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Merchants Bancorp401(k)

MERCHANTS BANCORP 401(K) PLAN · CARMEL, IN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.42%

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

Merchants Bancorp reported $171,557 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.42% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,446 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 0.39% to 0.42%. 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 the 310th-largest of 1,562 plans among Indiana employers on file, and the 1,782nd of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $2.35 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 547 to 647 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$45,801,534
Participants with balances699
Active participants647
Employer contributions$2,229,649
Employee contributions$5,231,915
Employer contribution per active participant$3,446
Average account balance$65,524
Benefits paid to participants$4,913,283
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$45.8M · 699 accts · $2.2M emplr
2023$35.8M · 650 accts · $1.9M emplr
2022$23.7M · 591 accts · $1.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$101,478
Investment management$70,079
Total administrative$171,557
The Merchants Bancorp 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,446
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,446 per active participant
2023$3,092 per active participant
2022$2,981 per active participant

Merchants Bancorp's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 · 20242
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator$101,477
MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL · Investment advisory (plan)$70,103

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$171,557 · 0.42%
2023$104,062 · 0.35%
2022$92,275 · 0.39%
All plans at this employer2
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 350352710 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.