Denali Fiduciary Management: About Us

Denali FM corporate officers and executive staff have 20+ years experience working with qualified retirement plans.

Our mission is to provide our clients with retirement programs that align the Plan’s purpose with the highest fiduciary standards, while dramatically reducing fiduciary liability exposure for the plan sponsor.

Wayne H. Miller - Chairman - Emeritus

Advisory Board

About Denali Fiduciary Management

Denali Fiduciary Management is dedicated exclusively to providing solutions to the challenges fiduciaries face in the management and governance of ERISA retirement plans. Privately held with headquarters in Seattle, DENALI FIDUCIARY MANAGEMENT professionals have extensive experience in the design, installation, administration and investment monitoring of qualified retirement programs.

DFM founders co-authored the Fiduciary Assistance and Compliance Systems© (FACS). The FACS Program is a unique fiduciary governance documentation system that establishes a definitive record of procedural prudence in plan management. It closes the communication loop between members of the Plan Administrative Committee (PAC) and the appointing fiduciaries on the Board of Directors. The end result of using FACS is the creation of a 120+ page document that illustrates the PAC’s fulfillment of all statutory fiduciary duties. This document effectively removes Board members from the threat of fiduciary liability and therefore serves as a deterrent to future litigation.

The solutions we deliver are built by fiduciaries for fiduciaries. Denali Fiduciary Management is committed to having best fiduciary practices embedded in all of its retirement plan solutions. As principals of Independent Retirement Plan Services, the founders of Denali Fiduciary Management have an impressive track record:

1990: Published a paper addressing the use of the risk-adjusted capital ratio as a prudent methodology for evaluating insurance company sponsored financial products.

1993: Among the first consulting firms in the defined contribution marketplace that championed and installed independent investment menus in 401(k) Plans.

1994: Pioneered the use of tactical asset allocation investment options in a defined contribution environment.

1997: Pioneered the use of an event driven life-stages recordkeeping platform for employee benefit plans.

1998: Developed the Performance Landscape format of investment reporting. Also in 1998, we developed the first participant-oriented educational programs based on principles of behavioral finance.

2003: Authored the Fiduciary Assistance & Compliance Systems© program (FACS), a definitive text on fiduciary governance and the management of 401(k) Plans.

2004: Denali Fiduciary Management (DFM) founded:
FEI contracted with DFM to convert the FACS Program into a web based training course with continuing education credits.

2005: Launched ERISA Fiduciary Governance Training.

2005: Launched SummitPlan, the first 401(k) solution built by fiduciaries for fiduciaries that delivers every component of the 401(k) plan under a fiduciary standard of care.

Our work has been highlighted or acknowledged prestigious organizations including:

Financial Executives International (FEI)
American Financial Association (publishers of CFO Magazine)
Institutional Investor
Profit Sharing Council of America
Institute for International Research
The Western Pension and Benefits Conference.

Denali Fiduciary Management principals have taken the Accredited Investment Fiduciary Auditors training offered by the Center for Fiduciary Studies of the University of Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School of Business, the only academic program of its kind in the nation.

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