BPAS Firm Update
and Conference Objectives
Barry Kublin
President, BPAS
Partner Conference 2014
Partner Conference 2014
BPAS Firm Update
and Conference Objectives
• Welcome, BPAS Partners Conference
• Thank You!
– YOU – for partnering with us to provide retirement plan services
to our mutual clients
– YOU – for joining us in a 3-day learning experience to improve
our businesses and the effectiveness of the services we provide
– YOU – for engaging in a critical discussion of our industry and
re-examining how we might partner to improve the retirement
income readiness of working households
– Guest speakers, for sharing your knowledge
– BPAS Marketing staff, for a first-class effort
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BPAS Firm Update
and Conference Objectives
• Conference Objectives
– Update on BPAS Firm Capabilities
– Strategies to compete in today’s 401k/403(b) marketplace
– Business opportunities beyond the traditional 401k/403(b)
marketplace
– Regulatory updates
– Contemporary Investment Management Issues
– Interactive sessions to discuss best practices among Partners
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BPAS Firm Profile
• BPAS was founded in 1973 (41 years old)
– If you knew of us, you might not know us today!
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9 offices (3 Upstate NY, NYC, NJ, Phil, Pitt, Houston, San Juan)
240 professionals
3,600 clients
350,000 participants
$16 billion assets under custody
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BPAS Firm Profile
• Advanced DC Plan
Administration
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ESOP, KSOP
401(k), 403(b), 457 municipal
457, 409A non-qualified
Taft-Hartley, Prevailing Wage
MEP, MET
1081 (Puerto Rico)
• Defined Benefit Plans
— Mid-market traditional and
cash balance
— Small-market cash balance
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BPAS Firm Profile
• VEBA/HRA
– Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association/ Health
Reimbursement Accounts
• Funded post-retirement medical benefits
• Taft-Hartley (IBEW, USWA)
• Public Sector (Northwest Firefighters Association)
• UAW VEBA is the largest direct holder of GM stock (8.8%)
– Health and Welfare Benefits
• Actuarial valuation of post-retirement benefits other than
pensions, ASC715, GASB45
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BPAS Firm Profile
• IRA
– EGTRRA Rollovers
• $5k cash-outs from DC AND DB plans
– Significant savings in DB related to admin and
PBGC expenses
• Orphan plan accounts (Dewey)
– Voluntary Rollovers
• Platform for Advisors for BPAS participant
clients
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BPAS Firm Profile
• MyPlanLoan Administration
– Non-payroll deduct loan
administration for terminated
participants or active participants
where payroll deduction is not
available
– Reduce leakage amongst
participants who avail themselves
of a 72p transaction that is offered
in a prudent manner
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BPAS Firm Profile
• Employee Benefit Trust Services
($16 billion)
– Collective Investment Funds
• Unitization of managed accounts
for use in multiple plans
• Transfer Agent, 3(38) status
• CIFs are available on all major
trading platforms
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BPAS Firm Profile
• BPAS Trust Company of Puerto Rico
– Directed trustee for PR 1081 plans
• Participant directed DC
• Keogh (smaller P/S and MP plans
• Mid-market DB plans
• Small cash balance plans
– Market Leadership
• PR CPA society (CEU, Master Trust)
• PBGC, Mendez
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BPAS Firm Profile
• BPAS Fiduciary Services
– 3(38) services to participant-direct DC plans sold and serviced
by registered representatives and directed trustees, neither
of whom provide a potentially desirable service for the plan
sponsor
– 3(38) services to cash-balance plans sold by
individuals/institutions that cannot provide discretionary
investment management services
– Under this model, BPAS Partners provide sales, relationship
management, participant education and plan consulting
services and receive 12(b)(1) or bp fee income
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BPAS Firm Update
Community
Bank
System, Inc.
BPAS
Community
Bank, NA
CBSI/CBNA ranked as 4th best bank amongst top 100 publics in U.S. by Forbes in 2014
CBNA, is a regional bank with $7.4 B in assets and 190 facilities in Upstate, NY and NE, PA
BPAS is an autonomous business unit and a material segment of CBSI, operating as a
national practice
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The BPAS Organization
BPAS (Inc.)
BPAs, LLC
Daily Val. Plans
IRA
VEBA/HRA
MPL
HB&T Co.
Hand Securities
(Broker Dealer)
BPAS Fiduciary
Services
CIF Admin
Daily Val.
Custody
HCG, LLC
Actuarial
Services
H&W Consulting
Non Daily Val
DC
BPAS Trust Co.
of PR
Directed
Trustee
for Puerto
Rico Plans
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Strategies to Compete
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Defining Value in a crowded DC Provider Space
Measuring plan level success
Marketing the message
Managing a profitable practice under 408(b)(2)
Reducing Plan Leakage
– Retaining assets in the Plan
• Increasing Plan Participation and Savings Rates
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Business Opportunities Beyond
401k/403(b)
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Cash Balance Plans
VEBA/HRA
Holistic Financial Planning
Capturing IRA Rollovers
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Regulatory Updates
• 408(b)(2) v2
• Expanded definition of fiduciary
• State initiatives, which potentially compete with private
sector offerings, intended to increase coverage
• Municipal bankruptcies and retirement benefits
• Act 40 Funds, CIFs and fiduciary liability
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Contemporary Investment
Management Issues
• Stable Value Offerings
• QDIA
– Target
– Risk-based
• Participant Education
• Retirement Income Products
– Guaranteed income products
– Longevity Risk products
– Installment payment arrangements
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Advocacy
• BPAS Appeal to Get Involved
• ASPPA
– American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries
• NAPA
– National Association of Pension Advisors
• http://savemy401k.com/
• PAC
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Conclusion and Beginning
• Thank you for attending
• We look forward to your feedback
and opportunities for program
improvement
• We look forward to the continued
success and growth of our
partnership
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Questions?
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Contact
Barry Kublin
President
BPAS
[email protected]
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