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Cathay General Bancorp401(k)

THE CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · EL MONTE, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.14%

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

Cathay General Bancorp reported $341,660 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.14% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,637 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 rose from 0.10% to 0.14%. 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 466th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 491st of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $2.53 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$259,571,349
Participants with balances1,624
Active participants1,184
Employer contributions$4,306,451
Employee contributions$10,874,264
Employer contribution per active participant$3,637
Average account balance$159,835
Benefits paid to participants$20,596,935
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$259.6M · 1,624 accts · $4.3M emplr
2023$228.9M · 1,624 accts · $4.4M emplr
2022$192.0M · 1,552 accts · $4.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$14,001
Investment management$320,659
Audit (IQPA)$7,000
Total administrative$341,660
The Cathay General Bancorp 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,637
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$3,637 per active participant
2023$3,733 per active participant
2022$3,590 per active participant

Cathay General Bancorp'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 · 20244
SCHWAB RETIREMENT PLAN SERVICES,INC · Recordkeeping · Investment advisory (participants)$36,782
BENEFIT FINANCIAL SERVICE · Investment management$289,728
FARBER HASS HURLEY LLP · Accounting / audit$15,000

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Charles Schwab
2023Charles Schwab

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Administrative cost history3
2024$341,660 · 0.14%
2023$168,937 · 0.08%
2022$219,724 · 0.10%
All plans at this employer2
CATHAY BANK EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLANESOP
THE CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN401(k)
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 954274680 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.