Corporate Investment Consulting

As a registered investment advisor, our role is to serve companies, committees, and employees by providing unbiased advice regarding the management of retirement plan assets, either in qualified plans or deferred compensation arrangements. We provide advice and direction on compliance, investments, action items, plan design and administration. Investment advice is generated by an Investment Committee, whose members monitor and review the markets, regulatory issues, and legal issues, implement plan design, and perform fund due diligence.

Our primary focus is to:

• Protect the client and plan trustees from fiduciary liability by implementing documentation and review processes that meet ERISA requirements
• Provide an investment program that performs to the client's expectations, incorporating comprehensive fund research and an individualized approach to plan structure and investment menu development
• Ensure timely access for the client to appropriate information for monitoring all aspects of plan operation and investment performance

NWCM embraces the legal requirement that an investment advisor be a fiduciary to its client. As a fiduciary, we have significant obligations that require us to act without conflict of interest and with full independence. Complete and full disclosure of all fees is mandatory. NWCM accepts no soft dollars, commissions, or revenue sharing from money managers or other service vendors. Our only source of revenue is that which the client pays us, either directly or as a fully-disclosed charge against assets within the portfolio. NWCM does implement programs to recapture available revenue-sharing payments but receipt of all such revenue is only for the direct benefit of the plan and its participants.