Retirement plan

THE MERRILL ANDERSON COMPANY INC. PROFIT SHARING 401(K) PLAN

Name: MERRILL ANDERSON COMPANY, INC. - THE MERRILL ANDERSON COMPANY INC. PROFIT SHARING 401(K) PLAN (2016) Form 5500
Creator: MERRILL ANDERSON COMPANY, INC.
License: https://www.dol.gov/general/disclaim
Keywords: Form 5500, ERISA, retirement plan, THE MERRILL ANDERSON COMPANY INC. PROFIT SHARING 401(K) PLAN, MERRILL ANDERSON COMPANY, INC.

MERRILL ANDERSON COMPANY, INC.EIN 13-1546553Plan #001PY 2016

1166 BARNUM AVE. - STRATFORD, CT 06614203-377-4996merrillanderson.comLinkedIn1-10 employeesmarketing and advertising

Prospect flagsLow returnsHigh feesHigh assets / participant

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Total assets (EOY)

$2M

No prior year

Total participants

No prior year

Average account balance

$337,785

No prior year

Annual return

0.81%

No prior year

Benchmarks

See 113,086 peers

Peer group

Industry54 - Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

Plan typeDefined contribution

Participants<25

Cohort113,086 peers

Snapshot2016

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Analytics

Total assets (EOY)

Plan-year ending balance

$3.84M

Not enough data

1 years with asset history on file

Average account balance

Total assets / participants with a balance (line 6g)

$480K

Not enough data

1 years with per-participant data

Participants with account balance

Stacked by status: active / separated vested / retired or beneficiary. Total = line 6g.

Not enough data

1 years with headcount on file

Eligible Participants and Participation

Bars: eligible actives (line 6a). Line: derived rate = active employees with a balance / 6a.

160.0%

Not enough data

1 years with eligibility data

Contributions (total)

Employer and participant dollars contributed each year

$2K

Not enough data

1 years with contributions on file

Contributions per participant

Average employer and participant contribution per enrolled participant

$390

Not enough data

1 years with per-participant contribution data

Asset flow

BOY + contributions + return - distributions = EOY

Year

Annual return

Diverging bars; negative years highlighted

+24.70%

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1 years with return on file

Admin fee / account holder

Total admin expenses / participants with a balance (line 6g)

$20865

Not enough data

1 years with admin cost on file

Asset composition

Cash / stocks / bonds / mutual funds / real estate / loans over time

Not enough data

0 years with F_SCH_H allocation on file

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Service providers

Providers data not reported

Schedule C was not filed on this plan's most recent Form 5500, so no compensated service providers are available to display.

Plan features & details

Pension benefit codes2E2G2J2K2T3D

Plan features

2E
Profit-sharing
Profit-sharing plan.
2G
Total participant-directed account plan
Participants have the opportunity to direct the investment of all of the assets allocated to their individual accounts regardless of whether 29 CFR 2550.404c-1 is intended to be met.
2J
Code section 401(k) feature
Cash or deferred arrangement described in Code section 401(k) that is part of a qualified defined contribution plan under which employees may elect to defer part of their compensation or receive these amounts in cash.
2K
Code section 401(m) arrangement
Employee contributions are allocated to separate accounts under the plan or employer contributions are based in whole or in part on employee deferrals or contributions to the plan. Not applicable to 401(k) plans with only QNECs and/or QMACs or to 403(b)(1) 403(b)(7) or 408 arrangements.
2T
Default investment account
Total or partial participant-directed account plan where plan uses a default investment account for participants who fail to direct assets in their account.
3D
Pre-approved pension plan
A master prototype or volume submitter plan that is the subject of a favorable opinion or advisory letter from the IRS.

Opportunity flags

3 tripped

OpportunityHigh fees
Administrative expenses exceed $300 per participant per year - possible fee-review opportunity. (Recordkeeping / audit / legal; excludes investment management.)
OpportunityLow returns
Annual investment return is in the bottom quintile of the peer cohort.
InformationalHigh assets / participant
Assets per participant exceed $250,000 - top-decile high-value plan.

Expense breakdown

Schedule H Part II

Admin total

$18K

$3067 / participant

Other / not subdivided$18K100.0%

% of EOY assets

0.908%

all-in expense ratio

Categories reported

0 / 9

subdivided buckets used

Audit opinion

Schedule H Part III

No opinion code on file for this filing.

Auditor firm: (not reported)
Auditor EIN: -
Audit fees: (not subdivided)
Opinion code: -

Metric

This plan

Peer set

Industry

Size

Avg account balance

$337,785

$135,956+148.5%

$123,894+172.6%

$273,972+23.3%

Participation rate

100.0%

84.1%+15.9pp

81.4%+18.6pp

83.0%+17.0pp

Annual return

0.81%

56.63%-55.8pp

47.52%-46.7pp

41.46%-40.6pp

Employer contribution / active EE

$5,170-100.0%

$4,617-100.0%

$4,869-100.0%

Participant deferral / active EE

$1,996

$6,343-68.5%

$5,984-66.6%

$5,287-62.3%

Admin fee / account holder

$3,067

$9,817-68.8%

$8,357-63.3%

$10,133-69.7%

THE MERRILL ANDERSON COMPANY INC. PROFIT SHARING 401(K) PLAN

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