Supporting Northwestern Mutual Financial Professionals
in growing your retirement plan practice.
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Available retirement plan types with JULY include:
Owner Only Companies
SOLOK
For your clients with one or multiple owner companies without employees.
Quarterly fees starting at:
$127.50
plan fee
✔ Larger Contributions than SEPs or SIMPLEs
✔ Roth and Pre-Tax Options
✔ Access Funds via Tax-Free Plan Loans
✔ Add a Cash Balance Plan
Up to 250 Employees
CUSTOM
For your clients wanting a more unique and tailored plan.
Quarterly fees starting at:
$600
plan fee
+
1.5
bps
+
$24
per participant
✔ Integrated with Your Payroll
✔ Custom Plan Design
✔ Add a Cash Balance Plan
✔ Includes 3(16) Fiduciary Services
Up to 250 Employees
CASH BALANCE
For your clients seeking to fund larger contributions than allowed in a 401(k).
Quarterly fees starting at:
$1,050
plan fee
+
$21
per participant
✔ Maximize Contributions to Owners and HCEs
✔ Minimize Contributions to Employees
✔ Accelerate Retirement Savings
✔ Maximize Tax Deductions
Why Choose JULY?
Choose JULY for:
- Independent, expert knowledge
- Unparalleled sales support
- Exceptional client service
- Proprietary technology solutions
- Participant education
- 3(38) fiduciary protection
- 3(16) administrative fiduciary services
- Extensive ERISA consulting services
- Full service payroll processing and payroll integration
Get the Details on Our Plans
Number of Employees
New or Converting Plans
Plan Type
PLAN DESIGN FEATURES
Safe Harbor Design ?Safe Harbor 401(k) Plans reduce complexity and maximize owner and highly compensated employee contributions. They eliminate refunds to owners and highly paid employees and require an employer contribution – generally equal to 4% of employee compensation.
Automatic Enrollment ?Employees are automatically enrolled in the eligibility period with a 6% salary deferral. They can opt out at any time.
Multiple eligibility options allowed
Customize Your Plan Design ?You can customize elements of your plan design to meet your needs, including eligibility, contributions, distributions and loans, and other plan features. The Custom Option gives you the most flexibility in tailoring your plan.
Integration with Your Payroll Provider ?JULY offers integration with a growing number of payroll providers to streamline the 401k data exchange and make the plan run more smoothly. See the 'How it Works' section of the website for details.
Plan Amendments / Restatements ?You can amend your plan at any time and JULY will handle required plan restatements (generally every 6 years) – both at no additional fee.
Notice Delivery Service ?With our Notice Delivery service, we provide required notices to your participants via our Electronic Notice Delivery technology. Participants can opt out of electronic delivery at any time.
Non-Safe Harbor Option ?Non-Safe Harbor 401ks generally do not require employer contributions, but owners and highly-paid employees may be limited in how much they can defer into the plan.
New Comparability Profit Sharing ?Our Advanced and Custom solutions allow you to add a New Comparability Profit Sharing – a type of employer contribution that can be targeted to owners or key employees.
Customize Your Investment Lineup ?With the help of your advisor, you can create a custom investment lineup for your plan – choosing from thousands of Mutual Funds, Exchange Traded Funds, Target Date Funds, Risk Based Models, Separately Managed Accounts, and other types of investments.
FIDUCIARY AND PLAN SERVICES
JULY Serves as Named Fiduciary ?In Launch, JULY serves as a named fiduciary – the party legally responsible for operating the plan. This relieves the employer of a certain amount of fiduciary responsibility and liability.
JULY 3(16) Administrative Fiduciary ?In Custom, JULY normally serves as the 3(16) Administrative Fiduciary, responsible for carrying out many of the administrative duties of the plan. This relieves the employer of certain fiduciaries responsibilities and liability and also reduces workload.
Integrated 3(38) Investment Fiduciary ?In Launch, Expand Financial, a JULY affiliate, generally serves as the plan’s 3(38) Investment Fiduciary and is responsible for selecting and managing the plan’s investment menu.
PRICING AND FEES
Quarterly Flat Fee + Participant Fee ?This fee is displayed as a monthly amount, but it is invoiced quarterly in arrears. If the plan has assets of more than $250,000 fees can be paid from plan assets. Otherwise fees are invoiced to, and paid by, the employer.
Annual Plan Service Fee ?This fee is displayed as an annual fee and is automatically deducted quarterly in arrears from plan assets. The Annual Plan Service Fee consists of (1) a recordkeeping services fee of .05% payable to JULY, and (2) an investment fiduciary services fee of .07% payable to Expand Financial. JULY pays other services providers, including the custodian, out of the Annual Plan Service fee.
Solok
Traditional Solok
Company Owners & Spouses
New or Conversion
401k
$37.50 + $90
Solok
Solok Cash Balance
Company Owners & Spouses
New or Conversion
Cash Balance
$600
Custom
Flex
Up to 250
New or Conversion
401k
$600 + $24
0.06%
Custom
Advanced
Up to 250
New or Conversion
401k
$750 + $24
0.06%
Custom
Cash Balance
Up to 250
New or Conversion
Cash Balance
$1,050 + $21