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First Trust Portfolios L.P.401(k)

FIRST TRUST PORTFOLIOS L.P. 401(K) PLAN · WHEATON, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.02%

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

First Trust Portfolios L.P. reported $62,277 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,285 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 0.015% to 0.019%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 206th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 387th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $5.65 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 982 to 1,090 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$360,302,703
Participants with balances1,194
Active participants1,090
Employer contributions$3,580,952
Employee contributions$20,222,049
Employer contribution per active participant$3,285
Average account balance$301,761
Benefits paid to participants$9,212,124
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$360.3M · 1,194 accts · $3.6M emplr
2023$295.3M · 1,125 accts · $3.2M emplr
2022$234.9M · 1,043 accts · $3.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$20,894
Total administrative$62,277
The First Trust Portfolios L.P. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,285
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$3,285 per active participant
2023$3,050 per active participant
2022$3,073 per active participant

First Trust Portfolios L.P.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 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
ONEAMERICA RETIREMENT SERVICES LLC · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$40,018
TD AMERITRADE · Investment management$20,894
MATRIX TRUST COMPANY · Custodial (securities) · Trusteeindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024OneAmerica
2023OneAmerica

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Administrative cost history3
2024$62,277 · 0.02%
2023$46,576 · 0.02%
2022$38,764 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 363768815 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.