Retirement plan

BERLINER - COHEN ASSOCIATES RETIREMENT PLAN

Name: BERLINER-COHEN, A PARTNERSHIP INCLUDING PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS - BERLINER - COHEN ASSOCIATES RETIREMENT PLAN (2016) Form 5500
Creator: BERLINER-COHEN, A PARTNERSHIP INCLUDING PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS
License: https://www.dol.gov/general/disclaim
Keywords: Form 5500, ERISA, retirement plan, BERLINER - COHEN ASSOCIATES RETIREMENT PLAN, BERLINER-COHEN, A PARTNERSHIP INCLUDING PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS

BERLINER-COHEN, A PARTNERSHIP INCLUDING PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONSEIN 94-1736834Plan #002PY 2016

10 ALMADEN BOULEVARD, 11TH FLOOR - SAN JOSE, CA 95113408-286-5800berliner.comLinkedIn51-200 employeeslaw practice

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1 filing

#001Retirement-$27.5M assets

Prospect flagsHigh feesLow employer contribution

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Total assets (EOY)

$3M

+15.4% from 2015

Total participants

+2.6% from 2015

Average account balance

$87,142

-4.9% from 2015

Annual return

12.42%

+12.80 pp from 2015

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

$10.33M

Not enough data

1 years with asset history on file

Average account balance

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

$159K

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.

151.2%

Not enough data

1 years with eligibility data

Contributions (total)

Employer and participant dollars contributed each year

$433K

Not enough data

1 years with contributions on file

Contributions per participant

Average employer and participant contribution per enrolled participant

$10K

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

+28.84%

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1 years with return on file

Admin fee / account holder

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

$1956

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 codes2E2F2G2J2R2T3D

Plan features

2E
Profit-sharing
Profit-sharing plan.
2F
ERISA section 404(c) plan
This plan or any part of it is intended to meet the conditions of 29 CFR 2550.404c-1 (shifting investment responsibility to participants).
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.
2R
Participant-directed brokerage accounts
Participant-directed brokerage accounts provided as an investment option under the plan.
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

2 tripped

OpportunityLow employer contribution
Employer contribution per participant is in the bottom quintile of the peer cohort.
OpportunityHigh fees
Administrative expenses exceed $300 per participant per year - possible fee-review opportunity. (Recordkeeping / audit / legal; excludes investment management.)

Expense breakdown

Schedule H Part II

Admin total

$195K

$8106 / participant

Other / not subdivided$195K100.0%

% of EOY assets

6.566%

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

$87,142

$135,956-35.9%

$123,894-29.7%

$273,972-68.2%

Participation rate

75.0%

84.1%-9.1pp

81.4%-6.4pp

83.0%-8.0pp

Annual return

12.42%

56.63%-44.2pp

47.52%-35.1pp

41.46%-29.0pp

Employer contribution / active EE

$5,170-100.0%

$4,617-100.0%

$4,869-100.0%

Participant deferral / active EE

$11,268

$6,343+77.7%

$5,984+88.3%

$5,287+113.1%

Admin fee / account holder

$5,722

$9,817-41.7%

$8,357-31.5%

$10,133-43.5%

BERLINER - COHEN ASSOCIATES RETIREMENT PLAN

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BERLINER - COHEN ASSOCIATES RETIREMENT PLAN

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