SEI and WTW Investments, a global advisory, broking and solutions company, have announced an expansion of their strategic relationship to support the development of private markets solutions for the 401(k) and broader U.S. defined contribution market.
Building on WTW’s experience integrating private markets into defined contribution (DC) solutions since 2018, the relationship combines WTW’s investment research and portfolio implementation capabilities with SEI’s trust and platform capabilities through SEI Trust Company (STC), a leading provider of trustee, operational, and administrative services for collective investment trusts (CITs).
Together, the firms aim to help plan sponsors and participants gain access to more diversified sources of return through structures designed for the operational, governance and liquidity needs of the DC market. The collaboration also reflects growing demand for institutionalized structures that can help bring alternative investmen
