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Four Ways an Independent Recordkeeper Benefits Your Retirement Plan

October 4, 2022

As a business owner, you already appreciate the competitive value of offering a retirement benefit and, naturally, you want a plan that helps you and your employees take full advantage of the opportunity to save on a tax-advantaged basis. The good news is starting a new 401k plan is relatively easy. That doesn’t guarantee, though…

Four Ways an Independent Recordkeeper Benefits an Advisor

October 4, 2022

Your clients understand the competitive value of offering a retirement benefit and, naturally, they want a plan that helps them and their employees take full advantage of the opportunity to save on a tax‑advantaged basis. Today, starting a new 401k plan is relatively easy, but…

Plan Sponsor of the Year – Winners for 2020

April 8, 2021

Alliance Benefit Group (ABG) is pleased to announce the winners of its 2020 Plan Sponsor of the Year awards. awards. ABG created this program in 2017 with an emphasis on raising awareness of employers focusing on employee…

ABG – Expanding their footprint in the Great Plains/Midwest region of the country

September 14, 2020

Alliance Benefit Group (ABG) is expanding once again and this time it is in the middle of the continental US. Retirement Plan Consultants, located in Norfolk, Nebraska, is the newest retirement plan recordkeeping and consulting firm to join ABG….

Plan Sponsor of the Year – Winners for 2019

January 14, 2020

Alliance Benefit Group (ABG) is pleased to announce the winners of its 2019 Plan Sponsor of the Year awards. ABG created this program in 2017 with an emphasis on raising awareness of employers focusing on employee…

LDIntelligence Announces Agreement with Sentinel Benefits to Deploy iJoin

October 29, 2019

Sentinel Benefits chooses iJoin ENROLL and iJoin ACT to enhance their participant experience with goal-based enrollment and engagement capabilities…

intellicents Rolls out Robo Financial Plan

October 10, 2019

ALBERT LEA, Minnesota – As an integral part of its worksite financial wellness initiative,intellicents is rolling out its “life steps” ROBO financial plan…

LDIntelligence Announces National Agreement With Alliance Benefit Group To Distribute iJoin

June 3, 2019

LDIntelligence LLC (LDI) and Alliance Benefit Group, LLC (ABG) have reached an enterprise agreement for ABG member firms to deploy LDI’s iJoin enrollment, engagement, analytics, and managed account platform. ABG will leverage the iJoin product suite which includes iJoin ENROLL, a frictionless, all-digital enrollment process; iJoin MAP, an easy-to-use, goal-based, “manage it for me” solution to retirement investing; and iJoin ACT, which allows advisors to more easily analyze and report on success metrics, and engage participants across all plans in support of their individual retirement path…

An Advisor Friendly HSA Solution

April 4, 2019

MyHSA announced a strategic partnership and collaboration today debuting a truly unique, advisor distributed Health Savings Account (HSA) solution. HSA discussions have flooded the retirement plan marketplace over the past year, but very few providers have created a solution built specifically for advisors working with employers…

Plan Sponsor of the Year – Winners for 2018

December 19, 2018

Alliance Benefit Group (ABG) is pleased to announce the winners of its 2018 Plan Sponsor of the Year awards. ABG created this program in 2017 with an emphasis on raising awareness of employers focusing on…

Plan Sponsor of the Year Awards – Finalists for 2018

October 17, 2018

Alliance Benefit Group, LLC (ABG) is pleased to announce the finalists for the second annual 2018 Plan Sponsor of the Year awards . This program was created by ABG to raise client awareness. Highlighting “good” behavior illustrates how plan sponsors can make a real difference in participant savings outcomes…

Spectrum Pension Consultants, Inc., an Alliance Benefit Group (ABG) Member, Expands Hawaii Office

October 4, 2018

Spectrum Pension Consultants, Inc. (Spectrum), an independently owned licensee of Alliance Benefit Group (ABG), is pleased to announce the expansion of our Hawaii Office Team with the addition of Aaron Knecht and Brian Lamb…

Alliance Benefit Group expands its footprint in the sunshine state

July 18, 2018

Alliance Benefit Group, LLC (ABG), is growing again and this time in the Southeastern US. BlueStar Retirement Services, Inc., located in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, is the newest retirement plan recordkeeping and consulting firm…

Alliance Benefit Group offers quarterly advisor webinar series

June 11, 2018

Alliance Benefit Group, LLC (ABG), announced the launch of a new webinar series for financial advisors in the retirement plan industry. ABG, the nation’s largest independent recordkeeper…

ABG of Michigan Introduces fly!

June 28, 2018

ABG of Michigan (ABGMI) is excited to announce the launch of “fly!,” the easiest way for your employees to learn what they need to know about managing their personal finances…

Alliance Benefit Group aligns with Russell Investments’ ARA program

June 6, 2018

Alliance Benefit Group, LLC (ABG), has announced a strategic alliance between ABG and Russell Investments’ Adaptive Retirement Accounts (ARA) program…

Alliance Benefit Group growing again- this time in the Chesapeake region

June 4, 2018

Alliance Benefit Group, LLC (ABG), is expanding once again and this time it is in the Mid-Atlantic area…

FIS Donates $10K to Charity On Behalf of a TPA

April 12, 2018

Spectrum Pension Consultants received a 2018 FIS impact award earlier this week…

Warren Averett Announces 2018 New Members

February 6, 2018

Warren Averett, LLC is pleased to announce that six individuals have been promoted to Members of the Firm…

Alliance Benefit Group adds a new member firm

November 6, 2017

Alliance Benefit Group, LLC (ABG), is expanding its presence in the retirement plan industry. Jocelyn Pension Consulting, LLC, with offices in San Rafael, CA and Boulder, CO, is the latest retirement plan recordkeeping and consulting firm to become a licensee and join the ABG network…

ABG Proudly Announces the 2017 Plan Sponsor of the Year Awards

October 24, 2017

Alliance Benefit Group (ABG) is pleased to announce the winners of its 2017 Plan Sponsor of the Year awards. ABG created this program in an effort to raise awareness of the importance of employers focusing on employee retirement readiness and how they can make a real difference in participant outcomes…

Invest in Others Charitable Foundation awarded Sentinel Benefits the 2017 Corporate Philanthropy Award for Advisory Firms!

September 29, 2017

The Invest in Others Charitable Foundation awarded Sentinel Benefits the 2017 Corporate Philanthropy Award for Advisory Firms at their Invest in Others Awards Gala last night in New York City! In its 11th year, the awards program recognizes individuals and organizations for outstanding charitable initiatives and corporate philanthrophy…

Alliance Benefit Group Obtains Thirteen Territory Licenses for Advisor Access to the 401(k) Sales Champion Workshop

July 20, 2017

KnowHow 401(k) is pleased to announce that several Alliance Benefit Group offices have obtained thirteen territory licenses to offer Advisors access to the 401(k) Sales Champion Workshop. Alliance Benefit Group is the exclusive record keeping firm that can provide Advisor access in Los Angeles, Denver, Salt Lake City, Phoenix, Albuquerque, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Lansing, Chicago, Cedar Rapids, Madison, Milwaukee, and Green Bay territories. Advisors that are launching, growing and improving their 401(k) business in these areas now have an online video based 401(k) sales development resource offered to them by their local ABG office…

Alliance Benefit Group LLC and Payroll Integrations LLC Announce Partnership to Deliver a
Streamlined Payroll Integration Solution for Retirement Plan Sponsors

June 12, 2017

Alliance Benefit Group LLC and Payroll Integrations LLC have announced a strategic partnership to deliver payroll integration solutions to plan sponsors. Via the partnership, Payroll Integrations will deliver a technology solution that connects major payroll providers with Alliance Benefit Group member firms’ individual recordkeeping systems…

Alliance Benefit Group Obtains Thirteen Territory Licenses for Advisor Access to the 401(k) Sales Champion Workshop

July 20, 2017

KnowHow 401(k) is pleased to announce that several Alliance Benefit Group offices have obtained thirteen territory licenses to offer Advisors access to the 401(k) Sales Champion Workshop. Alliance Benefit Group is the exclusive record keeping firm that can provide Advisor access in Los Angeles, Denver, Salt Lake City, Phoenix, Albuquerque, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Lansing, Chicago, Cedar Rapids, Madison, Milwaukee, and Green Bay territories. Advisors that are launching, growing and improving their 401(k) business in these areas now have an online video based 401(k) sales development resource offered to them by their local ABG office…

Alliance Benefit Group LLC and Payroll Integrations LLC Announce Partnership to Deliver a
Streamlined Payroll Integration Solution for Retirement Plan Sponsors

June 12, 2017

Alliance Benefit Group LLC and Payroll Integrations LLC have announced a strategic partnership to deliver payroll integration solutions to plan sponsors. Via the partnership, Payroll Integrations will deliver a technology solution that connects major payroll providers with Alliance Benefit Group member firms’ individual recordkeeping systems…

Alliance Benefit Group Announces a New Blog Series Focusing on Best Practices

March 10, 2017

Peoria, IL — Alliance Benefit Group, LLC (ABG), was founded over 25 years ago. Since the beginning ofthe consortium, ABG has prided itself with one of its major tenets being the sharing of best practices among its member firms. Today ABG unveiled a new series of blog posts called “Best Practices in Retirement Services”…

Spectrum Pension Consultants, Inc. an Alliance Benefit Group (ABG) member Acquires Total Benefit Services, Inc.

August 31, 2016

Tacoma, WA, August 31, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Spectrum Pension Consultants, Inc. (Spectrum), an independently owned licensee of Alliance Benefit Group (ABG), is pleased to announce an agreement to acquire the ERISA assets of Total Benefit Services, Inc. (TBS)…

GRP Advisor Alliance Announces Strategic Partnership with Alliance Benefit Group

August 18, 2016

GRP Advisor Alliance (www.grpaa.com), an elite group of retirement plan firms focused on empowering advisors, today announced a strategic partnership with Alliance Benefit Group (https://www.abgnational.com), a national network of independently owned advisory and consulting firms and one of the…

Fringe Benefit Group Selects Pentegra Trust Company as Trustee

August 03, 2016

Pentegra Retirement Services announced today that Fringe Benefit Group, an industry leader in the design, implementation and administration of benefit plans for hourly workers, has selected Pentegra Trust Company (“Pentegra Trust”) as the trustee for…

REDW Promotes Dennis Davis to Principal

July 01, 2016

REDW LLC, one of the Southwest’s 10 largest certified public accounting and business consulting firms, is pleased to announce the promotion of Dennis Davis, SPHR, CEBS, QKA, QPA, CPC to Principal in its Albuquerque office effective July 1, 2016…

ABG Board of Managers Announcement

June 15, 2016

Alliance Benefit Group (ABG) is one of the nation’s largest retirement plan providers, focused on providing an array of services for mainly small and mid-sized companies across the USA. With clients located in all 50 states, there are now 17 member firms in the ABG family…

Spectrum Pension Consultants, Inc. an Alliance Benefit Group (ABG) member Acquires Plan Sponsor Services, L.L.C

June 15, 2016

Spectrum Pension Consultants, Inc. (Spectrum), independently owned licensee of Alliance Benefit Group (ABG), is pleased to announce an agreement to of Plan Sponsor Services, L.L.C. (PSS)…