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Primary Sponsors

Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America
5701 Golden Hills Drive
Minneapolis, MN 55416
Ph: 763-765-7901
matthew.gray@allianzlife.com
allianzlife.com

Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, one of the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For® and one of the Ethisphere 2020 World’s Most Ethical Companies®, has been keeping its promises since 1896 by helping Americans achieve their retirement income and protection goals with a variety of annuity and life insurance products.

In 2019, Allianz Life provided additional value to its policyholders via distributions of more than $10.4 billion. As a leading provider of fixed index annuities, Allianz Life is part of Allianz SE, a global leader in the financial services industry with over 147,000 employees in more than 70 countries. Allianz Life is a proud sponsor of Allianz Field® in St. Paul, Minnesota, home of Major League Soccer’s Minnesota United.

Amundi Pioneer Asset Management
60 State Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
Steven Forss
Ph: 617-422-4710
steven.forss@amundipioneer.com
amundipioneer.com/us

Amundi Pioneer is the US investment headquarters of parent company Amundi, among the world’s top 10 asset managers globally* with more than $1.7 trillion under management across six investment hubs (as of 9/30/19). Amundi Pioneer Asset Management offers a broad range of fixed income, equity, and multi-asset investment solutions. A focus on proprietary research, robust risk management, disciplined investment process, and close partnerships with clients has made the firms that comprise Amundi Pioneer investment managers of choice among leading institutional and individual investors worldwide. Amundi Pioneer manages approximately $86.40 billion in the US as of September 30, 2019.

*Investments & Pensions Europe “Top 400 asset managers,” published in June 2019 and based on assets under management as of December 2018.

BlackRock
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10017
Ph: 877-99-BLKDC (877-992-5532)
BlackRock.com/DC

BlackRock’s Defined Contribution Group is uniquely positioned to help you guide your employees into retirement. As the world’s largest asset manager¹ and DC investment-only provider², we have the objective insight, robust investment capabilities and global perspective to help you meet the challenges of the evolving retirement landscape. Our goal is simple: to work with you in creating the best possible outcomes for participants.

Source: 1. BlackRock based on $6.8 trillion in AUM as of 6/30/19. 2. PlanAdviser as of 6/30/18

Broadridge Financial Solutions
1155 Long Island Avenue
Edgewood, New York 11717
Ph: 888-237-1900
broadridge.com

Broadridge, a global fintech leader with $4 billion in revenue, provides communications, technology, data and analytics. We help drive business transformation with solutions for enriching client engagement, navigating risk, optimizing efficiency and generating revenue growth.

Our integrated, front-to-back solutions translate data into actionable insights and streamline the investment lifecycle. Touching 90% of the world’s mutual fund assets, we are uniquely positioned to help asset managers get ahead of today’s challenges and capitalize on what’s next.

Charles Schwab Trust Bank
schwabretirementcenter.com

Charles Schwab Trust Bank offers retirement plan trust and custody services to more than 140 third-party administrators, independent record-keepers, advisors and plan sponsors.

CSTB has more than $132 billion in custodied/trusteed assets (Feb. 2020) and hosts over 16,000 retirement plan level accounts on our platform.

Congruent Solutions Inc.
1500 District Avenue
Burlington, MA 01803
Ph: 617-314-9079
info@coreretirementsolutions.com
coreretirementsolutions.com

Congruent Solutions, the preferred partner for the retirement industry The retirement plan industry is highly competitive. A delighted customer, plan sponsor or participant, makes a huge impact on the topline and bottom-line for Plan Providers, Record Keepers and TPAs. Congruent understands that delivering superior customer experience and better efficiencies is the key for providers to delight their customers.

We offer 3 solutions for the retirement industry. First, our Cloud-based CORE suite of technology solutions empowers sponsors & participants and neutralizes the high cost of running applications on legacy systems. Second, using your own platform, our back-office retirement administration processing services help manage seasonal workloads better by increasing your bandwidth, frees up the high cost of resources and significantly reduces costs through the entire life cycle of plan administration.

Lastly, we help providers in all their custom software development needs. As a specialist with deep domain and technology expertise, we enable you to wow your customers and investors with increased revenue and better profitability.

Congruent Solutions
SPARK Advisory Board & Conference Sponsor

Cybercrime Support Network (CSN)
info@cybecrimesupport.org
cybercrimesupport.org
fraudsupport.org

Cybercrime Support Network (CSN) is a 501(c)(3) public-private, nonprofit collaboration created to meet the challenges facing millions of individuals and businesses affected each and every day by cybercrime. We strive to follow these guiding principles in all we do:

Bring a voice to, and serve the victims of, cybercrime
Work within existing law enforcement and victim assistance systems to enhance services and collaboration
Promote education and awareness for all citizens
Ensure victims are connected to local, state, and federal law enforcement when needed
Create a robust and uniform national database of cybercrime data

Empower Institutional
8525 E. Orchard Road, 9T3
Greenwood Village, CO 80111
Frank Porter
Ph: 303-737-6748
f.porter@retirementpartner.com
www.empowerinstitutional.com

A winning combination. Industry professionals named Empower No. 1 in seven categories in a national survey, and our platform sells at three times the market1. Imagine selling three times the number of plans while devoting fewer resources to administration, technology and staffing. As the nation’s second-largest retirement plan provider with more than 9.7 million participants2, Empower’s size and scale give us capabilities in service, technological innovation and data security that other providers simply can’t match.

Let us tailor a product solution to align with your brand and products. Our retirement plan services have proven to drive engagement and get results for plan participants and sponsors. And our back-office team can support your administrative needs so you can remain focused on your top priorities.

Superior technology platform with Confidence-building security:

Creates an opportunity for scalability and flexibility.
Enables near immediate updates of participant transactions and client reporting.
Limits exposure and enables easy access to data and reporting.
Proactively protect against cybersecurity threats.
Single code source enables quick response to policy and regulatory changes.

Empower Institutional
SPARK Advisory Board & Conference Sponsor

Enterprise Iron Financial Industry Solutions, Inc.
14 Cliffwood Ave W, Suite 200
Matawan, NJ 07747
Jennifer Rogers-Linskey
Ph: 860-919-3414
enterpriseiron.com

Enterprise Iron was founded in 2002 by senior executives from Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch to serve public and private clients in Financial Services, Retirement Services and the Government sector. We deliver impactful Business, Technology and Workforce Solutions that achieve meaningful outcomes, resolve complex challenges, and optimize operations to help drive your business forward.

Our Team of industry professionals average 18+ years of experience in financial services production, technology operations, product management, technology development, implementation, and support roles. As a client-focused, independent provider, we expertly provide unbiased, best of breed support and solutions that consistently delivers results for clients on time and at a cost-savings.

Expertise.Focus.Strength.

Enterprise Iron
SPARK Advisory Board & Conference Sponsor

FIS Retirement Services
601 Riverside Ave
Jacksonville, Florida 32204
Bill Byerly
Ph: 205-533-2573
Bill.byerly@fisglobal.com
fisglobal.com

FIS empowers small to large retirement plan providers around the globe with a comprehensive, integrated suite of retirement solutions. Our industry-leading offering includes an extensive selection of technology and services that supports all aspects of your business and positions you for future growth.

From record keeping technology and plan administration and compliance solutions, to financial wellness and participant engagement tools, FIS provides the flexibility and scalability for a business model that fits your needs today and into the future.

FPS Group
9200 E. Mineral Avenue, Suite 225
Centennial, CO 80112
Jamie DeRubertis
Ph: 888-505-3759
JDeRubertis@fps-services.com

FPS Group leads the industry in innovative retirement plan solutions for plan sponsors, consultants and advisors with our IPX recordkeeping technology, Safe Harbor IRA services, and trust and custody through FPS Trust. Investment Provider Exchange™ (IPX®) is a streamlined technology platform servicing primarily 403(b) and 457(b) retirement plans.

IPX offers the benefit of multiple providers and investment options on one platform. FPS Group also offers Safe Harbor (Auto Rollover) IRA, plan termination services and other custodial and paying agent services through FPS Trust Company, LLC, a non-depository Colorado trust company. Visit ipxplatform.com and fpsgroupllc.com for more information.

Franklin Templeton Investments
One Franklin Parkway
San Mateo, California 94403
franklintempleton.com

From large institutions to individual investors, each of our clients wants the same thing. To achieve their financial goals. And for more than 70 years, we’ve helped them do exactly that.

Everything we do at Franklin Templeton is focused on delivering our clients better outcomes. And that’s why clients in more than 160 countries have entrusted us with their investments, making us one of the world’s largest asset managers with over $1.4 trillion in assets under management and $118 billion in U.S. retirement accounts (as of September 30, 2020).

PIMCO
650 Newport Center Drive
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Ph: 949-720-6000
pimco.com

PIMCO is one of the world’s premier fixed income investment managers. With our launch in 1971 in Newport Beach, California, PIMCO introduced investors to a total return approach to fixed income investing.

Our leadership in fixed income and record of skillfully navigating global financial markets has made us ideally equipped to help all our partners in their efforts to achieve meaningful retirement savings and sustainable retirement income.

PIMCO’s dedicated DC and solutions teams support retirement advisors through all phases of plans and investment design – from the QDIA to retirement income – with the goal of delivering optimal, risk-managed investment solutions.

Prudential Retirement
280 Trumbull Street
Hartford, CT 06103
Ph: 877-493-0778
retire.prudential.com

For 140 years, Prudential Financial has helped individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth. We are known for delivering on our promises to our customers, and are recognized as a trusted brand and one of the world’s most admired companies.

We strive to create long-term value for our stakeholders through strong business fundamentals, consistent with our mission guided by our vision and directed by our company’s core values.

Prudential’s Retirement segment delivers retirement plan solutions for public, private, and nonprofit organizations. Our services include state-of-the-art administrative services, investment management, comprehensive employee communications, trustee services, and risk management.

SS&C Retirement Solutions
2000 Crown Colony Drive
Quincy, MA 02169
Ph: 617-521-8397
LMcQuaid@dstsystems.com
ssctech.com

SS&C Retirement Solutions offers a highly configurable set of solutions that allows our clients to provide competitive products and services across all retirement market segments. Our offerings span all plan and investment types and include recordkeeping services, rollover and income portability, plan health and analytics, advisor practice management, personalized education and communications, and financial wellness solutions.

With ownership and expertise across the retirement ecosystem, backed by our unwavering focus on quality, risk mitigation and client satisfaction ensures that we are a high-value, cost-effective, and truly strategic partner.

TIAA Financial Solutions
tiaa.org

TIAA is a Fortune 100 financial services organization dedicated to helping our clients pursue financial well-being.

With more than 17,500 employees in 150 offices and two main lines of business — Institutional and Retail Financial Services and Asset Management (Nuveen), our philosophy and long-term approach seeks to benefit the five million people and more than 15,000 institutions we serve.

Today, we are a global asset manager with over $1 trillion in assets under management.

TIAA
SPARK Forum Exhibitor 2019

The Retirement Advisor University, Inc.
4425 Military Trail, Suite 202
Jupiter, Florida 33458
Ph: 855-755-4015 x137
dan@trauniversity.com
trauniversity.com

TRAU (The Retirement Advisor University), TPSU (The Plan Sponsor University) and 401kTV are dedicated to educating and training defined contribution professionals focused on:

Consultants and Advisors
Plan Sponsors
Providers and home office personnel

Our multi-media learning approach leverages:Online courses, live programs – in person and virtual and videos

TRAU’s C(k)P certification is a collaboration with UCLA. TRAU has partnered with SPARK to offer their ARPC and ARPS online training and certification programs with special offers to SPARK members. In partnership with DCIIA, TRAU now offers the institutional C(k)P certification in collaboration with UCLA.

Fred Barstein at SPARK Forum 2019

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

TCS BFSI Platforms is a cloud-native, As-a-Service digital ecosystem that eliminates enterprise complexities to deliver superior customer experience and outcomes. TCS BFSI Platform for Retirement Services offers U.S. retirement recordkeeping providers an outcome-based operating model designed to enable the digital transformations of their businesses, addressing the unique needs of the U.S. market through features such as a simplified IT infrastructure, customer-centric operations, advanced configuration capabilities and analytical insights. More than 35 million contracts are already under administration by TCS’ third-party administration services. TCS currently works with 10 leading U.S. group retirement providers to support defined contribution plans.

World Gold Council

The World Gold Council is the market development organisation for the gold industry. Our purpose is to stimulate and sustain demand for gold, provide industry leadership and be the global authority on the gold market.

We develop gold-backed solutions, services and products, based on authoritative market insight and we work with a range of partners to put our ideas into action. As a result, we create structural shifts in demand for gold across key market sectors. We provide insights into the international gold markets, helping people to understand the wealth preservation qualities of gold and its role in meeting the social and environmental needs of society.

The membership of the World Gold Council includes the world’s leading and most forward-thinking gold mining companies.

Exhibitors & Other Sponsors

AIG Retirement Services
Laura Voskova
Laura.Voskova@aig.com
aigrs.com

Working together, ours is an important calling — helping your employees plan for and achieve the retirement they envision. At AIG Retirement Services, we have an unwavering commitment to helping you and your employees see brighter futures when it comes to planning for the future. Partner with us and experience the difference we bring to your plan, including:

Powerful technology paired with trusted advisors
Smart use of data analytics to enhance plan health
A more personal experience

We have specialized in retirement services for more than 60 years. But what makes us truly different is how we serve your employees. Learn more by visiting: aigrs.com.

BenefitsLink.com & EmployeeBenefitsJobs.com
1298 Minnesota Ave., Suite H
Winter Park, FL 32789
Lois Baker, President
David Baker, Editor and Publisher
Ph: 407-644-4146
LoisBaker@benefitslink.com
BenefitsLink.com / EmployeeBenefitsJobs.com

BenefitsLink daily e-newsletters provide the latest developments and analysis in plan compliance, administration, policy and design – since 1995, we’ve delivered the very best articles to keep you on top of this ever-changing field. Website includes active message boards, industry news and an extensive calendar of conferences and webcasts.

Find – and fill — job openings on our sister site, www.EmployeeBenefitsJobs.com

And be sure to check out our mobile app – now available in the Apple Store and on Google Play.

28,000 Employee Benefits Professionals rely on us to keep them up to date – do you?

Holly Horton, SPARK media sponsor

The Broadcast Retirement Network (BRN)
Jeff Snyder
Ph: 646-484-0188
jeff@broadcastretirementnetwork.com
broadcastretirementnetwork

The Broadcast Retirement Network (BRN) is the first lifestyle media platform focused on helping Americans achieve financial independence and to make retirement and savings culturally relevant. The content is informative and engages the viewer. Most importantly – No agendas, no sales pitches, no product pushes.

Our morning show, BRN AM, provides an assessment of daily issues so that Americans can create a plan of action for themselves and their families. BRN AM focuses on delivering headline news via brief interviews with real Americans working toward their financial goals.

Unlike financial shows which prioritize institutional investment managers and public policy organizations, BRN AM is a lifestyle show that brings the stories and ideas of regular Americans to the forefront. We engage with a range of topics pertaining to retirement, focusing individual episodes on personal finance, healthcare, social security, home-ownership and so on to provide viewers with the full picture regarding the future of financial security in America.

Cerulli Associates
699 Boylston St, Ste 11
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
cerulli.com

Headquartered in Boston with fully staffed offices in London and Singapore, Cerulli Associates is a global research and consulting firm that provides financial institutions with guidance in strategic positioning and new business development.

Learn about our recent insights covering the defined contribution (DC) and defined benefit (DB) market, the IRA market, as well as the development and distribution of retail annuity, life, and long-term care products in the United States.

Cerulli Associates
SPARK Forum Exhibitor 2019

DTCC
dtcc.com

With over 45 years of experience, DTCC is the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry. From operating facilities, data centers and offices in 15 countries, DTCC, through its subsidiaries, automates, centralizes and standardizes the processing of financial transactions, mitigating risk, increasing transparency and driving efficiency for thousands of broker/dealers, custodian banks and asset managers.

Industry owned and governed, the firm simplifies the complexities of clearing, settlement, asset servicing, data management, data reporting and information services across asset classes, bringing increased security and soundness to financial markets. To learn more, please visit us at dtcc.com or connect with us on LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube and Facebook.

iJoin

iJoin is personalizing retirement plan success and enabling recordkeepers and advisors to differentiate their offerings with a better approach to enrollment, engagement, communications, and managed accounts. Our philosophy is simple – help every plan participant know their unique retirement funding goal and help them take steps to get on track to long term success.

With iJoin, recordkeepers and advisors can deliver:

A goal-based enrollment or re-enrollment experience
A next-generation QDIA / Managed Account Program
Plan success metrics to share with plan sponsors
Better ways to engage participants and encourage successful savings behaviors

To be successful in this competitive market, you need better ways to deliver and quantify superior performance. And you need the ability to demonstrate how you help produce better retirement outcomes.

Talk to us about making iJoin an integral component of your solution.

LIMRA, Secure Retirement Institute, LOMA
John Sullivan
Ph: 860-285-7758
jsullivan@limra.com
limra.com
loma.org
Secure Retirement Institute

LIMRA, LOMA, and Secure Retirement Institute ® (SRI®) help to advance the financial services industry by empowering nearly 1,200 insurance and financial services companies in 71 countries worldwide with knowledge, insights, connections, and solutions.

Millennium Trust Company
2001 Spring Road, Suite 700
Oak Brook, Illinois 60523
mtrustcompany.com

Established in 2000, we partner with institutional retirement service providers and plan sponsors to ensure the long-term financial health of retirement plans and their participants. We are passionate about encouraging, protecting, and growing retirement savings to make it affordable at all levels of the retirement industry.

Our clients view us as a partner that goes above and beyond to provide solutions to their retirement plan needs. We work with plan sponsors, recordkeepers, TPAs, payroll providers and financial services companies. We also team up with other professionals including financial advisors and employee benefit and bankruptcy attorneys, always with an eye toward improving plan administration and retirement outcomes.

Millennium Trust
SPARK Advisory Board & Conference Sponsor

T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services, Inc.
4515 Painters Mill Road
Owings Mills, MD 21117
troweprice.com

INVEST WITH CONFIDENCE® T. Rowe Price is an asset management firm focused on delivering global investment management excellence and retirement services that investors can rely on—now, and over the long term.

We provide an array of commingled funds, subadvisory services, separate account management, retirement recordkeeping, and related services for individuals, advisors, institutions, and retirement plan sponsors.

Our intellectual rigor helps us seek the best ideas for our clients, our integrity ensures that we always put their interests first, and our stability lets us stay focused on their goals as we pursue better investment outcomes.

As of June 30, 2020, T. Rowe Price has more than USD $1.22 trillion in assets under management and serves clients in 51 countries worldwide.

The Petersen Group, LLC
Samantha Petersen
Ph: 303-551-1773
connect@TPGunclaimed.com
tpgunclaimed.com

The Petersen Group has over 25 years of dedicated unclaimed property experience and offers a comprehensive range of unclaimed property consulting, compliance, education, and training services.

Combining technology solutions used to analyze large volumes of uncashed checks and perform owner location services routine for compliance with state unclaimed property requirements, The Petersen Group offers a comprehensive Safe Harbor IRA rollover solution that focuses on maintaining contact with retirement plan participants, reducing plan leakage, and minimizing fiduciary risk by following current regulations targeted by the enforcement priorities of the DOL, IRS and state unclaimed property programs.

Trend Micro
trendmicro.com

For over 30 years, Trend Micro’s unwavering vision has been to make the world safe for exchanging digital information. Security is our entire focus, and it shows. This single-minded passion has inspired our innovations that keep up with the bad guys despite a changing IT landscape, risky user behavior, and constantly evolving threats.

The depth of our experience remains unmatched. From the endpoint to the network to the cloud, we’ve got you covered with a connected threat defense recognized by analysts, customers, and industry experts of all kinds.

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