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Merchants Financial Group, Inc.401(k)

MERCHANTS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · WINONA, MN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.00%

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

Merchants Financial Group, Inc. reported $2,507 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.00% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $324 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 0.02% to 0.00%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other management of companies employers. By assets it is the 404th-largest of 1,918 plans among Minnesota employers on file, and the 249th of 786 in management of companies. In 2024, employees put in $17.82 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$64,785,788
Participants with balances593
Active participants419
Employer contributions$135,913
Employee contributions$2,422,297
Employer contribution per active participant$324
Average account balance$109,251
Benefits paid to participants$8,800,275
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorRSM US LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$64.8M · 593 accts · $136K emplr
2023$60.1M · 572 accts · $125K emplr
2022$51.2M · 599 accts · $134K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$2,507
Total administrative$2,507
The Merchants Financial Group, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$324
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$324 per active participant
2023$292 per active participant
2022$297 per active participant

Merchants Financial Group, Inc.'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.

Service providers · 20242
MERCHANTS BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION · Trustee$2,507
CHARLES SCHWAB TRUST BANK · Custodial (securities)indirect 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$2,507 · 0.00%
2023$11,484 · 0.02%
2022$8,820 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 411504721 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.