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Cardinal Group Management & Advisory LLC401(k)

CARDINAL GROUP MANAGEMENT 401(K) PLAN · DENVER, CO · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.61%

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

Cardinal Group Management & Advisory LLC reported $108,851 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.61% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $674 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 0.86% to 0.61%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other real estate & leasing employers. By assets it is the 513th-largest of 1,461 plans among Colorado employers on file, and the 655th of 2,096 in real estate & leasing. In 2024, employees put in $2.03 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 910 to 2,467 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$20,474,540
Participants with balances740
Active participants2,467
Employer contributions$1,663,470
Employee contributions$3,369,461
Employer contribution per active participant$674
Average account balance$27,668
Benefits paid to participants$3,267,051
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$20.5M · 740 accts · $1.7M emplr
2023$15.3M · 620 accts · $1.4M emplr
2022$10.8M · 543 accts · $1.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$64,146
Total administrative$108,851
The Cardinal Group Management & Advisory LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$674
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$674 per active participant
2023$1,339 per active participant
2022$1,381 per active participant

Cardinal Group Management & Advisory LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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.

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 · 20241
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$64,146

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$108,851 · 0.61%
2023$88,103 · 0.67%
2022$90,410 · 0.86%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 263023643 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.