VIEW OUR 3(16) FIDUCIARY SERVICES

DB&Z gives you the flexibility to create your own customized Fiduciary Services by selecting any one – or combination – of the three modules below.

MODULE 1

ADMINISTRATIVE

Plan document

  • Adopt and Maintain Plan Document
  • Adopt amendments to comply regulatory and discretionary changes
  • Interpret plan document

Nondiscrimination & Testing

  • Authorize corrective action, refunds and/or distributions for nondiscrimination testing and annual limit failures
  • Adopt amendments to correct nondiscrimination and coverage failures

Distribution, Loans & QDRO

  • Receive and authorize participant distribution and loan requests
  • Verify and authorize allowable amounts for distributions and loans x Authorize (payroll provider) to remove loan payments from payroll
  • Communicate with participants regarding distribution and loan issues, authorization and denials
  • Receive proposed QDRO submissions and determine validity
  • Advise parties of the receipt of proposed QDRO and provide copy of QDRO procedure
  • Approve segregation QDRO balance and authorize distribution to alternate payee

Reporting and Other

  • Sign government forms x Monitor and Review Fidelity Bond

MODULE 2
ENROLLMENT, PAYROLL AND OTHER RELATED FUNCTIONS

  • Determine eligibility
  • Provide enrollment materials: enrollment forms, beneficiary designation and elections
  • Receive, review and retain completed elections
  • Provide completed elections to fundholders, payroll service, and Plan sponsors
  • Review and ensure auto-enroll & autoincrease procedures
  • Confirm salary deferrals and loan payments are properly reflected on pay date payroll reports
  • Submit salary deferrals and loan payments
  • Ensure timely remittance of salary deferrals and loan payments

MODULE 3
DISCLOSURES

  • Provide participant statements directly to the participants
  • Provide quarterly/annual notices to participants, including safe harbor, QDIA, investment disclosures for ERISA 404(c), 404(a)(5)
  • Provide summary annual reports
  • Provide Summary Plan Description and Summary of Material Modifications to participants
  • Provide, if applicable, blackout notices, notice of diversification rights, 204(h) notices
  • Locate Missing Participants.

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