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1 Delbert McClinton Bout to get the Best of Me

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5 Professional Designations AIFA Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst AIFA Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst AIFA Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst AIF Accredited Investment Fiduciary AIFA Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst 5 5

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7 TRUSTED ADVISOR

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11 Who Would You Choose????

12 Car Loan House Loan Business Loan Lake House Loan

13 We do all that fiduciary stuff, We just don t sign on as a fiduciary. We use Fidelity just like they do. Fidelity would never let you do anything wrong.

14 Bout to get the Best of Me

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16 Conflict of Interest 16

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19 ALL ABOUT PROCESS DEFINABLE REPEATABLE DEFENDABLE

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21 1.40% 1.20% 1.00% 0.80% 0.60% 0.40% 0.20% Client Fees Decrease by 30% - 40% 0.00% Fee Basis Points Client Fees Decrease by 30% - 40%

22 Best Practices Create Best Results On Sale! ½ Off!

23 Bout to get the Best of Me

24 Now what?!?

25 Run around and panic.

26 4 musts

27 1 segmented service models

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29 Small Mid-size Plan Large Plan Super-size Under 3 million 3 million 10 million 11 million 50 million 51 million plus

30 2 a MINIMUM level of documentation

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32 All plans should have: Plan compliance file centralized Fiduciary responsibilities defined, understood, and accepted

33 Written business plan to manage the plan investments formalized Periodic investment monitoring conducted

34 Goals & objectives clearly defined Periodic review & benchmarking of service providers conducted

35 3 quarterly service schedule

36 Q1 Annual Plan Review Q4 Participant Communications QTLY Investment Due Diligence Q2 Fiduciary Formalization Q3 Provider Due Diligence

37 4 flexibility

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39 HOW?

40 1 ORGANIZE 2 FORMALIZE 4 MONITOR 3 IMPLEMENT

41 Initial Meeting to Gather Data Within 60 Days Plan Process is Formalized 1 ORGANIZE 2 FORMALIZE 4 MONITOR 3 IMPLEMENT Annual Timeline is Implemented and Monitored

42 Initial Meeting to Gather Data 1 ORGANIZE Identify the plan fiduciaries Understand goals and objectives of the plan Establish IPS criteria Collect plan documents for compliance file

43 Initial Meeting to Gather Data 1 ORGANIZE New Client Packet Fiduciary Worksheet Goals and Objectives Worksheet IPS Development Worksheet Document Checklist

44 Within 60 Days Plan Process is Formalized 2 FORMALIZE Investment policy developed Plan compliance file set-up Plan service timeline established Participant service timeline established

45 Within 60 Days Plan Process is Formalized 2 FORMALIZE Deliver to client: IPS for review/signature 12-month service timeline

46 Annual Timeline is Implemented 3 IMPLEMENT Investments monitored according to established timeline Oversight meetings conducted as appropriate Participant communications schedule implemented Fiduciary education initiatives executed

47 Annual Timeline is Monitored 4 MONITOR Annually revisit plan procedures and effectiveness Conduct benchmark study every three years Review participant readiness as appropriate

48 Annual Timeline is Implemented and Monitored 3 IMPLEMENT Q1 4 MONITOR Annual Plan Review Q4 Participant Communications QTLY Investment Due Diligence Q2 Fiduciary Formalization Q3 Provider Due Diligence

49 New Client Packet + Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Annual Plan Review Fiduciary Formalization Provider Due Diligence Participant Communications Quarterly Document Packs =

50 client management formula turn-key compliance, simplified

51 Leverage and relax.

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