Commonwealth Brings Pooled Employer Plan to Advisors


Commonwealth Monetary Community, a Waltham, Mass.-based impartial dealer/seller with greater than $296 billion in property, 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 accessible by way of the IBD’s greater than 2,000 advisors.  

A pooled employer plan (PEP) is a 401(ok) plan that enables a number of employers to share a single plan, with one supplier managing the administration.

Vestwell at present supplies recordkeeping and third-party administrator providers for enterprise shoppers of Commonwealth advisors. Below 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 cut back administrative burdens to make office retirement saving options extra accessible,” mentioned Mat Powers, vp of Strategic Retirement Options at Commonwealth. “Vestwell’s superior know-how ensures our advisors can evolve, scale and develop their practices whereas delivering optimum options to shoppers.”

Based in 2016, Vestwell is led by CEO Aaron Schumm (one in every 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 Collection D spherical. That adopted a Collection C spherical of $70 million in July 2021.

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