Products March 6, 2014

Nationwide Financial Integrates LPL Platform

Insurance and financial services firm Nationwide Financial has integrated LPL Financial LLP’s Worksite Financial Solutions platform into its 401(k) products.
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Nationwide says the integration will help LPL advisers provide their retirement plan participants with actionable financial advice while enabling plan sponsors who work with both firms to offer powerful employee transition and engagement solutions. The integrated services are designed to help improve the efficiency of employee enrollment into retirement plans while promoting financial education and wellness.

The goal of the integration is to help Nationwide Financial and LPL advisers better address the needs of plan participants throughout their financial lives, from the date of hire to retirement and beyond.

Joe Frustaglio, vice president of private-sector retirement plan sales for Nationwide Financial, says his firm and LPL have enjoyed a long-standing partnership, and that the integration should make it easier for advisers to engage one-on-one with plan participants and offer the support needed to reach retirement goals.

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LPL Financial is an independent broker/dealer, a registered investment adviser (RIA) custodian and a wholly owned subsidiary of LPL Financial Holdings Inc.

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Deals & People March 6, 2014

An Organizational Shakeup for United Planners

Registered independent adviser and broker/dealer firm United Planners Financial Services says it is enacting staffing and organizational changes to better serve its adviser partners.
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The firm has appointed Mike Goyarts, who joined United Planners as a partner development consultant in 2013, to the new position of practice management consultant. United Planners says the role was created to expand and improve services offered to client-advisers.

Goyarts has 20 years of experience in the industry and has served in business development and relationship management positions with TD Ameritrade, Charles Schwab and Pershing. In his new role, Goyarts will provide advisers with tactical support for practice management initiatives, with an emphasis on leveraging strategic partnerships and technology resources.

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The firm says it has also added Thane Walton as a retirement plan consultant. Walton has worked in various sales and business development roles as an adviser to retirement plan clients, and as a business development officer supporting advisers, third-party administrators and recordkeepers. Most recently, Walton was a retirement plan regional sales manager with Mutual of Omaha. He previously worked with organizations such as Pacific Life, ADP, Principal Financial, Lincoln Financial and Mass Mutual.  

United Planners says it has also revised its organizational structure by creating a new division called Advisor Services. Led by vice president Billy Oliverio, the Advisor Services division is tasked with providing United Planners clients with retirement plan services, practice management support and investment advisory consulting.

United Planners Financial Services is a Securities and Exchange Commission-registered investment advisory firm and independent broker/dealer partnership serving hybrid advisers. The firm works with about 350 advisers in various markets across the United States, with headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona. More information on the new hires and organizational shuffle is available at www.UnitedPlanners.com.

Advisers interested in working with the firm can call United Partner’s partner development team at 800-966-8737.

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