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2023 Best Financial Advisory Firms
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Award based on independent survey carried out by USA TODAY and Statista. Firms need to be nominated by a participant in the survey. No prior registration is required, and no costs are involved for the nomination. The recommendations for each firm are summarized and evaluated anonymously. 
In addition to the survey results, additional metrics (e.g., data in relation to assets under management (AUM)) will be included in the final analysis.

● USA Today
2023 Best Financial Advisory Firms
usa today best financial advisory firms 2023 logo for wellspring financial

Award based on independent survey carried out by USA TODAY and Statista. Firms need to be nominated by a participant in the survey. No prior registration is required, and no costs are involved for the nomination. The recommendations for each firm are summarized and evaluated anonymously. 
In addition to the survey results, additional metrics (e.g., data in relation to assets under management (AUM)) will be included in the final analysis.

Questions For
Your Retirement
Plan Advisor

Questions For Your Retirement Plan Advisor

We Make The Complex Simple

If your retirement plan advisors can’t say yes to these seven questions, you could be doing better.
We all know that satisfied and valued employees can help improve your company’s profits. As a wise employer, you know that a retirement plan significantly benefits attracting and retaining a solid and enthusiastic workforce. Companies typically use their in-house resources or partner with an investment advisor. But how good is your plan advisor?

Asking the questions below can help you determine whether you’re working with the best financial advisor for your needs:

1. Is Your Retirement Plan Advisor A 3(38) Fiduciary?

Did you know that plan sponsors/trustees, whether the CEOs, CFOs, Presidents, and any other plan fiduciaries, have personal liability for the assets in their companies’ retirement plans? Wellspring Financial Partners, a unique Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) 3(38) Plan Investment Manager (fiduciary), can partner with your company to reduce your liability exposure and investment responsibility.

2. Do They Tailor Retirement Spending Reports For Every Employee?

Did you know that plan sponsors/trustees, whether the CEOs, CFOs, Presidents, and any other plan fiduciaries, have personal liability for the assets in their companies’ retirement plans? Wellspring Financial Partners, a unique Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) 3(38) Plan Investment Manager (fiduciary), can partner with your company to reduce your liability exposure and investment responsibility.

3. Do They Offer A Comprehensive Financial Plan For Every Employee?

Did you know that plan sponsors/trustees, whether the CEOs, CFOs, Presidents, and any other plan fiduciaries, have personal liability for the assets in their companies’ retirement plans? Wellspring Financial Partners, a unique Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) 3(38) Plan Investment Manager (fiduciary), can partner with your company to reduce your liability exposure and investment responsibility.

4. Do They Provide Special Education Sessions?

This should include not just education about their 401K plan but also education for your employees’ whole financial picture.

5. Do They Provide Documentation That Protects You, The Trustee?

Wellspring includes an exclusive third-party scorecard on plan investments that marks the best the industry can offer.

6. Do They Have Little To No Change In Their Investments Menu?

If your investments are performing well, there’s no need to alter them. Wellspring Financial Partners prides itself on minimizing investment menu changes because we don’t have to since our investments consistently and historically benchmark well.

7. Does Your Retirement Plan Advisor Provide A Fee Audit Report?

Does your advisor pledge to renegotiate provider pricing, so your plan always stays on the front end of fiduciary practice and stays competitive? At Wellspring, we work hard to help you minimize expenses and remain competitive.

Where Does Your Advisor Stand?

If your advisor answered no to any of these questions, let alone all of them, you could be doing better for yourself and your employees. Wellspring Financial Partners is proud to say we can respond YES to all seven questions! Remember, your legal responsibility is to do the best you can for your plan participants, including yourself.

We want you to join our team of successful clients and can prove why we stand out from the rest.

How We Make Retirement Plan Management Simple


Negotiating and managing fees to keep them reasonable and competitive when benchmarked against plans of similar size and demographics, which saves our plan sponsors valuable time researching and comparing fees



Providing quality investments and professional investment advice while keeping you informed, current, and compliant



Acting as a liaison between administrator and record-keeping to ease your administrative burden



Managing other service providers surrounding your plan



Acting as a comprehensive financial advisor for all plan participants and their families, helping them manage their financial futures

3(38) Plan Advisors

As your 3(38) Investment Manager, Wellspring Financial Partners helps reduce your liability when managing a 401(k) compared to a basic 3(21) advisor. Save time and money by letting the experts at Wellspring ensure your investments are sound and your plan performs.