Outside Vendors

Investment Advisors

Hooker & HolcombeCompanies help employers meet the challenges ofproviding retirement benefits to the new millennium workforce. Ourfirms provide a full array of actuarial, investment, and benefitsconsulting for all types of employer-sponsored retirement andpension plans.

• Actuarial Services: PublicSector Plans-Pension valuations, GASB 25/27, OPEB valuations, GASB43/45, plan design, forecasting, administration, benefitcalculations, cost estimates, assistance with labor negotiationsand plan transition. Private Sector Plans-Qualified pensionvaluations, Executive Retirement Plans, proxy calculations, FAS 87,FAS 106, plan design, pension oversight, forecasting, and assetliability modeling.
• Institutional Investment AdvisoryServices: Fee only advisor for Public and Private SectorRetirement Plans-Investment policy guidelines, asset allocation,fund/investment manager evaluation and monitoring, performance/feeaudits, oversight services. For DC plans, we design risk-basedcustom asset allocation strategies incorporating funds within theplan.
• Defined ContributionServices: Full service daily valuation and complianceservices using no-load funds, Schwab RT trading platform andwebsite. Services to 401(k), ERISA, and non-ERISA 403(b), ESOP andnon-qualified plans including McKay Hochman documents. Outsourcingand retiree payments on defined-benefit plans are available, aswell as bundled services with RIAs. Transparent fee disclosure toclients.

Regal Securities Inc. , amember of FINFA/SIPC, was established in 1976 as an independentbrokerage firm. For over three decades, Regal has grown into adiversified financial services firm providing independent andunbiased access to financial solutions to individuals andbusinesses. John Shibles has been a Senior Investment Consultantwith Regal for the past three years. Prior to working at Regal, hewas a Financial Advisor with Morgan Stanley for 6 1/2 years. Heprovided financial advice in stocks, bonds, and option strategiesthat diversify and enhance one's portfolio. John recently openedhis own branch in Sea Girt, NJ. Regal is based out of Glenview, IL,with offices nationwide. For more information, please contact JohnShibles at 732.449.4440 or jshibles@regalsecurities.com.