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Van Diest Investment Company401(k)

BANK EMPLOYEES SAVINGS PLAN · WEBSTER CITY, IA · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.23%

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

Van Diest Investment Company reported $37,253 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.23% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,614 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 0.16% to 0.30%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Iowa (443rd of 878), and 3,286th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2023, employees put in $3.20 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$17,187,108
Participants with balances167
Active participants132
Employer contributions$213,097
Employee contributions$680,944
Employer contribution per active participant$1,614
Average account balance$102,917
Benefits paid to participants$961,899
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$17.0M · 162 accts · $237K emplr
2023$17.2M · 167 accts · $213K emplr
2022$14.9M · 164 accts · $191K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$37,253
Total administrative$37,253
The Van Diest Investment Company 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$1,614
Median for plans this size$2,440
2024$1,754 per active participant
2023$1,614 per active participant
2022$1,404 per active participant

Van Diest Investment Company's 2023 employer contribution ran below the $2,440 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20234
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WILSHIRE ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)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$52,028 · 0.30%
2023$37,253 · 0.23%
2022$26,156 · 0.16%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 420839178 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.