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Waterton Associates401(k)

WATERTON 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · CHICAGO, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.41%

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

Waterton Associates reported $206,490 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.41% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,080 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 0.49% to 0.41%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other real estate & leasing employers. By assets it is the 863rd-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 271st of 2,096 in real estate & leasing. In 2024, employees put in $2.44 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 2,218 to 815 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$53,642,606
Participants with balances1,044
Active participants815
Employer contributions$1,695,459
Employee contributions$4,140,115
Employer contribution per active participant$2,080
Average account balance$51,382
Benefits paid to participants$7,415,046
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$53.6M · 1,044 accts · $1.7M emplr
2023$47.6M · 1,086 accts · $1.8M emplr
2022$39.6M · 1,319 accts · $1.7M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$115,111
Investment management$83,379
Audit (IQPA)$8,000
Total administrative$206,490
The Waterton Associates 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,080
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,080 per active participant
2023$2,332 per active participant
2022$759 per active participant

Waterton Associates's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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 · 20243
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$115,111
CREATIVE PLANNING LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$83,379
SIKICH LLP · Accounting / audit$8,000

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$206,490 · 0.41%
2023$206,316 · 0.47%
2022$208,909 · 0.49%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 364020229 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.