Ascensus introduced Tuesday afternoon its settlement to accumulate Vanguard’s particular person 401(okay) retirement plan recordkeeping enterprise, together with its multiple-participant SEP and SIMPLE IRA plan enterprise.

As soon as finalized, Ascensus will assume recordkeeping and shopper servicing for Vanguard’s particular person retirement plan purchasers, boosting its variety of plans below administration to almost 280,000. Ascensus will present custodial and trustee companies, recordkeeping, shopper servicing, transaction processing, tax reporting and different companies to former Vanguard purchasers.

Plan individuals will retain entry to a various lineup of Vanguard mutual funds by way of the Ascensus platform, in line with the announcement. Submit-transaction, Vanguard will proceed to supply a one-person SEP IRA resolution for small-business house owners who don’t make use of others, and the settlement doesn’t embody Vanguard’s different retirement choices.

As famous on the IRS web site, a person 401(okay) plan, or Solo 401(okay), is actually the identical as a conventional 401(okay) plan, nevertheless it covers a enterprise proprietor with no workers — or that individual and his or her partner. These plans in any other case have the identical guidelines and necessities as another 401(okay) plan.

The announcement cites Ascensus’ greater than 4 a long time of trade expertise, noting the agency is “deeply dedicated to serving the distinctive wants of small enterprise retirement plans.” The transaction is anticipated to shut within the third quarter of 2024, and the acquired enterprise will function as a part of the Ascensus Retirement line of enterprise.