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Bank of Hope401(k)

BANK OF HOPE 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · LOS ANGELES, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.09%

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

Bank of Hope reported $221,343 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.09% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,992 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 0.11% to 0.09%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 477th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 497th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $2.16 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 1,472 to 1,213 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$252,466,138
Participants with balances1,788
Active participants1,213
Employer contributions$6,055,513
Employee contributions$13,081,660
Employer contribution per active participant$4,992
Average account balance$141,200
Benefits paid to participants$22,255,164
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$252.5M · 1,788 accts · $6.1M emplr
2023$218.5M · 1,895 accts · $6.8M emplr
2022$179.2M · 1,901 accts · $5.9M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$150,973
Investment management$50,000
Audit (IQPA)$20,370
Total administrative$221,343
The Bank of Hope 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,992
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$4,992 per active participant
2023$5,496 per active participant
2022$4,017 per active participant

Bank of Hope'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
TRANSAMERICA RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$150,973
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES · Investment advisory (plan)$50,000
VASQUEZ & COMPANY, LLP · Accounting / audit$20,370

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024AMBROSE ESOP ADVISORS, LLC, Transamerica
2023Transamerica

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Bank of Hope before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$221,343 · 0.09%
2023$200,372 · 0.10%
2022$201,880 · 0.11%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 953972168 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.