Get better performance from the Nationwide® STAR Program
The Nationwide® STAR Program defined benefit plan helps you save money, save time and keep your promises.
Performance, service & pricing
Our disciplined approach to investing combines leadership, experience and proven methods to help protect you and make it easier for you to concentrate on what you do best.
Predictable security
The cornerstone of the Nationwide® Star Program is our philosophy of seeking stable, consistent investment returns that match your client’s investment criteria through asset allocation and investment selection.
We maintain a strategic partnership with Wilshire Associates1 for a sophisticated and comprehensive investment approach.
Streamlined and efficient plan administration
While you must still fulfill certain obligations, we work with you to design a plan that meets your needs and your fiduciary obligations.
We’ll even handle administrative tasks, such as making benefit payments to recipients.
Competitive, affordable fees
You’ll enjoy quality, professional expertise usually available only to larger employers -- at an affordable cost. We use our buying power to secure institutional-level pricing for smaller plans and scale our fees according to the assets invested in your plan.
For convenience and clarity, we present your fees using one total that’s easy to understand.
1Wilshire Associates, since 1972, has provided institutional investors with breakthrough analytics for measuring portfolio risk.
Nationwide® STAR Program is a Defined-benefit Plan with the retirement plan funded through the Selector+ Group Variable Annuity Contract and its related services are issued by Nationwide Life Insurance Company of America, 1000 Chesterbrook Boulevard, Berwyn, PA 19312-1084, (800) 523-4681, extension 1420.
Neither the company nor its representatives provide legal or tax advice. Please consult your attorney or tax advisor for answers to specific questions.
The use of diversification and asset allocation as part of an overall investment strategy does not assure a profit of protect against loss in a declining market.
Investing involves market risk, including loss of principal.
It is the responsibility of the plan’s investment fiduciaries to select this service in accordance with the plan’s established investment criteria.
This service is separate and apart from the actual sale of any Nationwide® product which may be used to provide the plan’s underlying investments.
The Nationwide® Group Retirement Series includes unregistered group fixed and variable annuities and trust programs. The unregistered group fixed and variable annuities are issued by Nationwide Life Insurance Company. Trust programs and trust services are offered by Nationwide Trust Company, FSB a division of Nationwide Bank®. Nationwide Investment Services Corporation, member FINRA. In MI only: Nationwide Investment Svcs. Corporation. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company and Affiliated Companies, Home Office: Columbus, OH 43215-2220.
Nationwide, Nationwide Financial, the Nationwide framemark, and On Your Side are federally registered service marks of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company.
NFW-1564AO (02/08)
