| Please fill out this form only if you have an existing Plan. |
| About The Company |
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Name:
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Address:
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Name of Person Interviewed:
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Title:
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Who is the ultimate decision makers?
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Type of Business:
Corporation Subchapter-S Corporation Partnership Governmental
Non-Profit Other If Other,please specify: |
| Years in Business: |
| Number of Employees: |
| Are any employees leased? Yes No |
| Are any employees union members? Yes no |
| Name of Attorney: |
| Name of Accountant: |
| About The Plan |
| What type of plan is it? |
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Profit Sharing Money Purchase Define Benefit
Target Benefit SEP 401(k) Other
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| What is the total value of the plan's assets? |
| As at: |
| What amount is there in: |
| Cash Equivalents: |
| Equities: |
| Company Stock: |
| GICs: |
| Other: |
| Are you, as employer, statisfied with the amount you and your key employees can put into the plan? Yes No |
| How many employees are eligible? |
| How many are participating? |
| What amount is contributed to the plan each year? |
| From the employee contributions: |
| From employer matching contributions: |
| From employer profit-sharing contributions: |
| Total contributed: |
| What is the vesting schedule on employer contributions? |
| Profit-sharing: |
| Match money: |
| What is the ADP%: |
| About The Plan's Performance |
| Who currently manages the assets in your plan? |
| How do you feel about your plan's performance? |
| Above expectations |
| Below expectations |
| As expected |
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Additional comments on plan performance:
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| What level of performance do you expect? |
| Is your portfolio monitored? Yes No |
| Do you receive regular updates? Yes No |
| How often? |
| About Investing |
| Who controls the investment (employer or plan participant) of: |
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If there are investments that are not liquid (e.g., GICs), what are they?
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| Are there any surrender charges? Yes No |
| Do you invest in any of the following types of funds? |
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Are you satisfied with the number and catagories of investment choices?
Yes No |
| If No, why? |
| Too few choices |
| Too many choices |
| Selection not broad enough (e.g., style, size, asdset class) |
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How are the assets allocated?
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| Do you know how your employees are investing? Yes No |
| Are you satisfied with the way participants are investing? Yes No |
| How often can participants transfer among funds? |
| In selecting funds, what do you consider most important? |
| A well-known brand name |
| The fund manager |
| A fund that minimizes fees |
| Do you feel investment knowledge of plan participants to be: |
| Elementary |
| Sophisticated |
| In between |
| About Administration |
How do you feel about the frequency of account valuation?
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| How frequently are plan participants' accounts valued? |
| Daily Monthly Quarterly Other |
| If Other, please specify: |
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Who provides the plan's recordkeeping?
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| Are you satisfied with your current plan administration? Yes No |
| What type of feedback do you receive from your participants? |
| Positive |
| Negative |
| No feedback |
| How long does it take |
| For participants to receive their statements? |
| For investment changes to take place in the participants' accounts after the changes have been authorized? |
| How are participants' transactions, such as investment changes, initiated? For Instance... |
| Hard copy |
| IVR |
| Other (specify) |
| Are loans to be offered? Yes No |
| Would you continue to permit withdrawals for hardship? Yes No |
| Who administers loans? |
| What are the annual fees for: |
| Recordkeeping: |
| Trusteeship: |
| Compliance (e.g. form 5500): |
| Plan Document/SPD: |
| If more than one location, is data to be remitted on the same date? Yes No |
| What is the employee contribution frequency? |
| What date would work best for your conversion to a new plan provider? |
| About Communicationg With Participants |
| How do you feel about the current participant communication program? |
| Who looks after communications with participants? |
| Do you believe participants are satisfied? Yes No |
| Can you identify any obvious or recurring problems? Yes No |
| Do you feel your participants receive sufficient information to make sound investment decisions? Yes No |
| Describe your investment communications program |
| Frequency: |
| Quality: |
| How often do participants receive statements? |
| Monthly Quarterly Semi-annually Other (specify) |
| Can participants access account information by Internet? Yes No |
| Do you want telephone access available to participants? Yes No |
| Do you want Internet access available to participants? Yes No |
| About Client Expectations |
| In general... |
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What are the strengths of your current provider?
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Where in your current plan do you see the most opportunity for improvement?
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| Your Email Address: |
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