Ariel Investments LLC
advisor8 known aliases resolved via the canonical alias map
Market position · 2024
Plans served26-7 YoYRank #698 of mapped providers
Assets under administration$112.3B0.1%Market share · rank #117
Fees received$5MMedian $30,261/planSum across Schedule C direct + indirect
Net wins YoY-70 won · 7 lostPlan-level switch detection
Plans served · 5-year trajectory
Market-share plans percent annotated. Bar height is raw plan count.
Customer-base shape
What does a typical Ariel Investments LLC plan look like?
Service mix · median fees per plan
Count of plans where Ariel Investments LLC ships each service code, and the median compensation they report under it.
| Service | Plans | Median fees | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
Soft dollars commissions; Investment management fees paid directly by plan; Investment management; Investment management fees paid indirectly by planCode 28 | 23 | $22,672 | |
Soft dollars commissions; Investment management fees paid directly by planCode 51 | 3 | $290,872 |
Competitor overlap
Percent of Ariel Investments LLC's plans that also list each competitor on Schedule C. High numbers = co-living partners; low numbers = direct displacement targets.
Plans won in 2024
Appeared this year; did not appear last year under Ariel Investments LLC.
| Sponsor | From | Assets |
|---|
Plans lost in 2024
Appeared last year under Ariel Investments LLC; not this year.
| Sponsor | To | Assets |
|---|---|---|
CONSTELLATION ENERGY GENERATION LLCPA · 233064219-001 | STEPSTONE GROUP | $5.3B |
FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS PARENT, INC.CT · 862359749-001 | McCarter & English LLP | $2.4B |
CONSTELLATION ENERGY GENERATION LLCPA · 233064219-013 | STEPSTONE GROUP | $1.3B |
ABC, INC.NY · 141284013-012 | Invesco Trust Co | $926M |
NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA SAINTS. LLCLA · 742368470-012 | Transamerica | $47M |
MINNESOTA VIKINGS FOOTBALL, LLCMN · 202310169-011 | Arthur J Gallagher & Co | $46M |
MIAMI DOLPHINS, LTD.FL · 591111924-011 | Gallacher Benefits Services Inc | $45M |
Top plans by assets
Searchable full list lands with the commercial layer.
| Plan | Assets | Participants | Fees | Tenure | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MICROSOFT CORPORATIONWA · 911144442-001 | $65.6B | 183,509 | $328,560 | 2y | - |
SOUTHERN COMPANY SERVICES, INC.GA · 630274273-001 | $15.3B | 58,166 | $1M | 3y | - |
PEPSICO, INC.NY · 131584302-004 | $6.8B | 55,326 | $290,872 | 10y | - |
TRAVELERS COMPANIES, INC.MN · 410518860-001 | $4.2B | 45,786 | $694,164 | 10y | - |
PEPSICO, INC.NY · 131584302-121 | $4.2B | 85,189 | $368,204 | 4y | - |
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER SERVICE CORPORATIONOH · 134922641-001 | $4.1B | 32,548 | $131,604 | 7y | - |
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF PENTEGRA DEFINED BENEFIT PLANNY · 135645888-333 | $3.0B | 15,292 | $7,402 | 8y | - |
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF CARPENTERS PENSION FUND OF ILLINOISIL · 366147396-001 | $2.3B | 17,735 | $391,392 | 10y | - |
MULTIPLE EMPLOYERSMD · 521061906-002 | $2.2B | 11,358 | $104,603 | 4y | - |
ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY LLCTX · 752967830-001 | $1.9B | 14,519 | $255,387 | 10y | - |
Flag exposure
69.2%Market: 89.1%
This provider
Market baseline
Share of this provider's plans tripping any deterministic red flag this year. Lower than market baseline = better risk surface.
Aliases resolved (8)
Raw Schedule C names collapsed into Ariel Investments LLC.
- ARIEL CAPITAL
- ARIEL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
- ARIEL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
- ARIEL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
- ARIEL INVESTMENT
- ARIEL INVESTMENTS
- ARIEL INVESTMENTS LLC
- ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC
Book composition by plan size
Bars stack to total plans served; segments use the same asset cutoffs as the /plans size filter. Up-and-to-the-right on the bigger segments = moving up-market.
Under $5M$5-50M$50-250M$250M-1B$1B+
Compliance posture vs market
Per-flag share for Ariel Investments LLC's book against the same flag's overall prevalence across all filings. Negative delta = under-indexed (cleaner book); positive = elevated risk surface.
| Flag | Plans flagged | Provider % | Market % | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recently terminated | 0 | 0.00% | 7.76% | -7.76 pp |
| Fidelity bond gap | 0 | 0.00% | 26.94% | -26.94 pp |
| Late contributions | 4 | 15.38% | 1.71% | +13.67 pp |
| Failed to provide benefit | 0 | 0.00% | 0.14% | -0.14 pp |
| Corrective distributions | 0 | 0.00% | 1.76% | -1.76 pp |
| Loss discovered | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% | -0.00 pp |
New-plan formation share
Share of plans filing for the first time each year that landed with Ariel Investments LLC. Compare to the incumbent market share (0.0%) - higher = winning new business, lower = coasting on existing relationships.
0.0%-0.0 pp vs incumbent
Frequent partners by role
Who else shows up on Ariel Investments LLC's plans most often. Switch tabs by counterparty role - high-overlap names are either referral channels (advisors, auditors) or competitive blocks (other recordkeepers).
| Partner | Shared plans | % of book |
|---|---|---|
| Baum Sigman Auerbach & Neuman, Ltd. | 2 | 7.7% |
| Covington & Burling LLP | 2 | 7.7% |
| Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP | 2 | 7.7% |
| Thompson Coburn | 2 | 7.7% |
| Cavanagh & O'Hara LLP | 1 | 3.9% |
| Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP | 1 | 3.9% |
| Pierce Firm PLLC | 1 | 3.9% |
| Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP | 1 | 3.9% |