SPONSOR PROFILES

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

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

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.

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 Ltd. (TCS)

TCS BFSI Platforms provides end-to-end Digital Platform-as-a-Service capabilities for Banking, Financial Services and Insurance customers. TCS’ third-party administration (TPA) services bundle business operations, a digital technology ecosystem, and cloud-based infrastructure in a Digital First Operating Model. Powered by the TCS BaNCS™ universal financial solution, TCS’ Digital Platform strategy is geared to improving customer experience by lowering enterprise complexity and operational risk, through a digital business architecture comprising a customer experience and journey layer, data and analytics engine, electronic communications hub and cloud-based infrastructure. With more than 35 million policies already under administration, TCS BFSI Platforms is proven in its ability to take insurance and financial services organizations through the journey of Business 4.0 through investment in Cloud, Automation, Artificial Intelligence and Agile.

About Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
Tata Consultancy Services is an IT services, consulting, and business solutions organization that partners with many of the world’s largest businesses in their transformation journeys. TCS offers a consulting-led, Cognitive powered, integrated portfolio of IT, Business & Technology Services, and engineering. This is delivered through its unique Location Independent Agile delivery model, recognized as a benchmark of excellence in software development. A part of the Tata group, India’s largest multinational business group, TCS has a global footprint and is listed on the BSE (formerly Bombay Stock Exchange) and the NSE (National Stock Exchange) in India.

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