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Vestwell to Add Multi-Manager Target Date Model Portfolios from Morningstar Investment Management

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Vestwell to Add Multi-Manager Target Date Model Portfolios from Morningstar Investment Management

New offering will give advisors diversified strategies to help support the needs of plan sponsors

NEW YORK, NY, April 16, 2019 – Vestwell, a digital retirement platform, announced today the upcoming launch of a service combining 3(38) fiduciary line-up services with target date model portfolios from Morningstar Investment Management LLC, a provider of discretionary investment management and advisory services. This series of target date model portfolios, built from one of the line-ups created by Morningstar Investment Management, will give Vestwell advisors exclusive access to a new set of target-date strategies.

The service will offer active-passive blended models free of any revenue sharing or referral fees. In addition, the diverse, multi-manager line-up will give advisors access to funds from Lord Abbett, State Street, OppenheimerFunds, Cohen & Steers, and Franklin Templeton Investments. These model portfolios, coupled with Morningstar Investment Management’s fiduciary support, will be delivered through Vestwell’s modernized retirement platform.

“When looking to expand the asset management strategies on our platform, we sought out an investment firm with core capabilities in asset allocation, investment selection, and portfolio construction,” said Aaron Schumm, Founder and CEO, Vestwell. “Fortunately, we did not have to look far, and we’re thrilled to have Morningstar Investment Management’s line-up fully integrated into the Vestwell platform.”

Vestwell’s proprietary recordkeeping and model management technology offers a highly flexible open-architecture construct, making for a simple integration that helps both parties more effectively support their client’s diversified needs. Advisors, in turn, can efficiently scale their retirement practices through advanced technology and sophisticated offerings.

“Vestwell’s offering provides advisors with a modern, streamlined approach to retirement services,” said Brock Johnson, President, Global Retirement and Workplace Solutions, Morningstar Investment Management. “We’re pleased to support Vestwell’s commitment to providing advisors with the retirement technology tools, investment offerings, and fiduciary support they need to assist plan sponsors.”

For more information on the service, please visit www.vestwell.com/news.

About Vestwell Holdings, Inc.

Vestwell is a digital platform that makes it easier to offer and administer 401(k) plans. Vestwell removes traditional friction points through a seamless plan design, automated onboarding, streamlined administration, and flexible investment strategies, all at competitive pricing. By acting as a single point of contact, Vestwell has modernized the retirement offering while keeping the plan sponsor’s and plan participant’s best interests in mind. Learn more at Vestwell.com and on Twitter @Vestwell.

About Morningstar’s Investment Management group

Morningstar’s Investment Management group is a leading provider of discretionary investment management and advisory services. Guided by seven investment principles, the group is committed to focusing on its mission to design portfolios that help investors reach their financial goals. The group’s global investment management team works as one to apply its disciplined investment process to all strategies and portfolios, bringing together core capabilities in asset allocation, investment selection, and portfolio construction. This robust process integrates proprietary research and leading investment techniques. In addition to advisory services, the group’s investment professionals build and manage model portfolios for financial advisors in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and South Africa to create strategies that incorporate a wide variety of investment objectives. Morningstar’s Investment Management group includes subsidiaries of Morningstar, Inc. that are authorized in the appropriate jurisdiction to provide advisory services.

About Morningstar, Inc.

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offers an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, retirement plan providers and sponsors, and institutional investors in the private capital markets. Morningstar provides data and research insights on a wide range of investment offerings, including managed investment products, publicly listed companies, private capital markets, and real-time global market data. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries, with more than $193 billion in assets under advisement and management as of Dec. 31, 2018. The company has operations in 27 countries. For more information, visit www.morningstar.com/company. Follow Morningstar on Twitter @MorningstarInc.