Retirement Plan Advisory

MFA’s Retirement Plan Advisory Practice serves the needs of retirement plan sponsors and their employees specifically by acting as a 3(38) investment manager. By serving you in this capacity, we take responsibility for investment decisions, help you streamline operational efficiencies and ease the administrative burden associated with managing your plan.

By engaging MFA as your 3(38) investment manager, our team of experienced professionals takes ownership of investment decisions and applies a thoughtful and active approach to the creation of a line-up that helps benefit your plan participants. We carefully select and continually monitor a unique and focused set of investments that have undergone rigorous vetting, including a thoughtful and proactive due diligence, vetting and oversight process.

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3(38) Investment Management Services

Serving as a 3(38) investment manager, MFA applies a thoughtful and active approach to the creation of an investment line-up that is designed to help generate wealth for your plan participants.

Guiding You

We offer ongoing advice and guidance to help you successfully navigate the complexities of plan design and ensure you understand the full scope of your fiduciary responsibilities.

Our experienced team helps you streamline operational efficiencies and ease the administrative burden associated with managing your plan.

As a 3(38) investment manager, we assume responsibility for investment decisions.

Benefit:

Plan sponsor has an experienced and accountable team helping to manage the plan and mitigate their fiduciary risk.

Guiding Your Plan

We initiate a candid discovery process focused on understanding the current state of your plan along with your organization’s short and long-term goals.

We take ownership over investment decisions and seek to provide a unique and thoughtful line-up that focuses on delivering solid risk-adjusted returns.

We apply ongoing oversight, benchmarking and advanced data analytics to continually optimize your plan.

Benefit:

Plan sponsor has a team of expert advisors continuously monitoring the plan’s performance.

Guiding Your Participants

We help your plan participants understand and guide them in taking full advantage of the benefits afforded to them.

We work closely with you and your recordkeeper to construct a customized education strategy and curriculum model for plan participants.

We provide you with systematic feedback throughout the year in an effort to increase participation, improve the employee experience and drive participants’ retirement readiness.

Benefit:

Plan sponsor has an experienced partner on its team helping employees prepare for retirement.

Jeff Arsenault

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Amanda Bradley

Amanda provides support for MFA’s Wealth Management Practice, through which she communicates and collaborates with the Firm’s high-net-worth customers to support their ongoing needs and…

Melissa Santas Peterson

As a leader in the Wealth Management Practice, Melissa works with MFA’s customers to secure their financial futures through thoughtful planning and disciplined investing. Her…

Timothy Hole

As a Partner and Director of Financial Planning for MFA’s Wealth Management Practice, Tim effectively collaborates with customers by providing custom-tailored solutions to meet their…

Stacie McDermott

Stacie leads MFA’s Employee Benefit Plan Practice, which is comprised of a dedicated team of employee benefit plan specialists. Stacie and her team are one…

McKenzie Roane Obdens

McKenzie is a member of MFA’s Employee Benefit Plan Practice and spends her days auditing retirement plans. She uses her up-to-date knowledge of government-imposed rules…

Martha Miller

With years of experience, Martha provides expert operational and administrative support across The MFA Companies. Her efficiency and attention to detail, coupled with her warm…

David DuBrava

David leads MFA’s Retirement Plan Advisory Practice, which supports Plan sponsors in developing best-in-class retirement programs that are strategically aligned with their organization’s objectives. Specifically,…

Jeremy Robert

As a Partner and Director of Portfolio Management & Due Diligence for MFA’s Wealth Management Practice, Jeremy monitors and maintains customer portfolios as well as…

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Whitepaper: Understanding 3(38) Investment Management

When it comes to your company’s Retirement Plan, you aren’t expected to manage it all on your own. In fact, there are many benefits to working with a 3(38) Investment Manager (who takes on your fiduciary risk) versus a 3(21) Investment Advisor (who acts as a co-fiduciary).

Learn more about the differences between 3(21) and 3(38) advisors and determine which one works best for your organization.

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