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SMART SOURCE LLC

14 known aliases resolved via the canonical alias map

Market position · 2024

Plans served43+7 YoYRank #393 of mapped providers
Assets under administration$23.8B0.0%Market share · rank #549
Fees received$1MMedian $20,614/planSum across Schedule C direct + indirect
Net wins YoY+714 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 SMART SOURCE LLC plan look like?
Service mix · median fees per plan
Count of plans where SMART SOURCE LLC ships each service code, and the median compensation they report under it.
ServicePlansMedian feesDistribution
Other services; Copying and duplicatingCode 36
31$20,218
Other services; Direct payment from the planCode 49
7$9,223
Investment management; Investment management fees paid indirectly by planCode 28
2$50,822
Investment advisory (plan); Direct payment from the plan; Other investment fees and expensesCode 27
1$69,515
Legal; Direct payment from the planCode 29
1$73,562
Investment management fees paid directly by planCode 51
1$40,357
Competitor overlap
Percent of SMART SOURCE 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 SMART SOURCE LLC.
SponsorFromAssets
BOARD OF TRUSTEES INDIANA/KENTUCKY/OHIO REGIONAL COUNCIL CARPENTERS PEMI · 516123713-001
BOYD WATTERSON ASSET MANAGEMENT$1.6B
B OF T, NORTHWEST SHEET METAL WORKERS PENSION PLANOR · 916061344-001
RYAN LABS ASSET MANAGEMENT$1.5B
BOARD OF TRUSTEES INDIANA STATE COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS PENSION FUNDMI · 356060378-001
MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY$1.3B
BOT, WA STATE PLUMBING AND PIPEFITTING INDUSTRY PENSION PLANWA · 916029141-001
METLIFE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY$1.3B
BOARD OF TRUSTEES PAINTERS DISTRICT COUN NO. 30 PENSION FUNDIL · 366491120-001
PNC BANK, N.A.$444M
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENTCA · 680427229-001
BENESYS, INC.$422M
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, IBU OF THE PACIFIC NATIONALOR · 930792184-001
J HERRLE$281M
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE ROCKFORD PIPE TRADES INDUSTRY PENSION FUNDIL · 376123990-001
NATIONAL INVESTMENT SVCS OF AMERICA$221M
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, ALASKA PLUMBING & PIPEFITTING INDUSTRY PENSION PLANOR · 526103810-001
TUCKER ARENSBERG$192M
BOT OF SOLANO-NAPA COUNTIES ELECTRIC WORKERS PTCA · 946220673-001
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON$153M
Plans lost in 2024
Appeared last year under SMART SOURCE LLC; not this year.
SponsorToAssets
BOT OF IUOE STATIONARY ENGINEERS LOCAL 39 PENSION PLANCA · 946118939-001
HEALTH SERVICES & BENEFIT ADMINISTR$1.8B
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, EIGHTH DISTRICT ELECTRICAL PENSIONNV · 846100393-002
GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE$981M
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, B.A.C. LOCAL NO. 3 PENSION TRUSTCA · 900888690-001
MILLER KAPLAN ARASE LLP$168M
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, IDAHO PLUMBERS AND PIPEFITTERS PENSION PLANOR · 826010346-001
BENESYS, INC.$150M
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, STEELWORKERS WESTERN INDEPENDENTCA · 900169564-001
SEI INVESTMENTS$111M
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SOLANO/NAPA COUNTIES ELECTRICAL WORKERS PROFITCA · 946220673-002
NWPS$46M
Top plans by assets
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PlanAssetsParticipantsFeesTenureFlags
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, WESTERN UNITE HERE AND EMPLOYERSCA · 934160766-001
$3.7B154,012$149,1681y-
B OF T, NORTHWEST SHEET METAL WORKERS PENSION PLANOR · 916061344-001
$1.7B9,374$40,5202y-
SHEET METAL WORKERS PENSION TRUSTCA · 516115939-001
$1.6B12,741$73,5624y-
BOARD OF TRUSTEES INDIANA STATE COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS PENSION FUNDMI · 356060378-001
$1.4B17,170$6,5172y-
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SMART, SHEET METAL WORKERS LOCAL 104 SUP PENSIONCA · 946560138-001
$1.3B9,367$90,3734y1
BOT, WA STATE PLUMBING AND PIPEFITTING INDUSTRY PENSION PLANWA · 916029141-001
$1.3B10,360$17,9371y-
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE U.A. LOCAL NO. 393 DEFINED BENEFIT PENSIONCA · 946359772-002
$1.0B3,823$38,2773y-
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, IBEW LOCAL 332 PENSION PLAN PART BCA · 516105118-005
$886M4,145$60,5012y1
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, U.A. LOCAL 467 PENSION TRUSTCA · 942353807-005
$859M1,960$10,6142y-
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, IBEW 332 PENSION PLAN - PART ACA · 942688032-004
$817M4,680$76,8362y-
Flag exposure
90.7%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 (14)
Raw Schedule C names collapsed into SMART SOURCE LLC.
  • SMART ADVISING
  • SMART DOLLAR
  • SMART LOCAL 104 DISTRICT 3 401A PLN
  • SMART LOCAL 104 DISTRICT 3401(A)
  • SMART LOCAL 265 WELFARE FUND
  • SMART LOCAL UNION NO. 36 PENSION
  • SMART MARKETS FUND, LP
  • SMART SOURCE
  • SMART SOURCE CRITICAL COMM LLC
  • SMART SOURCE CRITICAL COMMUNICATION
  • SMART SOURCE LLC
  • SMART SOURCE OF BOSTON, LLC
  • SMART SOURCE OF MASSACHUSETTS, LLC
  • SMART SOURCE, LLC
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 SMART SOURCE LLC'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 contributions511.63%1.71%+9.91 pp
Failed to provide benefit00.00%0.14%-0.14 pp
Corrective distributions00.00%1.76%-1.76 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 SMART SOURCE LLC. Compare to the incumbent market share (0.1%) - higher = winning new business, lower = coasting on existing relationships.
0.0%-0.1 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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