We look forward to welcoming you to Ascensus. The information on this website applies to plans moving to the Ascensus recordkeeping platform in November 2024.

Welcome to today's Ascensus

Ascensus, the largest independent recordkeeping services provider and government savings facilitator in the United States, has merged with Newport to form a unified organization under the Ascensus brand. This unification builds upon our collective strengths to deliver the best of the best our organizations have to offer. Your plan is migrating to the Ascensus recordkeeping system in November 2024. Together, we're committed to helping individuals achieve financial security and retirement readiness.

David Musto, Chair and CEO of Ascensus, would like to personally welcome you.

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Enhancements coming to your plan

Many of the Newport features and services you and your participants value today will continue to be part of your experience going forward. In November, your retirement plan will be migrated to the Ascensus recordkeeping platform where you'll see how our unique approach—using the best of the best from each of our organizations—will deliver ongoing benefits including:

  • Streamlined plan administration

    Increase administrative efficiency with even more seamless, automated, and guided services.

  • Intuitive digital experiences

    Complete tasks quickly with enhanced dashboards that make it easy to know what to do and how to do it.

  • New ways for participants to save

    Encourage better saving practices with innovative solutions - like the READYSAVETM retirement plan mobile app - backed by behavioral science.

Helping millions save for a better future

Everyone deserves to feel financially secure.  Ascensus is here to help more people get there. For more than 40 years, we've served organizations like yours to help participants prepare for a more secure retirement.

As a stronger, unified organization, we're now better positioned than ever to advance this mission.

#1

largest independent recordkeeping services provider in the United States1

28

Best in Class awards, for retirement plans up to $200 million. Most won among all retirement plan providers for plans up to $50 million.2

40+

years of industry experience3

$808+ billion

in assets under administration3

153,700+

retirement plans administered3

4.8+ million

retirement plan participants served3

1Cerulli Associates. The Cerulli Report: U.S. Retirement Markets 2023. December 2023.
2PLANSPONSOR. 2023 Defined Contribution (DC) Survey. February 2024.
3As of March 31, 2024.

What's next?

For a migration timeline and additional details, visit your Timeline page.