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Arete Advisors, LLC401(k)

ARETE ADVISORS, LLC 401(K) PLAN · BOCA RATON, FL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.06%

Peer grade: A · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Arete Advisors, LLC reported $6,832 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.06% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,585 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.13% to 0.06%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 1,419th-largest of 3,644 plans among Florida employers on file, and 6,776th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $1.73 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 213 to 265 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$14,178,589
Participants with balances263
Active participants265
Employer contributions$1,215,085
Employee contributions$2,103,182
Employer contribution per active participant$4,585
Average account balance$53,911
Benefits paid to participants$1,186,673
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$14.2M · 263 accts · $1.2M emplr
2023$10.2M · 276 accts · $1.1M emplr
2022$6.0M · 235 accts · $1.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$6,832
Total administrative$6,832
The Arete Advisors, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,585
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$4,585 per active participant
2023$4,218 per active participant
2022$5,304 per active participant

Arete Advisors, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 median for plans its size, placing it in the top quarter of its peers. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

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Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20241
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$6,832

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Vanguard
2023Vanguard

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Administrative cost history3
2024$6,832 · 0.06%
2023$5,134 · 0.06%
2022$6,911 · 0.13%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 813930932 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.