Mesirow Financial
advisor314 known aliases resolved via the canonical alias map
Market position · 2024
Plans served358-63 YoYRank #62 of mapped providers
Assets under administration$120.2B0.1%Market share · rank #119
Fees received$12MMedian $5,047/planSum across Schedule C direct + indirect
Net wins YoY-5871 won · 129 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 Mesirow Financial plan look like?
Service mix · median fees per plan
Count of plans where Mesirow Financial ships each service code, and the median compensation they report under it.
| Service | Plans | Median fees | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
Other services; Investment advisory (plan)Code 27 | 198 | $2,329 | |
Soft dollars commissions; Securities brokerage commissions and fees; Investment managementCode 28 | 53 | $65,608 | |
Participant loan processing; Direct payment from the planCode 37 | 40 | $0 | |
Investment management fees paid directly by plan; Investment advisory (plan); Investment advisory (participants); Investment management; Direct payment from the planCode 26 | 20 | $8,265 | |
Trustee (bank, trust company, or similar financial institution); Recordkeeping fees; Other fees; Recordkeeping and information management (computing, tabulating, data processing, etc.); Other services; Direct payment from the planCode 15 | 14 | $16,809 | |
Other feesCode 99 | 9 | $11,838 | |
Investment advisory (plan); Insurance brokerage commissions and fees; Insurance services; Consulting (general)Code 16 | 6 | $9,572 | |
Other services; Other commissions; Other feesCode 49 | 4 | $12,765 |
Competitor overlap
Percent of Mesirow Financial'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 Mesirow Financial.
| Sponsor | From | Assets |
|---|---|---|
BRICKLAYERS & TROWEL TRADES INTL PENSION FD BD OF TRUSTEEDC · 526127746-001 | Blue Sky 401(k) Specialists | $1.9B |
JOINT BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF NORTH CENTRAL STATES REGIONAL COUNCIL OFWI · 396079856-001 | Neuberger Berman | $1.8B |
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SAN DIEGO COUNTY CONSTRUCTIONCA · 956090541-001 | Milliman | $461M |
NEWPORT GROUP, INC.CA · 272037969-016 | RSM US | $431M |
IBEW LOCAL UNION NO. 99RI · 056049537-002 | MassMutual Life Insurance Company | $179M |
HILCO TRADING, LLCIL · 753222990-001 | Creative Planning | $114M |
IMAGINE SCHOOLS, INC.VA · 043466383-001 | Ascensus | $111M |
WOODHOUSE FORD, INC.NE · 470565206-001 | United of Omaha | $96M |
BARNHILL CONTRACTING COMPANYNC · 560512633-001 | Ascensus | $79M |
THE DELTA PATHOLOGY GROUP, LLCLA · 720933293-001 | American United Life Insurance Co | $66M |
Plans lost in 2024
Appeared last year under Mesirow Financial; not this year.
| Sponsor | To | Assets |
|---|---|---|
OPENLANE, INC.IN · 208744739-001 | Creative Planning | $298M |
OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL DEPUTY RECEIVERIL · 363757445-001 | Creative Planning | $238M |
NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION, INC.IL · 362369301-333 | Merrill | $120M |
CAROLINA DEALERSHIPS INC.NC · 200465434-001 | Lincoln Financial | $98M |
FOTO-KEM INDUSTRIES, INC.CA · 952269976-002 | Empower | $95M |
BOARD OF TRUSTEES STUDIO MECHANICS LOCAL 476 IATSE RETIREMENIL · 366552588-001 | Alliant Insurance Services | $87M |
PLANSOURCE FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.FL · 593707284-001 | Merrill | $71M |
ZIDELL MARINE CORPORATIONOR · 910713057-001 | Creative Planning | $70M |
AMERICAN GREETINGS CORPORATIONOH · 340065325-015 | Creative Planning | $68M |
INNOVATIVE DEFENSE TECHNOLOGIES,VA · 203575585-001 | Merrill | $53M |
Top plans by assets
Searchable full list lands with the commercial layer.
| Plan | Assets | Participants | Fees | Tenure | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TRUSTEES OF CENTRAL STATES, SE AND SW AREAS PENSION FUNDIL · 366044243-001 | $48.2B | 332,020 | $204,605 | 9y | - |
B/O/T UNITED ASSOCIATION NATIONAL PENSION FUNDVA · 526152779-001 | $7.7B | 196,837 | $119,706 | 1y | - |
TEACHERS INSURANCE AND ANNUITY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICANY · 131624203-001 | $5.9B | 29,832 | $464,673 | 3y | - |
TEACHERS INSURANCE AND ANNUITY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICANY · 131624203-003 | $4.6B | 26,753 | $474,672 | 3y | - |
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE BUILDING SERVICE 32BJ PENSION FUNDNY · 131879376-001 | $4.6B | 121,234 | $126,876 | 8y | - |
TRUSTEES OF I.B. OF T. UNION LOCAL 710 PENSION FUNDIL · 362377656-001 | $4.5B | 21,566 | $1M | 7y | - |
BD OF TRUSTEES LOC. 804 & LOC. 447 MULTI-EMPLOYER RET. PLANGA · 516117726-001 | $2.4B | 12,427 | $1M | 10y | - |
TRUSTEES OF UFCW UNIONS & EMPLOYERS MIDWEST PENSION FUNDIL · 366508328-001 | $1.9B | 33,742 | $214,985 | 9y | - |
JOINT BOARD OF TRUSTEES OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL 324MI · 381900637-001 | $1.9B | 21,246 | $103,255 | 1y | - |
BRICKLAYERS & TROWEL TRADES INTL PENSION FD BD OF TRUSTEEDC · 526127746-001 | $1.9B | 76,992 | $20,500 | 1y | - |
Flag exposure
84.1%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 (314)
Raw Schedule C names collapsed into Mesirow Financial.
- FENDERSON, MELISSA
- FENDLEY, GREGG W.
- FENICE HARRIS
- FENKEL WHITEFIELD & SELIK
- FENKEL WHITEFIELD FELDMAN
- FENNEMORE CRAIG, P.C.
- FERENCZY AND PAUL LLP
- FERENCZY PAUL
- FERGUSON & CAMP & POLL
- FERGUSON CAMP POLL PC
- FERGUSON INVESTMENT SERVICES
- FERGUSON PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGEMENT
- FERGUSON WIDMAYER & CLARK PC
- FERGUSON WIDMAYER PC
- FERGUSON WIDMAYER, PC
- FERGUSON, CAMP & POLL
- FERN SWISS
- FERNANDES DEGENNARO & ASSOCIATES
- FERNANDEZ DAMARIS E
- FERNANDEZ LISSETTE
- FERNANDEZ VALDIVIA & CO. PSC
- FERNANDEZ VALDIVIA & COMPANY
- FERNANDEZ, COLLINS, CUYER & PLA
- FERNANDEZ, DAMARIS
- FERNANDEZ, DAMARIS E
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 Mesirow Financial'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 | 7 | 1.96% | 7.76% | -5.81 pp |
| Fidelity bond gap | 17 | 4.75% | 26.94% | -22.19 pp |
| Late contributions | 78 | 21.79% | 1.71% | +20.07 pp |
| Failed to provide benefit | 3 | 0.84% | 0.14% | +0.70 pp |
| Corrective distributions | 94 | 26.26% | 1.76% | +24.50 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 Mesirow Financial. Compare to the incumbent market share (0.5%) - higher = winning new business, lower = coasting on existing relationships.
0.0%-0.5 pp vs incumbent
Frequent partners by role
Who else shows up on Mesirow Financial'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 |
|---|---|---|
| Krakow & Souris LLC | 3 | 0.8% |
| Novara Tesija Catenacci McDonald | 3 | 0.8% |
| THE PREVIANT LAW FIRM S.C. | 3 | 0.8% |
| Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.C. | 3 | 0.8% |
| Beeson Tayer & Bodine | 2 | 0.6% |
| Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff | 2 | 0.6% |
| Blitman & King LLP | 2 | 0.6% |
| Faulkner, Hoffman & Phillips, LLP | 2 | 0.6% |
| Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP | 2 | 0.6% |
| O'Donoghue & O'Donoghue LLP | 2 | 0.6% |
Geographic penetration index
(Provider plans in state / state plans) divided by the provider's overall share of the market. Index 1.00 = average; > 1 = over-indexed (winning more than their fair share); < 1 = under-indexed (white space).