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Challenger Performance401(k)

THE CHALLENGER 401(K) PLAN · CHICAGO, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.32%

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

Challenger Performance reported $26,549 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.32% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,069 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 0.26% to 0.32%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Illinois (2,471st of 3,702), and 8,300th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $3.82 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 98 to 78 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$9,076,330
Participants with balances113
Active participants78
Employer contributions$239,384
Employee contributions$915,377
Employer contribution per active participant$3,069
Average account balance$80,322
Benefits paid to participants$1,322,408
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCST GROUP CPAS PC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$9.1M · 113 accts · $239K emplr
2023$7.5M · 132 accts · $317K emplr
2022$6.0M · 142 accts · $544K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,942
Investment management$24,607
Total administrative$26,549
The Challenger Performance 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,069
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$3,069 per active participant
2023$3,915 per active participant
2022$5,547 per active participant

Challenger Performance's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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 · 20242
FOREST CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC · Recordkeeping · Trustee$24,607
ADP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$1,941

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024ADP, FOREST CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
2023ADP, FOREST CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC

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Administrative cost history3
2024$26,549 · 0.32%
2023$21,519 · 0.32%
2022$16,549 · 0.26%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 831106257 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.