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Sunlin Consulting can help you analyze your current system of corporate governance and, utilizing industry best practices, guide you through the steps necessary to creating a decision-making and reporting system that will:

  • Delineate roles and responsibilities
  • Generate relevant information for decision-making
  • Establish a structure for making sound decisions
  • Thoroughly document those decisions
  • Ensure accurate and timely implementation of decisions
  • Provide feedback opportunities to evaluate and monitor results

Key steps in creating and maintaining a system of retirement plan
governance include the following:

  • Establish administration and investment committees
  • Develop and implement formal policies and procedures for benefits, investments and administration
  • Review plan documents and other communications
  • Review plan administration and vendor performance
  • Review investment policy and investment manager oversight procedures
  • Perform periodic monitoring of investment performance and administration
  • Perform periodic review of all plan-related documents and communications to ensure that they are up to date with plan and policy changes, corporate objectives and regulatory requirements
  • Perform periodic review of plan expenses to determine cost-saving opportunities, proper allocation and proper document provisions
  • Prepare regular reports to Board of Directors and senior management concerning status of retirement plans

 

 

 
   
 

 
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Sunlin Consulting is a group of employee benefits specialists, with diverse and complementary skills, dedicated to helping companies navigate the constantly changing seas of retirement plan compliance guidelines. We work with: 3(21), 3(38), 401(k), 403(b), 404(a), 404(c), 404(a)5, 408(b)2, Employee Benefits, ERISA Compliance, Expense Monitoring, Fiduciary Liability Management, Investment Policy Statement, Investment Monitoring, Plan Compliance, Plan ERISA Compliance, Plan Expense Monitoring, Retirement Plan, and Retirement Plan Compliance. Partners include: Stuart Hack, Loong Kong, Murray McBride, and Stephanie Reagan.