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Bmo Financial Corp.401(k)

EMPLOYEES' 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN OF BANK OF MONTREAL/HARRIS · CHICAGO, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.02%

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

Bmo Financial Corp. reported $1,094,082 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $7,870 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 0.06% to 0.02%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 14th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 39th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $1.19 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 13,364 to 19,696 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$4,970,255,879
Participants with balances29,352
Active participants19,696
Employer contributions$155,015,106
Employee contributions$184,725,308
Employer contribution per active participant$7,870
Average account balance$169,333
Benefits paid to participants$564,157,450
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$5.0B · 29,352 accts · $155.0M emplr
2023$4.5B · 30,768 accts · $135.3M emplr
2022$2.6B · 19,057 accts · $104.9M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,088,202
Total administrative$1,094,082
The Bmo Financial Corp. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$7,870
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$7,870 per active participant
2023$6,671 per active participant
2022$7,850 per active participant

Bmo Financial Corp.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $5,259 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 · 20244
EMPOWER ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$972,713
CONDUENT · Recordkeeping$56,829
NEWPORT GROUP INC. · Recordkeeping$18,750
MITCHELL & TITUS LLP · Accounting / audit$39,910

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024CONDUENT, Empower, Newport (Ascensus)
2023CONDUENT

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Bmo Financial Corp. 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$1,094,082 · 0.02%
2023$1,141,761 · 0.03%
2022$1,568,952 · 0.06%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 510275712 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.