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Consulting firms reported an increase in their defined contribution client base from 2011 to 2012, according to PIMCOs 2012 Defined Contribution Consulting Support and Trends Survey.

By Paula Aven Gladych | Updated on April 11, 2012

Consulting firms reported an increase in their defined contribution client base from 2011 to 2012, according to PIMCO’s “2012 Defined Contribution Consulting Support and Trends Survey.” The survey solicited information from 39 consulting firms across the U.S. that serve more than 3,600 plan sponsors with aggregate DC assets of more than $1.8 trillion as of Dec. 31, 2011. The average number of clients went from 94 in 2011 to 110 this year.

It also found that 71 percent of clients served by consultants are corporate plan sponsors. Thirteen percent are for-profits and 8 percent are public plans. On average, 45 percent of firm revenue comes from these firms’ DC business. The survey found that the fastest-growing DC areas reported by consultants include total plan cost/fee studies, DC plan design, DC recordkeeping searches, manager selection and monitoring and target-date asset allocation creation.

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