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INVESTMENT RESEARCH & ADVISORY GROU

24 known aliases resolved via the canonical alias map

Market position · 2024

Plans served22-1 YoYRank #700 of mapped providers
Assets under administration$3.3B0.0%Market share · rank #2374
Fees received$661,865Median $31,276/planSum across Schedule C direct + indirect
Net wins YoY-14 won · 5 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 INVESTMENT RESEARCH & ADVISORY GROU plan look like?
Service mix · median fees per plan
Count of plans where INVESTMENT RESEARCH & ADVISORY GROU ships each service code, and the median compensation they report under it.
ServicePlansMedian feesDistribution
Investment advisory (plan); Direct payment from the planCode 27
19$30,546
Direct payment from the plan; Consulting (general)Code 16
2$25,288
Investment advisory (participants); Investment managementCode 26
1$35,000
Competitor overlap
Percent of INVESTMENT RESEARCH & ADVISORY GROU'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 INVESTMENT RESEARCH & ADVISORY GROU.
SponsorFromAssets
HEALTH FIRST SHARED SERVICES, INC.FL · 593336894-005
FIRSTWAVE FINANCIAL$903M
ECHOPARK AUTOMOTIVE, INC.NC · 464230940-003
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY$41M
GRAIN CRAFT, LLCTN · 581920393-003
BMO HARRIS BANK NA$9M
ARCET EQUIPMENT COMPANYVA · 540647817-001
BRINKER CAPITAL$2M
Plans lost in 2024
Appeared last year under INVESTMENT RESEARCH & ADVISORY GROU; not this year.
SponsorToAssets
MATIV HOLDINGS, INC.GA · 621612879-001
MERCER$357M
KEURIG DR PEPPER INC.TX · 980517725-001
INCOME RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT$84M
GRAIN CRAFT, LLCTN · 581920393-004
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY$64M
SELIG ENTERPRISES, INC.GA · 586016800-001
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY$42M
Top plans by assets
Searchable full list lands with the commercial layer.
PlanAssetsParticipantsFeesTenureFlags
HEALTH FIRST SHARED SERVICES, INC.FL · 593336894-005
$903M11,526$35,0001y-
SONIC AUTOMOTIVE, INC.NC · 562010790-001
$548M9,986$52,50010y2
SSAB ENTERPRISES LLCAL · 753248335-002
$541M1,873$56,2502y-
SCIENTIFIC GAMES, LLCGA · 872037319-001
$238M2,210$44,0002y1
CINEMARK USA, INC.TX · 752206284-001
$215M9,028$20,00010y-
ZENITH AMERICAN SOLUTIONS, INC.FL · 521590516-001
$129M1,850$40,0004y-
INNOSPEC, INC.CO · 980181725-001
$117M955$45,0002y-
MCLARENS, LLCGA · 510289022-001
$99M938$35,0007y-
MUNICH AMERICAN REASSURANCE COMPANYGA · 580828824-002
$94M458$20,4929y-
BURTON + BURTONGA · 580811291-001
$53M304$46,8949y1
Flag exposure
72.7%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 (24)
Raw Schedule C names collapsed into INVESTMENT RESEARCH & ADVISORY GROU.
  • INVESTMENT & RESEARCH MGMT, INC.
  • INVESTMENT RESEARCH
  • INVESTMENT RESEARCH & AD
  • INVESTMENT RESEARCH & ADV GROUP
  • INVESTMENT RESEARCH & ADV GROUP INC
  • INVESTMENT RESEARCH & ADV GRP
  • INVESTMENT RESEARCH & ADV. GRP., IN
  • INVESTMENT RESEARCH & ADVISORY
  • INVESTMENT RESEARCH & ADVISORY GRO
  • INVESTMENT RESEARCH & ADVISORY GROU
  • INVESTMENT RESEARCH & ADVISORY GRP
  • INVESTMENT RESEARCH & ADVISORY GRP.
  • INVESTMENT RESEARCH & AVISORY GROUP
  • INVESTMENT RESEARCH & MGMT, INC.
  • INVESTMENT RESEARCH &ADVISORY GROUP
  • INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADV. GROUP
  • INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVI
  • INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORY GROUP
  • INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORY GRP.
  • INVESTMENT RESEARCH AND ADVISORY
  • INVESTMENT RESEARCH AND ADVISORY GR
  • INVESTMENT RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT
  • INVESTMENT RESEARCH&ADVISORY
  • INVESTMENT, RESEARCH & ADVISORY GR
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 INVESTMENT RESEARCH & ADVISORY GROU'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 gap00.00%26.94%-26.94 pp
Late contributions313.64%1.71%+11.92 pp
Failed to provide benefit00.00%0.14%-0.14 pp
Corrective distributions418.18%1.76%+16.42 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 INVESTMENT RESEARCH & ADVISORY GROU. Compare to the incumbent market share (0.0%) - higher = winning new business, lower = coasting on existing relationships.
0.0%-0.0 pp vs incumbent
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