Agency 

We are pleased to serve as Agent for Individuals, Trustees, Personal Representatives, Conservators, or FLPs. In this role, the objective, independent investment advisory services of Plante Moran Financial Advisors are provided along with cash management, financial planning, fiduciary accounting, asset allocation, and proactive portfolio monitoring. Depending on size and investment objective, investment implementation may include either specific no-load mutual funds or separate portfolio manager searches.

Investment Responsibilities include:

• Establish investment policy statement
• Asset allocation
• Independent, objective, and professional investment oversight
• Selection of investment managers or mutual fund investments at institutional cost
• Periodic and regular investment reviews and rebalancing
• Full investment monitoring and performance reporting

Agency Responsibilities include:

• Full asset custody
• Investment trading and settlement
• Secured trading access by outside managers (if applicable)
• Income collection, reinvestment, and cash sweep
• Non-financial asset management, accounting, and reporting
• Principal and income accounting
• Scheduled and unscheduled remittance and bill paying capability
• Periodic (monthly, quarterly, annual) account statements
• Secured Web access for client
• Expedient tax reporting
• Extraordinary service through a dedicated, experienced relationship manager
• Performance, accountability, and integrity that exceeds your highest expectations