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INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL PARTNERS

194 known aliases resolved via the canonical alias map

Market position · 2024

Plans served207-17 YoYRank #110 of mapped providers
Assets under administration$188.9B0.2%Market share · rank #73
Fees received$44MMedian $68,209/planSum across Schedule C direct + indirect
Net wins YoY-1526 won · 41 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 INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL PARTNERS plan look like?
Service mix · median fees per plan
Count of plans where INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL PARTNERS ships each service code, and the median compensation they report under it.
ServicePlansMedian feesDistribution
Soft dollars commissions; Investment management; Investment management fees paid indirectly by plan; Investment management fees paid directly by plan; Direct payment from the planCode 28
153$92,739
Investment management fees paid directly by plan; Soft dollars commissionsCode 51
14$66,694
Participant communication; Investment advisory (participants); Investment advisory (plan); Investment management fees paid indirectly by planCode 26
13$36,739
Other fees; Investment advisory (plan)Code 27
10$11,942
Recordkeeping and information management (computing, tabulating, data processing, etc.); Custodial (securities); Investment advisory (participants)Code 15
4$15,414
Investment management fees paid directly by plan; Insurance brokerage commissions and fees; Investment management; Soft dollars commissions; Securities brokerage commissions and fees; Accounting (including auditing)Code 10
3$56,751
Securities brokerage; Custodial (securities); Investment advisory (plan); Securities brokerage commissions and fees; Float revenueCode 19
3$31,258
Investment advisory (plan); Consulting (pension); Direct payment from the planCode 17
2$114,417
Competitor overlap
Percent of INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL PARTNERS'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 INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL PARTNERS.
SponsorFromAssets
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES COMPANYTX · 741563240-003
GUIDESPRING WEALTH STRATEGIES$11.6B
MARS, INCORPORATEDNJ · 221594774-001
THACKERAY PARTNERS RLTY FUND IV, LP$5.1B
TRAVELERS COMPANIES, INC.MN · 410518860-001
EASTERLY INVESTMENTS PARTNERS, LLC$4.2B
INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTH CARE, INC.UT · 870269232-001
H.I.G. CAPITAL, LLC$3.4B
OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC.NC · 560751714-002
COWEN & COMPANY LLC$2.4B
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, FELRA & UFCW PENSIONMD · 526128473-001
CALIBRE CPA GROUP PLLC$1.4B
FRONTIER AIRLINES, INC.CO · 841256945-003
MOUNTAIN CAPITAL INVESTMENT AD$962M
MEDIANEWS GROUP, INC.CO · 760425553-008
PRUDENTIAL RETIREMENT INSURANCE AND$434M
BOARD OF TRUSTEES UFCW NO. CALIFORNIA FOOD EMPLOYERS JOINT IND ACCOUNTCA · 680161773-002
JPMORGAN INVEST HOLDINGS LLC$267M
JOINT BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UA LOCAL 190 PENSION PLANMI · 386065579-001
BOYD WATTERSON ASSET MANAGEMENT$264M
Plans lost in 2024
Appeared last year under INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL PARTNERS; not this year.
SponsorToAssets
CONSTELLATION ENERGY GENERATION LLCPA · 233064219-001
STEPSTONE GROUP LP$5.3B
CARPENTERS PENSION TRUST FUND TRUST FUND FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIACA · 946050970-001
CAMDEN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LP$5.3B
NEXTERA ENERGY, INC.FL · 592449419-001
ICG SECONDARIES FUND I LP$5.1B
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF PENTEGRA DEFINED BENEFIT PLANNY · 135645888-333
NB CO INVEST III$3.6B
NEW ENGLAND TEAMSTERS PENSION FUNDMA · 046372430-001
GREAT LAKES ADVISORS, LLC$3.3B
FACTORY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANYRI · 050316605-001
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL$2.9B
SIEMENS CORPORATIONNJ · 132623356-001
STATE STREET GLOBAL ADVISORS$1.5B
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PIPE TRADES RETIREMENT FUNDCA · 516108443-001
KAYNE ANDERSON CAPITAL ADVISORS, L.$1.4B
CROWN CASTLE INC.TX · 760470458-001
MORNINGSTAR$1.1B
UNILEVER UNITED STATES, INCNJ · 132915928-002
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL$893M
Top plans by assets
Searchable full list lands with the commercial layer.
PlanAssetsParticipantsFeesTenureFlags
SOUTHERN COMPANY SERVICES, INC.GA · 630274273-001
$15.3B58,166$1M10y-
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES COMPANYTX · 741563240-003
$11.6B13,086$28,7155y1
STEELWORKERS PENSION TRUSTPA · 236648508-499
$7.2B123,674$3M10y-
HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANYCT · 060383750-100
$7.2B31,062$648,9683y-
TRUSTEES OF THE MIDWEST OPERATING ENGINEERS PENSION TRUST FUNDIL · 366140097-001
$6.0B31,707$923,20210y-
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, PENSION TRUST FUND FOR OPERATINGCA · 946090764-001
$5.4B45,574$1M10y-
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLONPA · 135160382-001
$5.2B54,048$827,0684y-
MARS, INCORPORATEDNJ · 221594774-001
$5.1B26,885$01y-
BOARD OF TRUSTEES EASTERN ATLANTIC STATES CARPENTERS PENSION FUNDPA · 231613018-001
$5.0B39,234$2M9y-
INTL PAINTERS & ALLIED TRADES IND. PENSION FUND- BOARD OF TRUSTEESMD · 526073909-001
$4.5B95,494$247,68310y-
Flag exposure
95.2%Market: 89.2%
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 (194)
Raw Schedule C names collapsed into INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL PARTNERS.
  • 3CHOPT INVESTMENT PARTNERS
  • ADVANCED INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC
  • AHRENS INVESTMENT PARTNERS
  • AHRENS INVESTMENT PARTNERS LLC
  • ALEXIS INVESTMENT PARTNERS LLC
  • ALMANACK INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC
  • ASIAN INVESTMENT PARTNERS LTD
  • BARDEN HILL INVESTMENT PARTNERS LP
  • BARDIN HILL INVESTMENT PARTNERS LP
  • BLUE SKY INVESTMENT PARTNERS
  • BRADES INVESTMENT PARTNERS
  • BUCKHEAD INVESTMENT PARTNERS
  • BUCKHEAD INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC
  • CARTER-HASTON INVESTMENT PARTNERS
  • CHAMPLAIN
  • CHAMPLAIN INVESTMENT
  • CHAMPLAIN INVESTMENT PARTNERS
  • CHAMPLAIN INVESTMENT PARTNERS LLC
  • CHAMPLAIN INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC
  • CHAMPLAIN INVESTMENTS
  • CHAMPLAIN SM CAP FD LLC
  • CHAMPLAIN SMALL CAP FUND LLC
  • CHAMPLAIN WEALTH MANAGEMENT
  • CHARTWELL
  • CHARTWELL ADVISORS
Book composition by plan size
Bars stack to total plans served; segments use the same asset cutoffs as the /retirement 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 INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL PARTNERS's book against the same flag's overall prevalence across all filings. Negative delta = under-indexed (cleaner book); positive = elevated risk surface.
FlagPlans flaggedProvider %Market %Delta
Recently terminated00.00%7.76%-7.76 pp
Fidelity bond gap41.93%26.94%-25.01 pp
Late contributions83.86%1.71%+2.15 pp
Failed to provide benefit00.00%0.14%-0.14 pp
Corrective distributions83.86%1.76%+2.11 pp
Loss discovered00.00%0.00%-0.00 pp
New-plan formation share
Share of plans filing for the first time each year that landed with INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL PARTNERS. Compare to the incumbent market share (0.3%) - higher = winning new business, lower = coasting on existing relationships.
0.0%-0.3 pp vs incumbent
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).
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