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Mercer Investments, LLC401(k)

MERCER WISE POOLED EMPLOYER PLAN · BOSTON, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.66%

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

Mercer Investments, LLC reported $1,715,144 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.66% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,427 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 0.27% to 0.66%. 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 175th-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 424th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $2.98 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 5,131 to 10,017 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$319,875,162
Participants with balances7,587
Active participants10,017
Employer contributions$14,289,967
Employee contributions$42,642,981
Employer contribution per active participant$1,427
Average account balance$42,161
Benefits paid to participants$41,948,165
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$319.9M · 7,587 accts · $14.3M emplr
2023$198.1M · 5,982 accts · $10.8M emplr
2022$83.6M · 4,178 accts · $4.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$523,836
Investment management$1,191,308
Total administrative$1,715,144
The Mercer Investments, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,427
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$1,427 per active participant
2023$1,796 per active participant
2022$876 per active participant

Mercer Investments, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 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.

Service providers · 20245
JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Recordkeeping · Investment management$1,446
MERCER INVESTMENTS, LLC · Consulting · Insurance services$1,155,483
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$63,734
REGIONS BANK · Investment advisory (participants)$21,396

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$1,715,144 · 0.66%
2023$1,063,207 · 0.76%
2022$228,489 · 0.27%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 300282430 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.