The Wild, Wild West
A Moving Frontier For Retirement Plan Stewards
2016 Semi-Annual Meeting
January 18/19/20, 2016
San Diego, CA
Dates and Times
Monday, January 18, 2016:
6:30PM Transportation to pre-event
7:00PM Flagship Dinner-Cruise in the San Diego Bay sponsored by Financial Engines
Tuesday, January 19, 2016 :
9:00AM Continental Breakfast Buffet
9:25AM Opening and Welcome
9:45AM-5:30 PM Semi-Annual Meeting
6:30 PM Dinner at Hyatt LaJolla, Rhodes Room sponsored by Franklin Templeton Investments, John Hancock Investments, John Hancock Retirement Plan Services, MFS Investment Managment, and OppenheimerFunds
Wednesday, January 20, 2016:
7:15AM Continental Breakfast Buffet
7:45AM – 10:30 AM Semi-Annual Meeting
Venue
LPL
Learning Centers
4707 Executive Drive
San Diego, CA 92121
Dress Code
Casual Dress Code for pre-event and Business Casual for meetings
Agenda
January 19 (Tuesday)
9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
9:25 a.m. Passing of the Gavel Ceremony
9:30 p.m. Opening, Goals and Objectives
Board member Melissa Cowan - Morgan Stanley
9:35 a.m. Welcome
Geoff White - LPL Financial
9:45 a.m. Building and Advisory Firm for the Future
Introduction: Eric Henon - EACH Enterprise, LLC
Speaker: Dave Gray - Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
10:30 a.m. Managing Client Relationships to Create Value – Triangle of Plan Stewards Work Together to Enhance Retirement Readiness
Moderator: Eric Henon – EACH Enterprise, LLC
Doug Igel - Precept Retirement Plan Services
Panelists: Hal Oberg – Verisight / Daily Access Corp.
Marcia Wepfer – Wells Fargo Institutional Retirement & Trust
Hank Zoller – Charles Schwab & Co.
11:15 a.m. Refreshment Break
11:30 a.m. Breakout Roundtable Sessions
- Managing Practice Profitability (Moderator: Dave Stofer)
- Recruiting the Younger Class and Succession Planning (Moderator: Matt Demet)
- Growing the Advisor Practice Organically / Marketing Success Stories (Moderator: Paul d'Aiutolo)
- Harnessing the Technology Revolution (Moderator: Vince Morris)
12:30 p.m. Lunch
1:15 p.m. Advisors on the Leading Edge of Technology
Moderator: Chad Larsen - MRP
Panelists: Tim Rice - Lakeside
Troy Hammond - PensionMark
Christopher Giles - GRP Advisor Alliance
2:00 p.m. Investment Product Innovation Changes the Landscape of Retirement Plan Investment Array Construction
(Payout products, low-volatility investment strategies, custom target date funds)
Moderator: Ryan Mullen – MFS Investment Management
Panelists: Chris Nikolich - AB
Anne Lester - J.P. Morgan Asset Management
Peter Delaney - MFS Investment Management
2:45 p.m. Refreshment Break
3:00 p.m. Committee Meetings
3:45 p.m. Practice Financials / Managing The Business
Moderator: Barbara Delaney - Stone Street Advisor Group
Panelists: Chris Venuti - Morgan Stanley Graystone Consulting
Michael A. Coelho – SageView Advisory Group
Michael Maresh - Intrust Fiduciary Group
4:30 p.m. Best Advisor Practice Roundtable
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- Pricing trends across the service continuum: advisors, recordkeepers, and investment managers (Moderator: Mike Maresh)
- Staffing the practice, roles and responsibilities, employee development, and career pathing (Moderator: Marcela Curry)
- Leveraging financial wellness tools to expand the practice (Moderator: Chris Doucet)
- Managed Accounts (Moderator: Troy Redstone)
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5:30 p.m. Adjourn
5:45 p.m. Transportation to Hyatt La Jolla
6:30 p.m. Dinner sponsored by Franklin Templeton Investments, John Hancock Investments,John Hancock Retirement Plan Services, MFS Investment Managment, and OppenheimerFunds
Hyatt La Jolla, Rhodes Room
January 20 (Wednesday)
7:00 a.m. Transportation
7:15 a.m. Continental Breakfast Buffet
7:45 a.m. Fiduciary Regulations and Impact on the Business
Steve Dimitriou - Mayflower Advisors, LLC
8:10 a.m. Breakout Roundtable Sessions
Impact of fiduciary regulations (by college)
8:45 a.m. Refreshment Break
9:00 a.m. Leveraging Technology to Drive Scale and an Exceptional Client Experiences
Introduction: Geoff White - LPL Financial
Speaker: Christopher Giles - GRP Advisor Alliance
9:45 a.m. Expanding Client Relationships Beyond 401(k) Plans: 403(b), Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation, Defined Benefit, Cash Balance, and ESOP
Moderator: Melissa Cowan - Morgan Stanley
Panelists: Scott Schlappi - WealthPlan Advisors
Keith Gredys - Kidder Benefits
Jim Robison - White Oak Advisors
10:30 a.m. Adjourn
