401(k) and Retirement Plan Consulting

Mesirow Financial Investment Advisory represents qualified retirement plans ranging from start ups with a few employees to large corporations with thousands of participants. Our retirement plan consulting specialists guide plan sponsors through the intricacies of establishing programs that reward participants, adhere to corporate cost constraints and most importantly, comply with fiduciary standards.

Sharing Your Fiduciary Duty
Plan sponsors carry a heavy burden of accountability for the investment options offered to participants. We share the fiduciary responsibility for the recommendations we make to your plan. Using our expertise in plan design and investment selection, we build a sound retirement program that offers participants security, diversification and potential for growth.

Helping You Answer Critical Questions about Your Plan
We perform extensive due diligence to answer key questions about your plan, including:

• Are you offering a valuable and valued retirement plan for your participants?
• What fees are you paying and are they competitive?
• Are you plan's investments appropriate for your participants, and is their performance in line with expectations?
• Are you protecting yourself as a plan sponsor and fiduciary?
• Are your employees saving enough and how can you increase participation?

Any opinions expressed are subject to change without notice. Mesirow Financial Investment Management, Inc. and its affiliated companies and/or individuals may, from time to time, own, have long or short positions in, or options on, or act as a market maker in, any securities discussed herein and may also perform financial advisory or investment banking services for those companies. Mesirow Financial does not offer tax advice. Advisory Fees are described in Mesirow Financial Investment Management Inc.'s Part II of the Form ADV. Advisory services offered by Mesirow Financial Investment Management, Inc., an SEC-registered investment advisor. Securities offered through Mesirow Financial, Inc. member NYSE, SIPC.

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