We deliver unbiased, independent advisory services, plan consulting, and compliance oversight.
Precept Advisory Group, an independent registered investment advisory firm, works with employers to build and manage retirement plans that fully integrate with their total rewards strategy.
Precept Advisory Group is a division of McGriff Insurance Services. Using a disciplined and metrics-driven process, we:
Assist plan fiduciaries in understanding their roles and responsibilities.
Establish and promote process-centric plan governance committees - maximizing retirement savings outcomes for plan participants while minimizing risk to our clients.
Align clients with best-fit providers who can partner with Precept Advisory Group to deliver an outstanding investment platform and administrative and participant services at competitive costs.
Transform our clients' plans to meet best practices using an integrated service model approach to plan management - from design consulting to operational and compliance review and ongoing investment due diligence.
Educate employees and promote plan benefits to help maximize retirement plan savings to participants. Our ultimate goal - and the highest measure of our success - is to enhance the performance of each participant's account balance.
Our Advisors
Linda Bright
Senior Vice President and Managing Director
Linda Bright is responsible for overseeing the practice, as well as direct consulting to mid/large public and private corporations. Linda's team currently manages over $3 billion in combined assets. In her consulting capacity, Linda has provided fiduciary stewardship to investment committees for over 17 years, related to plan design optimization, all areas of plan benchmarking, and selection & monitoring of investments.
Kevin Chen
Vice President and Head of Investments
Kevin Chen has over 20 years of retirement plan consulting & investment management experience. Kevin leads our investment research team, oversees the monitoring of investment managers, and develops capital market views for the firm. He is an expert strategist with a passion for devising creative ways to structure investment programs to improve portfolio performance, lower costs, and mitigate risk. Kevin is responsible for all aspects of investment consulting services with his clients including investment policy development, investment structure reviews, recordkeeper and custodian searches, fiduciary risk management, plan design optimization, fee benchmarking, vendor management, and performance monitoring.
Vincent Ko
Senior Plan Consultant
Vincent Ko's background includes personal financial planning, public sector education retirement plan administration, and qualified/nonqualified defined contribution plan design. His primary responsibilities include ongoing plan management and consultation by providing retirement program plan design, compliance, and investment-related advisory services To plan sponsors and fiduciary committes. Key areas of focus include mergers & acquisitions, controlled group plans, nonqualified retirement plans, and legislative/regulatory compliance and oversight.
Bernson Wong
Lead Analyst
Bernson Wong is responsible for managing the analyst team, producing investment reports, providing quantitative and qualitative guidance for mutual fund selection, and researching any and all investment-related products. Bernson's team currently reviews over $3 billion in combined DC plan assets, over 800 mutual funds, and over 90 fund families. Bernson has been with Precept Advisory Group for over nine years, with experience in both consultation and administration of define contribution plans.
Matija Fistrović
Investment Analyst
Matija Fistrović is an Investment Analyst. He provides research and analysis as directed on investments, mutual funds, as well as economic and capital markets reviews. Matija assists in investment structure analysis and manager research activity, plan financials and asset allocation updates, and current and alternative investment analytics. He supports the managing consultants with manager searches, due diligence related to fund companies, and prepares and co-presents at employee educational meetings, benefits fairs, and prospective client meetings.
Marisa Meshot
Account Coordinator
Marisa Meshot is the Account Coordinator. Marisa is responsible for providing administrative support to both plan consultants and investment analysts by maintaining prospect and client databases, assisting with implementation of new and ongoing sales and marketing programs for assigned prospects/clients, managing the team's discretionary budget, including timely process of invoices (internally and externally), and assisting managing consulting relationships.
Corey Coleman
Retirement Plan Consultant
Corey Coleman serves as a Retirement Plan Consultant at Precept Advisory Group (PAG). He provides operational, technical and investment expertise to guide clients and plan fiduciaries in PAG's west region. Corey has more than 10 years of experience in the retirement plan industry, both as a plan advisor and relationship manager of defined contribution plans. He most recently served as a retirement plan consultant with another national broker in Portland. Prior to that, he held a similar position with BCI Group in Portland. He began his career in the industry as a client consultant with Transamerica Retirement Solutions.
Precept Advisory Group is a part of McGriff Insurance Services, LLC.
Investment advisory services are available through Precept Advisory Group, an investment adviser registered with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (CRD# 152776).
Precept Advisory Group, LLC, is a Division of McGriff Insurance Services, LLC. TIH and its representatives do not offer tax advice. Consult your tax or legal professional regarding your individual circumstances.