Ds Investment Advisors

Retirement Plan Advisor

Grand Rapids, MI

About Ds Investment Advisors

<p>Institutional-style investment lineups for smaller plan committees are a specialty at Ds Investment Advisors. Based in Grand Rapids in the Grand Rapids–Kentwood metro area, the firm works with retirement plan sponsors and individual investors across the United States.</p> <p>Ds Investment Advisors has more than 18 years of experience in retirement plan consulting and individual wealth management. The team provides fee-only investment advice and works as a fiduciary for plan clients, taking either a 3(21) co-fiduciary role or a 3(38) investment manager role depending on the engagement. The firm manages about $0.3B in assets (2026).</p> <p>With 4 employees, Ds Investment Advisors keeps the work direct: clients work with an independent advisor rather than a product sales desk. The practical difference is the firm’s ongoing fiduciary process and investment oversight for plans that do not have in-house staff to manage committee tasks.</p> <ul> <li>3(38) investment fiduciary services</li> <li>3(21) fiduciary support (as engaged)</li> <li>Fee-only investment advisory services</li> <li>Retirement plan consulting for plan sponsors</li> <li>Individual wealth management</li> </ul>

Website: https://dsinvestmentadvisors.com/

Employees: 4

Office Locations

  • Grand Rapids, MI (Headquarters)

Services Offered

  • 3(38) Investment Manager

Client Statistics (2026)

  • Total Clients: 0
  • Total AUM: $346.0M

Plans Serviced (2024)

Largest plans where this firm is listed as a service provider (Schedule C) or IQPA (Schedule H) on the most recent filings (From Form 5500).

PlanSponsorAssetsParticipants
NOVO BUILDING PRODUCTSNOVO DISTRIBUTION, LLC, MI$43M1,319
HARDWOODS SPECIALTY PRODUCTS 401(K) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLANHARDWOODS SPECIALTY PRODUCTS US LP A DELAWARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP$36M564
RUGBY 401(K) PLANRUGBY HOLDINGS LLC, NH$33M666
MID-AM HOLDINGS, LLC 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLANMID-AM HOLDINGS, LLC, MO$27M292
ENGINEERED PROTECTION SYSTEMS INC RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLANENGINEERED PROTECTION SYSTEMS INC, MI$19M259
WOOLF HOLDINGS, LLC PROFIT SHARING AND SAVINGS PLANWOOLF HOLDINGS, LLC, IL$11M165

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