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Arete Associates401(k)

ARETE ASSOCIATES 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · NORTHRIDGE, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.04%

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

Arete Associates reported $78,255 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.04% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $6,628 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.043%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 578th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 827th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $1.88 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$193,656,782
Participants with balances628
Active participants413
Employer contributions$2,737,333
Employee contributions$5,148,160
Employer contribution per active participant$6,628
Average account balance$308,371
Benefits paid to participants$12,657,483
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBEESON, HOFFMAN & SIDDALL, INC.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$193.7M · 628 accts · $2.7M emplr
2023$170.8M · 606 accts · $2.7M emplr
2022$144.2M · 588 accts · $2.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,940
Audit (IQPA)$10,782
Total administrative$78,255
The Arete Associates 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$6,628
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$6,628 per active participant
2023$7,133 per active participant
2022$6,310 per active participant

Arete Associates's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 median for plans its size. 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.

What these fees cost you

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 · 20243
T ROWE PRICE RPS INC · Recordkeeping · Trustee$1,940
BENEFIT FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP · Consulting$65,323
BEESON, HOFFMAN AND SIDDALL INC · Accounting / audit$10,782

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024T. Rowe Price
2023T. Rowe Price

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Administrative cost history3
2024$78,255 · 0.04%
2023$2,040 · 0.00%
2022$67,394 · 0.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 952954108 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.