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Forward Financing LLC401(k)

FORWARD FINANCING LLC RETIREMENT PLAN · BOSTON, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.71%

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

Forward Financing LLC reported $110,278 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.71% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $7,820 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 0.81% to 0.71%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Massachusetts (1,397th of 2,726), and 3,217th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $1.42 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 252 to 202 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$18,262,213
Participants with balances263
Active participants202
Employer contributions$1,579,679
Employee contributions$2,242,689
Employer contribution per active participant$7,820
Average account balance$69,438
Benefits paid to participants$1,854,225
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$18.3M · 263 accts · $1.6M emplr
2023$12.8M · 252 accts · $1.4M emplr
2022$8.3M · 292 accts · $1.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$55,916
Investment management$14,338
Total administrative$110,278
The Forward Financing LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$7,820
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$7,820 per active participant
2023$6,975 per active participant
2022$5,181 per active participant

Forward Financing LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 · 20243
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH · Pension consulting · Investment advisory (plan)$54,363
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$50,090
THE MANDMARBLESTONE GROUP LLC · Contract administrator · Other services$5,825

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$110,278 · 0.71%
2023$87,134 · 0.83%
2022$57,402 · 0.81%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 461472077 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.