Why an established industry is changing – the case for PEPs and MEPs

Join Us at The Capital Group Campus

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

11:00 am to 1:00 pm

Program Overview

• Comparing the administration and fiduciary responsibilities between individual plans and a PEP
• Why plan sponsors are joining PEPs
• Why are plan sponsor choosing to stay with individual plans instead of PEPs
• Items plan sponsors should consider in choosing a PEP
• The value to Advisors, RIAs, Broker Dealers, TPAs and PEOs

Panel

Pete Swisher, CFP®, CPC, QPA, TGPC

Managing Partner | Group Plan Systems, LLC

Pete Swisher, Managing Partner, is widely regarded as one of the top experts in the U.S. with respect to PEPs, MEPs, the ERISA Section 3(16) plan administrator role, and fiduciary duties in general. His balance of experience not only as a subject matter expert (SME) but also as a successful sales leader and brand builder makes possible a range of insights and capabilities that are difficult to imitate.

Pete is a founding member of the National Association of Plan Advisors (NAPA) and its Leadership Council. As the first Chair of NAPA’s government affairs committee, Pete testified for the ERISA Advisory Council and worked with the staffs of the DOL, IRS, SEC, and members of the U.S. Congress on fiduciary regulations, disclosures, open MEPs, the “bad apple” rule, conflicts of interest, and various legislative drafts. He is the author of several dozen articles in peer-reviewed publications and hundreds of other articles, white papers, and national conference presentations. He wrote 401(k) Fiduciary Governance: An Advisor’s Guide (3rd Edition, 2011), an early textbook for investment advisors pursuing the QPFC and CPFA credentials of the American Retirement Association. In addition to being a Managing Partner at GPS, Pete is the founder and President of the consulting firm Waypoint Fiduciary, LLC, a specialist in group retirement plans.

As an Echols Scholar at the University of Virginia Pete graduated with a degree in Linguistics and never lost his love of language. He did coursework in seven languages, remains literate at an intermediate level in French and Spanish, and plays a mean game of Scrabble. He served in the first Gulf War as the Executive Officer of a U.S. Marine infantry company and left the Marines as a Captain. He lives with his wife, Shannon, in the horse country of Central Kentucky and spends as much time as possible with his three grown children.

Chip Logan, AIF®, CFP®

AVP, Multiple Employer Solutions | Voya

Chip is an AVP of Strategic Solutions and Business Development for Voya’s Multiple Employer Solutions team, working with the Voya Financial emerging markets sales team, TPAs and Financial Professionals in the development and growth of Pooled Employer Plans and Employer Aggregated Platforms. He has been working in the financial services industry for 30 years in an array of roles including Head of Key Accounts for ING Life Group, National Sales Manager of Estate Planning and Trust for Wachovia Securities, and Executive Director of the Mountain Regional Consulting Center for UBS. In 2010, Chip transitioned exclusively to qualified plans believing in the critical importance for our industry to make it easier for plan sponsors and advisors to help employees achieve a dignified retirement. Chip lives in Denver, Colorado and when he isn’t working, he enjoys the trails and slopes of the Rockies with his sons, family and friends.

Nate DeLong, CPC

Regional Vice President | Future Plan

Nate DeLong is a Certified Pension Consultant (CPC) and Vice President for FuturePlan, a National Third-Party Administrator.  Nate has 2 decades of experience supporting financial professionals and CPA’s, consulting their business-owner clients on topics related to retirement plan design, compliance, and administration.  Nate resides in Southern California with his family, and is responsible for business development in Arizona, California, and Nevada.

Continuing Education

• 2 CE for AIF (pending)
• 2 CECs for ERPA (pending)
• 2 CPEs for ASPPA certifications
• 2 CECs for NIPA certifications
• 2 hours for California CPAs 
• 1.5 hours of California MCLE
• 2 hours for Certified Financial Planners (pending)
• 2 CE for CRPS 
• 2 CE for CEBS

Doors open at 10:45 am for check-in.  Our program will begin at 11:00 am and this program will end at approximately 1:00 pm.  The registration fee includes a box lunch.

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