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H.W. Kaufman Financial Group401(k)

H. W. KAUFMAN FINANCIAL GROUP RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · FARMINGTON HILLS, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.26%

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

H.W. Kaufman Financial Group reported $385,684 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.26% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,741 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 0.11% to 0.26%. 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 190th-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and the 720th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $3.18 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$155,462,341
Participants with balances1,833
Active participants1,440
Employer contributions$3,947,032
Employee contributions$12,533,672
Employer contribution per active participant$2,741
Average account balance$84,813
Benefits paid to participants$16,730,095
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorDERDERIAN, KANN, SEYFERTH & SALUCCI
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$155.5M · 1,833 accts · $3.9M emplr
2023$136.5M · 1,998 accts · $3.2M emplr
2022$116.7M · 1,928 accts · $3.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$385,684
Total administrative$385,684
The H.W. Kaufman Financial Group 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,741
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,741 per active participant
2023$2,265 per active participant
2022$2,025 per active participant

H.W. Kaufman Financial Group's 2024 employer contribution ran below 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 · 20245
MESIROW FINANCIAL INVESTMENT MANAGE · Investment advisory (plan)$1,878
THE RETIREMENT ADVANTAGE INC · Contract administrator$515
MICHAEL,MARK,CICCHELLAindirect comp
SIGMA FINANCIAL CORPORATIONindirect comp

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$385,684 · 0.26%
2023$258,644 · 0.20%
2022$131,975 · 0.11%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 381903339 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.