Entrust Administrative Services to Launch Sunday Morning Radio Program to Advise Small Investors on “Capital Ideas”

LAKE MARY, FL- Entrust Administrative Services, which administers more than 2,000 self-directed retirement accounts with a net worth of more than $200 million from offices in Lake Mary, Jacksonville and Boca Raton, is sponsoring the launch of “Capital Ideas,” a one-hour radio program on WORL-660 AM to advise small investors on new investment opportunities.

Glen Mather, (top right photo) president of Entrust Administrative Services, said he plans to host special guests and investment experts to talk about alternative investment opportunities.

The program will kick off Sunday, May 31 at 9 a.m.

“Most investors are familiar with stocks and bonds and we’ll touch on those topics, but we plan to focus on the sorts of alternative investment opportunities that can be overlooked by many investors,” Mather said.

Mather said Capital Ideas will capture the real power of American capital in today’s economy.

“With all the attention on bailouts and macro economics, we’ve overlooked the most important element in our financial system, the millions of small investors who have worked hard all their lives and now hold the power to save the U.S. economy,” Mather said.

“Capital Ideas will celebrate their new power in this economy and analyze ways they are rebuilding the American economic system from the grassroots right up to the power centers,” he said.

For more information please contact:

Glen Mather, President , Entrust Administrative Services, Inc., 407-367-3472 gmather@entrustfl.com;

Larry Vershel, Larry Vershel Communications 407-644-4142, lvershelco@aol.com

Entrust President Says Builders, Developers Can Solicit Financial Support from Owners of Self-Directed IRAs

LAKE MARY, Fla. - Builders and developers who are finding it difficult to secure financing from traditional lenders can solicit owners of self-directed retirement accounts, says a leading funds administrator.

Glen Mather,(top right photo) president of Entrust Administrative Services, which administers more than 2,000 retirement accounts that total more than $200 million from offices in Lake Mary, Boca Raton and Jacksonville, told the Latin Builders Association in Miami recently that they should go directly to the source to seek alternative funding for worthy projects.

“It’s not just homes, it’s commercial too,” Mather told the more than 70 builders in the audience. “Builders and developers can gain access to finance through individual IRAs if they take the time to learn the correct approach,” he said.

Mather said IRAs can lend to companies, limited partnerships and individual ventures and serve as a stockholder.

Mather said one representative in the group was raising funds to finance individuals who wanted to buy mortgages.

“They are pooling resources to provide financing for distressed properties at a very low price so that individuals can acquire and remodel properties for resale or rental,” Mather said. “The IRAs would then become the lien holders---in effect, the bank---to make these transactions happen.

For more information contact:

Glen Mather, President Entrust Administrative Services, Inc. 407-367-3472 gmather@entrustfl.com;

Larry Vershel, Larry Vershel Communications 407-644-4142 lvershelco@aol.com

Entrust's Mather Says Private Retirement Accounts Could Play Leading Role in U.S. Economic Recovery

LAKE MARY, FL --- Private retirement accounts such as IRAs, Roth accounts and 401K plans---the patient savings of a generation of workers---could pave the way to a quicker national economic recovery, says one of the nation’s leading fund administrators.

Glen Mather, (top right photo) president of Entrust Administrative Services, which provides IRA administrative services to over 2,000 account holders self-directed IRA funds in Florida valued at hundreds of millions of dollars, said private equity investments could fill the lending void left as the nation’s banking system recovers.

Most tax-deferred retirement accounts---Traditional IRAs, Roth IRAs, Seff IRAs and Simple IRAs, the preferred choice of small businesses---can be reformatted as self-directed IRA accounts that open the door to a wide range of investment opportunities, from stock markets to private lending for commercial or resort properties.

That, says Mather, represents enormous opportunities for investors---and a big boost for the national economy.

“In the U.S., IRAs is where the money is,” Mather said.

Bank startups, new companies seeking startup capital---they’re all looking at self-directed IRAs as potential funding sources,” he said.

Most IRA accounts are relatively small, Mather said. Entrust Administrative Services clients average about $100,000 per account, but many accounts total well into the millions of dollars.

“Cumulatively, IRAs represent enormous equity that has been traditionally undervalued by the financial markets,” Mather said. Younger account owners---Mather’s clients typically range from age 40 to age 65---are more astute about finance and the economy and tend to explore their options.

Retirement funds typically earn low but safe returns in the three-to-five-percent range, Mather said. But well-managed self-directed IRAs can earn tax-deferred returns in the 15-20 percent range when invested in real estate or similar vehicles.

“Real estate can be especially productive in this market,” Mather said.

“Smart investors who recognize that the real estate market is readjusting are lending about 50 percent of the new value in order to be on the safe side.

" If the worst happens and they foreclose, they own an asset at approximately half its current value that will produce substantial returns,” Mather said.

Mather said some self-directed IRAs are lending operating capital to businesses backed by accounts receivables.

“That has been a market traditionally dominated by banks and private equity lenders,” Mather said. “But more owners of self-directed IRAs are stepping in to fill the gap the banks have left,” he said.

For more information about this news release, contact:

Glen Mather, President, Entrust Administrative Services, Inc., 407-367-3472. gmather@entrustfl.com;

Larry Vershel, Larry Vershel Communications, 407-644-4142, Lvershelco@aol.com

Entrust Administrative Services Opens Chicago Office

LAKE MARY, FL - Entrust Administrative Services, the Lake Mary-based firm that provides IRA administrative services to over 2,000 account holders of self-directed IRA funds in Florida, recently opened a Chicago office at 300 S. Wacker Drive (top right photo) to serve Illinois investors.

Glen Mather, president of Entrust Administrative Services, Inc., said the firm will also open a South Florida office later this year.

“With the current economic cycle, assets have been devalued nationwide and the traditional banking model offers little relief,” said Mather.

“Current market cycles are driving investors to alternative investments such as private equity, debt instruments and distressed real estate – all of which can be held in an IRA.”

“Today, owners of self-directed IRA funds have substantial opportunities to grow their assets by investing wisely in undervalued assets with growth potential,” he said. “Ironically, in a depressed financial services market, we have to expand in order to meet this demand,” Mather said.

CONTACTS:
Glen Mather, President Entrust Administrative Services, Inc. 407-367-3472 gmather@entrustfl.com;

Larry Vershel, Larry Vershel Communications, 407-644-4142, Lvershelco@aol.com