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Hilco Trading, LLC401(k)

HILCO TRADING, LLC 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN & TRUST · NORTHBROOK, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.08%

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

Hilco Trading, LLC reported $83,136 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.08% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,992 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 0.10% to 0.08%. 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 505th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 908th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $2.64 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 519 to 1,608 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$114,366,668
Participants with balances885
Active participants1,608
Employer contributions$3,202,845
Employee contributions$8,440,641
Employer contribution per active participant$1,992
Average account balance$129,228
Benefits paid to participants$4,942,182
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWARADY & DAVIS LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$114.4M · 885 accts · $3.2M emplr
2023$89.5M · 636 accts · $2.7M emplr
2022$67.9M · 579 accts · $2.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,576
Investment management$81,560
Total administrative$83,136
The Hilco Trading, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,992
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$1,992 per active participant
2023$4,731 per active participant
2022$4,273 per active participant

Hilco Trading, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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.

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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$1,577

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$83,136 · 0.08%
2023$68,017 · 0.09%
2022$73,452 · 0.10%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 753222990 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.