’s true that some TPA’s have joined the ranks of selling investments to employer-sponsored retirement plans, other TPA’s, such as ADMIN Partners, have decided to take a ...
2019 HARDSHIP REGULATION UPDATES
Effective January this year (2019) the regulations surrounding hardship withdrawals from retirement plans changed. These updates impact the participants of the Plans allowing the withdrawal option, as well as the Plan Sponsors maintaining contributions for their Plans. While these updates were widely published by the IRS, we wanted to breakdown the information for our clients to ensure they are up to speed. The causality loss provision (a ...
ADMIN’S (FREE) PLAN CONSULTATION SERVICE
We have talked before on importance of using a full-service TPA. While the term ‘full-service’ can mean different things to different TPA firms, to ADMIN it means providing a range of services that meet the needs of an organization with transparency around costs. One aspect of our services that you don’t see commonly discussed is ADMIN’s free plan consultation. ADMIN Partners does business with the understanding that not every TPA is a good ...
THE 2019 SPRING VASBO/SASBO CONFERENCE
ADMIN’s National Sales Manager, Greg Verna, recently traveled to Virginia to attend the 2019 Spring VASBO/SASBO Conference. During his time there, Greg was able to catch up with many of the school districts who currently use AMDIN Partners for their TPA services. He also took some time to interact with school officials who, while they are not currently clients, can utilize ADMIN’s services to help them with their retirement plan administration ...
PLAN SPONSOR RESPONSIBILITY – PART TWO
Over the years, our Sales Team has received a number of questions from potential clients. However, one of the most common questions they have received is ‘why use a TPA?’ This question comes from prospects of all sizes and designs, but it is especially received by smaller organizations who want a 403(b), but have a concern when it comes to costs. To respond, we often counter these prospects with a question of our own: ‘What level of ...
