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Publications International, LTD.401(k)

PUBLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL, LTD. SAVINGS PLAN · MORTON GROVE, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.61%

Publications International, LTD. reported $99,074 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.61% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. 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 0.69% to 0.61%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Illinois (1,884th of 3,702), and 1,136th of 2,199 in information & media.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$16,723,259
Participants with balances148
Active participants91
Employer contributions—
Employee contributions$529,870
Employer contribution per active participant—
Average account balance$112,995
Benefits paid to participants$1,546,663
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$16.7M · 148 accts
2023$15.7M · 154 accts
2022$14.5M · 157 accts
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$47,936
Investment management$39,438
Audit (IQPA)$11,700
Total administrative$99,074
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
TRANSAMERICA RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$47,936
CREATIVE PLANNING DEPARTMENT · Investment advisory (plan)$39,438
BAKER TILLY US LLP · Accounting / audit$11,700
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC. · Securities brokerageindirect comp
NATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES · Securities brokerageindirect comp

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Transamerica
2023Transamerica

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Administrative cost history3
2024$99,074 · 0.61%
2023$105,731 · 0.70%
2022$115,630 · 0.69%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 362638265 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.