Retirement plan

SOUND RETIREMENT TRUST

BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SOUND RETIREMENT TRUSTEIN 91-6069306Plan #001PY 2022
11724 NE 195TH ST STE 300 - BOTHELL, WA 98011206-282-4100
Prospect flagsLow participationLow employer contribution

Filing contacts

From the Form 5500, federal record
Plan sponsor signer
(name not on filing)
(206) 282-4100
Plan administrator signer
MILLER KAPLAN ARASE LLP
Signed 07/17/2023

Summary metrics

Total assets (EOY)
$2512M
-3.9% from 2017
Total participants
155,238
-4.9% from 2017
Average account balance
$0
No prior year
Annual return
-12.98%
-11.79 pp from 2017

Benchmarks

Peer group
Industryany (size+type match)
Plan typeDefined benefit
Participants>=10,000
Cohort204 peers
Snapshot2022
Participant deferral / active EE
$0
median $38
Employer contribution / active EE
$667
median $6,003
Participation rate
0.0%
median 0.0%
Avg account balance
$0
median $1,469,698
Admin fee / account holder
$0
median $19,323
Annual return
-12.98%
median -13.75%
Overall peer rank
20th percentileavg across 6 metrics

Analytics

2016 - 2024
Total assets (EOY)
Plan-year ending balance
$2.60B
Average account balance
Total assets / participants with a balance (line 6g)
$22K
Participants with account balance
Stacked by status: active / separated vested / retired or beneficiary. Total = line 6g.
41,113
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
$78.99M
Contributions per participant
Average employer and participant contribution per enrolled participant
$1K
Asset flow
BOY + contributions + return - distributions = EOY
Year
Annual return
Diverging bars; negative years highlighted
+11.41%
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 26 by compensation
ProviderService typeCompensation
Service code 50 · EIN 23-2962336
Direct Payment
$4,708,156
Service code 13 · EIN 52-1590516
Contract Administrator
$1,317,471
Service code 50 · EIN 04-3200030
Direct Payment
$1,273,910
PIMCO4 years
Service code 50 · EIN 33-0629048
Direct Payment
$1,027,701
Service code 17 · EIN 91-1320111
Pension Consulting
$558,000
Service code 50 · EIN 04-3063840
Direct Payment
$500,307
Service code 11 · EIN 13-4215617
Actuarial
$375,833
Service code 11 · EIN 94-1701048
Actuarial
$303,070
Service code 27 · EIN 38-3930662
Advisory (Plan)
$300,778
Service code 27 · EIN 20-2865003
Advisory (Plan)
$212,317

Enrolled actuary

1 attachment
MB

PAUL L. GRAF, JOSHUA A. C. DAVIS

RAEL & LETSON/CHEIRON INC.
Enrollment #2007397
601 UNION STREET
SUITE 2415
SEATTLE, WA 98101
(206) 445-1852
Signed 2023-06-14

Reportable transactions (Schedule G)

2 rows

Counterparties on defaulted loans (Part 1), defaulted leases (Part 2), and non-exempt prohibited transactions (Part 3). Presence of any row warrants fiduciary review.

CategoryCounterpartyRelationship / TermsAddressAmount
Part 1
Loan in default
LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS
745 7TH AVE
NEW YORK, NY 10019
Part 1
Loan in default
LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS
745 7TH AVE
NEW YORK, NY 10019

Plan features & details

Pension benefit codes1A
Plan features
  • 1A
    Benefits are primarily pay related
    Benefits under the plan are primarily determined with reference to a participant's pay (e.g. final-average-pay formula).

Opportunity flags

2 tripped
  • OpportunityLow participation

    Participation rate is below 70% (account-balance holders / active employees) - enrollment or auto-enroll opportunity.

  • OpportunityLow employer contribution

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

Expense breakdown

Schedule H Part II
Admin total
$23.6M
$224 / participant
  • Investment mgmt$18M77.0%
  • Contract admin$1M5.6%
  • Other / not subdivided$4M17.4%
% of EOY assets
0.941%
all-in expense ratio
Categories reported
2 / 9
subdivided buckets used

Audit opinion

Schedule H Part III
Unqualified opinion

Auditor signed off without reservation - the cleanest possible opinion.

Auditor firm
MILLER KAPLAN ARASE LLP
Auditor EIN
952036255
Audit fees
(not subdivided)
Opinion code
Unqualified