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Lazard Freres & Co. LLC401(k)

LAZARD FRERES & CO. LLC EMPLOYEES' SAVINGS PLAN · NEW YORK, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.05%

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

Lazard Freres & Co. LLC reported $413,604 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.05% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $7,413 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 0.04% to 0.05%. 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 142nd-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 211th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $2.71 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$832,021,907
Participants with balances2,889
Active participants1,722
Employer contributions$12,765,711
Employee contributions$34,628,629
Employer contribution per active participant$7,413
Average account balance$287,997
Benefits paid to participants$62,844,999
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$832.0M · 2,889 accts · $12.8M emplr
2023$724.4M · 2,890 accts · $13.7M emplr
2022$593.7M · 2,781 accts · $12.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$105,695
Investment management$154,917
Audit (IQPA)$135,014
Total administrative$413,604
The Lazard Freres & Co. LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$7,413
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$7,413 per active participant
2023$7,806 per active participant
2022$6,676 per active participant

Lazard Freres & Co. LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above 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
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP · Accounting / audit$135,014
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$112,702
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$52,406

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$413,604 · 0.05%
2023$314,285 · 0.05%
2022$263,328 · 0.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 135545100 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.