ANNUAL DUE DILIGENCE

A yearly review of every service provider on your plan.

Each year, every provider submits current documents and fee disclosures. We review services, fees and conflicts, and your committee decides to Retain, Monitor or Replace.

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THE PROBLEM

Providers change between contracts. Your committee has to notice.

Ownership, staff, systems and pricing shift over time. A yearly review turns monitoring from a good intention into a routine, and leaves a record that it happened.

WHAT PERSEPTIV DOES

Collect, evaluate, decide, follow up.

01

Collect

Current documents and disclosures from every provider.

02

Evaluate

Each provider reviewed across four areas, against benchmarks.

03

Decide

Your committee reviews the findings and decides for each provider.

04

Follow up

Open items tracked to resolution before the next cycle.

What we collect

  • Current agreements and any amendments
  • Fee and service disclosures, including ERISA §408(b)(2)
  • Form ADV Part 2A for registered investment advisers
  • SOC 1 and SOC 2 reports, where available
  • Audit findings, engagement team and independence from the plan auditor
  • Evidence of insurance coverage, where relevant
01

Service delivery

Service-level results, errors, response times and participant complaints.

02

Fees

The all-in cost, how it is paid, and how it compares with peer ranges.

03

Conflicts and changes

Ownership changes, staff turnover and new compensation arrangements.

04

Fit

Whether the provider still matches the plan's size, complexity and needs.

WHAT YOUR COMMITTEE RECEIVES

A clear outcome for every provider, on the record.

Findings for each provider, a decision recorded with the information it was based on, and follow-ups tracked to resolution.

Retain

Services and fees were found reasonable.

Monitor

Something needs follow-up, with an owner and a date.

Replace

The committee starts a search.

Annual service provider review
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Sample data
RETAIN
3
MONITOR
1
REPLACE
1
Recordkeeper · Service provider A
Service levels met; fees within peer range
Retain
Investment advisor · Service provider D
Reporting and meeting cadence on track
Retain
Plan auditor · Service provider E
Engagement team turnover this year
Monitor
Managed accounts · Service provider F
Fees above peer range; low utilization
Replace
Trustee · Service provider G
No issues identified
Retain
WHO DOES WHAT

Your committee decides. Perseptiv runs the process.

Your committee

Makes every decision
  • Reviews the findings at its meeting
  • Decides Retain, Monitor or Replace for each provider
  • Assigns owners to follow-ups

Perseptiv

Runs the process and keeps the record
  • Requests and collects documents from every provider
  • Reviews services, fees and conflicts against benchmarks
  • Prepares findings for the meeting
  • Records the decision and tracks follow-ups
EXAMPLES

When committees bring us in.

01

Evaluating your advisor

Because we're independent of your advisor, we can run that review with no stake in the outcome.

02

Setting up annual due diligence

Put a recurring review of every service provider on the calendar, and keep it there.

03

Benchmarking your plan's fees

See how your plan's fees compare with peer ranges, and document the committee's review.

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DUE DILIGENCE

What an annual service provider review should cover

A practical checklist for reviewing your advisor, recordkeeper, TPA and auditor each year, and what to put on the record.

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