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NAPAFIRMPARTNERS Chicago, IL • morningstar.com/ business/brands/retirement
Philadelphia, PA • pcsretirement.com
Morningstar Investment Management, LLC
PCS Retirement, LLC
Key Contact(s)
Key Contact(s)
Matt Rafferty 312.696.6829 • matt.rafferty@morningstar.com David Holmes 312.785.1961 • david.holmes@morningstar.com
Matt Drummond 267.780.3344 • matthew.drummond@pcsretirement.com Pete Kirtland 813.766.4273 • pete.kirtland@pcsretirement.com Reno Regalbuto 267.675.6714 • reno.regalbuto@pcsretirement.com
Firm Profile In Business Since: 1999 Morningstar Investment Management LLC is a subsidiary of Morningstar, Inc. and a registered investment adviser. The mission of our parent company, Morningstar, Inc., is to empower investor success and our advocacy for the individual investor extends to the workplace retirement market as well. Our products and services are designed to help individuals reach their retirement goals and enable industry players to differentiate their services, stay competitive, and reach new markets. Together, we are building a better retirement system and making retirement a reality.
Product / Service Category Asset Allocation, Advice/Guidance, Consulting/Plan Design, Software, Other
Product / Service Description Morningstar Investment Management combines its investment expertise with Morningstar Inc.’s data, research, and technology to design innovative services for the retirement market. We provide some of the industry’s leading off-the-shelf offerings and can collaborate with our clients to design new products from the ground up using our unique data integrations, distribution networks, investment expertise, and methodologies. As of 6/30/2023, 28 million participants have access to our services. Our core products include managed accounts, fiduciary services, and targetdate models – with approximately 90 plan providers, RIAs, and brokerdealers using our services. As an extension of our core offerings, we also provide a suite of services for the retirement plan advisor and asset manager markets. Advisor managed accounts is designed to integrate with a range of recordkeepers—where RIAs can incorporate their asset allocation and fundselection capabilities into our managed accounts program. Morningstar® Plan AdvantageSM is an online platform designed to help financial professionals onboard new plans, obtain plan provider pricing, and offer investment lineups with our integrated 3(21) or 3(38) fiduciary service. Both advisor managed accounts and Morningstar Plan Advantage include data connectivity with plan providers to help ensure a seamless experience for advisors, their firms, and plan participants. Our personal target-date fund services leverage Morningstar Investment Management’s extensive network of recordkeepers, as well as its scalable technology platform, to help bring the power of personalization to asset managers by helping them build and power a more individualized target-date fund allocation for retirement plan participants.
Firm Profile In Business Since: 2001 PCS Retirement is among the nation’s largest independent and conflictfree retirement solution providers in the industry. PCS Retirement offers Recordkeeping services to over 32,000 plans and 850,000 eligible participants representing $28+ billion in retirement assets. PCS allows mutual fund companies, investment managers and other financial institutions to offer leading white label and branded retirement solutions for the complete spectrum of retirement plans and accounts.
Product / Service Category Asset Allocation, Administrative Services, Trustee/Custody, Consulting/Plan Design, Participant Communications, Software, Other
Product / Service Description The Advisor Lab is an advisor’s single source for the complete retirement plan client lifecycle—from acquisition to conversion to retention. Some of the features of the Advisor Lab include: Geo-location functionality to make the search for retirement opportunities intuitive and interactive; analytics and insights that give advisors an edge throughout the acquisition process; the ability to maintain investment models, lineups, and fee schedules through the Investment Management Center; and proposals and reporting that put your brand in the forefront.
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