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CENTRAL STATES, SOUTHEAST & SOUTHWEST AREAS PENSION PLAN

TRUSTEES OF CENTRAL STATES, SE AND SW AREAS PENSION FUNDEIN 36-6044243Plan #001PY 2024
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8647 WEST HIGGINS ROAD - CHICAGO, IL 606312803847-518-9800LinkedIn10001+ employeespackage/freight delivery
Prospect flagsHigh retiree %Low participant contribution

Filing contacts

From the Form 5500, federal record
Plan sponsor & administrator signer
BRADLEY GRIMES
Signed 10/08/2025
(847) 518-9800
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Summary metrics

Total assets (EOY)
$48220.7M
+6.8% from 2016
Total participants
332,020
+1.6% from 2016
Average account balance
$0
No prior year
Annual return
1.91%
-5.19 pp from 2016

Benchmarks

See 185 peers
Peer group
Industryany (size+type match)
Plan typeDefined benefit
Participants>=10,000
Cohort185 peers
Snapshot2024
Participant deferral / active EE
$0
median $11
Employer contribution / active EE
$11,942
median $6,224
Participation rate
0.0%
median 0.0%
Avg account balance
$0
Admin fee / account holder
$0
Annual return
1.91%
median 6.42%
Overall peer rank
26th percentileavg across 6 metrics

Analytics

2015 - 2024
Total assets (EOY)
Plan-year ending balance
$48.22B
Average account balance
Total assets / participants with a balance (line 6g)
$145K
Participants with account balance
Stacked by status: active / separated vested / retired or beneficiary. Total = line 6g.
293,918
Eligible Participants and Participation
Bars: eligible actives (line 6a). Line: derived rate = active employees with a balance / 6a.
0.0%
Contributions (total)
Employer and participant dollars contributed each year
$455.03M
Contributions per participant
Average employer and participant contribution per enrolled participant
$12K
Asset flow
BOY + contributions + return - distributions = EOY
Year
Annual return
Diverging bars; negative years highlighted
+1.91%
Admin fee / account holder
Total admin expenses / participants with a balance (line 6g)
$0
Asset composition
Cash / stocks / bonds / mutual funds / real estate / loans over time
  • Mutual / pooled
  • Stocks
  • Bonds
  • Cash
  • Real estate
  • Loans

Service providers

Top 10 of 50 by compensation
ProviderService typeCompensation
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON10+ years
Service code 15 · EIN 13-5160382
Recordkeeping
$8,658,926
INSIGHT NORTH AMERICA LLC2 years
Service code 51 · EIN 82-0983489
Investment Mgmt Fees
$4,233,791
BLACKROCK FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT INC.7 years
Service code 31 · EIN 13-3806691
Investment management fees paid direc...
$4,000,000
JP MORGAN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC2 years
Service code 28 · EIN 13-3200244
Investment Management
$3,141,230
PAYDEN AND RYGEL2 years
Service code 51 · EIN 95-3921788
Investment Mgmt Fees
$2,973,922
RUSSELL INV IMPLEMENTATION SRVCS1 year
Service code 51 · EIN 91-0604934
Investment Mgmt Fees
$1,526,044
LOOMIS SAYLES AND COMPANY2 years
Service code 51 · EIN 04-3200030
Investment Mgmt Fees
$1,257,138
PGIM INC2 years
Service code 51 · EIN 22-2540245
Investment Mgmt Fees
$628,178
FIDELITY INSTITUTIONAL ASSET MGMT1 year
Service code 51 · EIN 20-4659714
Investment Mgmt Fees
$461,936
CDW DIRECT1 year
Service code 49 · EIN 36-3310735
Other Services
$417,599

Enrolled actuary

1 attachment
MB

ALDWIN FRIAS, FSA, FCA, MAAA

SEGAL
Enrollment #2306687
66 HUDSON BLVD, E, 20TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 100012192
(212) 251-5000
Signed 2025-08-21

Top hat statement on fileNQDC

Filed November 22, 2002

This is a legacy paper filing. Plan administrator and contact details are recorded in the original filing, which has not been digitised into structured fields.

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Plan features & details

Pension benefit codes1B1E
Plan features
  • 1B
    Benefits are primarily flat dollar
    Benefits are primarily a flat dollar amount (including a dollar amount per year of service).
  • 1E
    Section 401(h) arrangement
    Plan contains separate accounts under Code section 401(h) to provide employee health benefits.

Opportunity flags

2 tripped
  • OpportunityLow participant contribution

    Participant contribution per participant is in the bottom quintile of the peer cohort.

  • InformationalHigh retiree %

    Retirees and beneficiaries make up 25% or more of total participants - indicates an ageing workforce or a frozen plan.

Expense breakdown

Schedule H Part II
Admin total
$76.9M
$2018 / participant
  • Trustee / custodial$4M4.6%
  • Investment mgmt$21M27.6%
  • Legal$243K0.3%
  • Actuarial$353K0.5%
  • Salaries / allowances$29M37.2%
  • Other trustee fees$123K0.2%
  • Other / not subdivided$23M29.6%
% of EOY assets
0.159%
all-in expense ratio
Categories reported
6 / 9
subdivided buckets used

Audit opinion

Schedule H Part III
Unqualified opinion

Auditor signed off without reservation - the cleanest possible opinion.

Auditor firm
WITHUM SMITH+BROWN, PC
Auditor EIN
222027092
Audit fees
$223,080
Opinion code
Unqualified