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NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL INVESTMENT SERV

146 known aliases resolved via the canonical alias map

Market position · 2024

Plans served419+10 YoYRank #65 of mapped providers
Assets under administration$14.6B0.0%Market share · rank #891
Fees received$13MMedian $24,327/planSum across Schedule C direct + indirect
Net wins YoY+1679 won · 63 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 NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL INVESTMENT SERV plan look like?
Service mix · median fees per plan
Count of plans where NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL INVESTMENT SERV ships each service code, and the median compensation they report under it.
ServicePlansMedian feesDistribution
Redemption fees; Investment advisory (plan)Code 27
197$27,652
Other services; Other fees; Other commissionsCode 49
56$12,251
Other commissionsCode 55
51$18,019
Investment management; Securities brokerage; Investment management fees paid directly by plan; Investment advisory (participants)Code 26
39$25,539
Trustee (bank, trust company, or similar financial institution); Recordkeeping fees; Other fees; Direct payment from the plan; Recordkeeping and information management (computing, tabulating, data processing, etc.); Other servicesCode 15
23$31,193
Other feesCode 99
20$22,000
Investment advisory (plan); Consulting (general)Code 16
10$31,715
Shareholder servicing fees; Investment managementCode 28
9$25,005
Competitor overlap
Percent of NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL INVESTMENT SERV'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 NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL INVESTMENT SERV.
SponsorFromAssets
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE U.A. LOCAL NO. 393 DEFINED BENEFIT PENSIONCA · 946359772-002
NORTHWEST PLAN SERVICES, INC.$1.0B
LATHROP GPM LLPMO · 430948710-002
MARINER LLC$349M
THE CLUB MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAVA · 530235732-003
DCS RETIREMENT GROUP, INC.$263M
W.R. MEADOWS, INC.IL · 361460730-001
AMERICAN FUNDS$42M
HONOR TECHNOLOGY, INC.CA · 471943214-001
PENSIONMARK FINANCIAL GROUP LLC$38M
FIRST NORTHERN BANK OF DIXONCA · 940475380-001
PENSIONMARK FINANCIAL GROUP LLC$37M
STEELE SOLUTIONS, INC.WI · 812440527-001
BAIRD INSURANCE SERVICES INC$30M
DIGESTIVE CARE OF EVANSVILLE, PCIN · 351627319-001
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.$29M
PLAN COMPLIANCE SERVICES, INC.FL · 593708427-033
CLEAR INVESTMENT RESEARCH, LLC$28M
APACHE INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INCTX · 270626868-001
VOYA RETIREMENT INSURANCE & ANNUITY$28M
Plans lost in 2024
Appeared last year under NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL INVESTMENT SERV; not this year.
SponsorToAssets
KING & SPALDING LLPGA · 580520153-001
FIDUCIENT ADVISORS LLC$1.1B
SHARP REES-STEALY MEDICAL GROUP, INC.CA · 330106028-001
NWPS$265M
STOUT RISIUS ROSS, LLCMI · 383003685-001
UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC$167M
MOSS & BARNETT, A PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONMN · 410943845-001
WAYPOINT CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC$134M
IN-Q-TEL, INC.VA · 522149962-001
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL$66M
COLUMBIA ORTHOPAEDIC GROUP LLPMO · 431427548-001
EDWARD JONES$45M
SPARQ HOLDINGS, INC.GA · 201612379-001
JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY$41M
MGT OF AMERICA CONSULTING, LLCFL · 810890071-001
GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE$38M
ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATISM ASSOCIATES, P.C.MD · 521072944-001
NWPS$36M
ALLIANCE SOURCE TESTING, LLCAL · 271569242-001
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL$30M
Top plans by assets
Searchable full list lands with the commercial layer.
PlanAssetsParticipantsFeesTenureFlags
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE U.A. LOCAL NO. 393 DEFINED BENEFIT PENSIONCA · 946359772-002
$1.0B3,823$143,7451y-
TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLPOH · 310541755-004
$849M1,854$8,7487y1
SAIA MOTOR FREIGHT LINE, LLCGA · 720524060-001
$670M16,292$80,0009y1
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANYIA · 420127290-334
$651M163,954$70,7593y2
US RADIOLOGY SPECIALISTS, INC.NC · 823626023-001
$571M5,506$8,5943y2
THOMPSON COBURN LLPMO · 430666662-002
$484M1,050$11,7304y-
LATHROP GPM LLPMO · 430948710-002
$349M898$15,4891y-
THE IOWA CLINIC, P.C.IA · 421420077-001
$329M1,817$67,58910y-
GUNDERSON DETTMER STOUGH VILLENEUVE FRANKLIN & HACHIGIAN, LLPCA · 770409988-001
$264M960$172,02410y1
THE CLUB MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAVA · 530235732-003
$263M8,662$4,9211y1
Flag exposure
81.1%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 (146)
Raw Schedule C names collapsed into NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL INVESTMENT SERV.
  • ED MCGILL-NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL
  • KIRBY WEALTH MGMNT GROUP/NW MUTUAL
  • MUTUAL WEALTH RETIREMENT SERVICES
  • NML FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC
  • NML INVESTORS
  • NML INVESTORS SERVICES ICN
  • NML INVESTORS SERVICES INC
  • NORHTWESTERN MUTUAL INVEST SERVICES
  • NORHTWESTERN MUTUAL INVEST. SERVICE
  • NORTHERWESTERN MUTUAL WEALTH MGT CO
  • NORTHEWESTERN MUTUAL
  • NORTHWESETERN MUTUAL WEALTH MGMT CO
  • NORTHWEST MUTUAL
  • NORTHWEST MUTUAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT
  • NORTHWEST MUTUAL WEALTH MGMT
  • NORTHWEST MUTUAL WEALTH MGMT CO
  • NORTHWESTEN MUTUAL WEALTH MGMT CO
  • NORTHWESTER MUTUAL
  • NORTHWESTER MUTUAL INVESTMENTS SVCS
  • NORTHWESTERM MUTUAL
  • NORTHWESTERN INVESTMENT SERVICES LL
  • NORTHWESTERN MUT INV SRV LLC
  • NORTHWESTERN MUT INV SRVCS
  • NORTHWESTERN MUT INV SVC
  • NORTHWESTERN MUT WEALTH MGMNT CO
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 NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL INVESTMENT SERV'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 terminated102.39%7.76%-5.38 pp
Fidelity bond gap235.49%26.94%-21.45 pp
Late contributions11326.97%1.71%+25.26 pp
Failed to provide benefit20.48%0.14%+0.34 pp
Corrective distributions9923.63%1.76%+21.87 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 NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL INVESTMENT SERV. Compare to the incumbent market share (0.6%) - higher = winning new business, lower = coasting on existing relationships.
0.0%-0.6 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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