Commonwealth Monetary Community, a Waltham, Mass.-based impartial dealer/vendor with greater than $296 billion in belongings, has partnered with Vestwell to launch a brand new pooled employer plan. This expands Commonwealth’s present partnership with Vestwell and makes the brand new Gateway 401(ok) Plan out there via the IBD’s greater than 2,000 advisors.
A pooled employer plan (PEP) is a 401(ok) plan that permits a number of employers to share a single plan, with one supplier managing the administration.
Vestwell presently supplies recordkeeping and third-party administrator companies for enterprise shoppers of Commonwealth advisors. Underneath this deal, Vestwell will deal with recordkeeping, payroll processing and administration for the Gateway 401(ok) Plan. FuturePlan, a subsidiary of Ascensus, will present the compliance, testing and plan design. Commonwealth will function the three(38) fiduciary of the plan and supply funding administration.
“We’re seeing elevated demand from our affiliated advisors and their shoppers for retirement plan options with streamlined processes that scale back administrative burdens to make office retirement saving options extra accessible,” stated Mat Powers, vice chairman of Strategic Retirement Options at Commonwealth. “Vestwell’s superior know-how ensures our advisors can evolve, scale and increase their practices whereas delivering optimum options to shoppers.”
Based in 2016, Vestwell is led by CEO Aaron Schumm (considered one of WealthManagement.com’s “10 To Watch” in 2017). Final December, the record-keeper-as-a-service and employer and particular person financial savings platform supplier raised $125 million in a Sequence D spherical. That adopted a Sequence C spherical of $70 million in July 2021.
