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Service provider · Schedule C, plan year 2024
Mesirow Financial Investment Manage
Most often reported for investment advisory and management
Form 5500 information is as filed by the plan administrator with the Department of Labor and may be amended. Figures reflect the plan year shown, not current balances. Schedule C lists only providers a plan paid $5,000 or more, and is filed only by plans with 100 or more participants.
For plan year 2024, 151 retirement plans with 100 or more participants reported paying Mesirow Financial Investment Manage $5,000 or more. Those plans cover 939,704 participant records, and the service most often reported is investment advisory and management.
Reported compensation from those plans, direct and indirect, totalled $4.9M. Per plan, the median was $16.54 per participant, with the middle half of plans between $6.24 and $36.38. These are amounts plans reported paying this organisation, not a price list: they depend on which services each plan buys and on how much is paid through fund expenses instead.
Its client plans are most numerous in Illinois (39), Florida (13) and New York (11).
In 2009 it appeared on 20 such filings; in 2024, 152. Yearly counts include every filing that names it, so they can run slightly above the number of plans with pages here, and name or EIN changes after mergers can break the series.
Reported compensation per plan
| Across this provider's plans | 25th percentile | Median | 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compensation per participant | $6.24 | $16.54 | $36.38 |
| Compensation as a share of plan net assets | 0.02% | 0.04% | 0.06% |
What each plan reported paying this organisation, not the plan's total cost. For reference, the median US defined contribution plan reported $123 per participant to all Schedule C providers combined.
Plans served by year
Matched by employer identification number. A merger or a change of filing entity starts a new series, so a drop to zero is not a loss of clients by itself.
By state
By plan size
Services reported
Largest plans naming this provider
| Plan | Sponsor | State | Participants | Net assets | Reported to this provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paychex Pooled Employer 401(k) Plan | Paychex Retirement LLC | NY | 661,036 | $1.77B | $544K |
| TIAA Retirement Plan | Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America | NY | 29,832 | $5.90B | $465K |
| Indiana Laborers Pension Fund | Board of Trustees - Indiana Laborers Pension Fund | IN | 28,807 | $1.81B | $373K |
| TIAA Code Section 401(k) Plan | Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America | NY | 26,753 | $4.62B | $475K |
| Savewisetm Pooled Employer Plan | Newport Group, Inc. | CA | 26,638 | $431M | $11K |
| North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters Pension Fund | Joint Board of Trustees of North Central States Regional Council of | WI | 18,092 | $1.83B | $279K |
| Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k) | Ace Hardware Corporation | IL | 11,052 | $188M | $55K |
| Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan | Ace Hardware Corporation | IL | 10,783 | $1.15B | $31K |
| Crate & Barrel Holdings, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan | Euromarket Designs, Inc. D.B.A. Crate & Barrel, CB2, and Hudson Grace | IL | 10,262 | $343M | $384K |
| Republic Airways Holdings Inc. 401(k) Plan | Republic Airways Holdings Inc. | IN | 8,136 | $578M | $8,830 |
| Risk Strategies Prevailing Wage Retirement Program | Plan Compliance Services, Inc. | FL | 6,033 | $22.9M | $8,134 |
| Imagine Schools, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings | Imagine Schools, Inc. | VA | 4,588 | $111M | $8,253 |
| Health Carousel LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan | Health Carousel LLC | OH | 4,116 | $80.0M | $0 |
| Point Blank Enterprises, Inc. 401(k) Plan | Point Blank Enterprises, Inc. | FL | 3,278 | $17.5M | $0 |
| Choice Pooled Employer Plan III | Administrative Group, LLC DBA Transamerica Fiduciary Services | IA | 3,224 | $53.0M | $8 |
| Mw&e Savings and Retirement Plan | McDermott Will & Emery LLP | IL | 3,180 | $1.39B | $15K |
| Clayco, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan | Clayco, Inc. | IL | 3,005 | $242M | $178K |
| Info Media Group, Inc. DBA Carenet 401(k) Plan | Info Media Group Inc. DBA Carenet | TX | 2,913 | $25.2M | $0 |
| 401(k) Plan for Sotera Health | Sotera Health Holdings, LLC | OH | 2,360 | $192M | $183K |
| Risk Strategies Pooled Employer Plan for Private Equity Portfolio Co's | Plan Compliance Services, Inc. | FL | 2,255 | $72.1M | $7,519 |
| Radwell International, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan | Radwell International, LLC | CA | 2,176 | $88.1M | $19K |
| Peak Utility Services Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan | Peak Utility Services Group, Inc. | CO | 2,006 | $31.7M | $70K |
| Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Defined Contribution Plan | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP | IL | 1,992 | $793M | $16K |
| H. W. Kaufman Financial Group Retirement Savings Plan | H.W. Kaufman Financial Group | MI | 1,879 | $155M | $1,878 |
| Braun Corporation Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plan | Braun Corporation | IN | 1,843 | $123M | $28K |
| Management Solutions 401(k) Plan | Management Solutions, Inc. | CO | 1,747 | $0 | $3,248 |
| Csi Retirement Plan | Computer Services, Inc. | KY | 1,702 | $247M | $268K |
| Woodhouse Auto Family 401(k) Plan | Woodhouse Ford, Inc. | NE | 1,660 | $95.7M | $7,158 |
| DRW Trading Group Profit Sharing and Salary Deferral Plan | DRW Holdings, LLC | IL | 1,625 | $310M | $48K |
| Jobot LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan & Trust | Jobot LLC | CA | 1,586 | $30.8M | $14K |
| Justrite Safety Group 401(k) Plan | Justrite Manufacturing Company, LLC | IL | 1,508 | $58.5M | $51K |
| The Inland Group, LLC Savings Plan | The Inland Group, LLC | IL | 1,477 | $108M | $117K |
| The Federal Savings Bank Retirement Plan | The Federal Savings Bank | IL | 1,444 | $48.8M | $7,412 |
| Barnhill Contracting Company Profit Sharing Plan | Barnhill Contracting Company | NC | 1,434 | $78.8M | $2,695 |
| Access Community Health Network Retirement Savings Plan | Access Community Health Network | IL | 1,423 | $71.6M | $14K |
| Ace Retirement Savings Plan | Ace Hardware Corporation | IL | 1,322 | $51.0M | $27K |
| Darktrace Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan & Trust | Darktrace Inc. | NY | 1,231 | $24.8M | $9,728 |
| Thrive Together, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan | Sasnak Management Corporation | KS | 1,194 | $15.3M | $0 |
| Steptoe LLP 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan | Steptoe LLP | DC | 1,140 | $456M | $8,265 |
| Keystone Marketing Holdings, LLC 401(k) Plan | Keystone Marketing Holdings, LLC | IL | 1,068 | $77.2M | $25K |
Questions and answers
How many plans does Mesirow Financial Investment Manage serve?
151 plans with 100 or more participants named it on Schedule C for plan year 2024. Plans that paid it under $5,000, small plans that file Form 5500-SF, and plans whose filings spell its name without an EIN under a different form are not counted.
What do plans pay Mesirow Financial Investment Manage?
The median plan reported $16.54 per participant in direct and indirect compensation (107 plans reporting an amount), or 0.04% of plan net assets. Eligible indirect compensation disclosed to the plan by formula is not reported as a dollar amount, so many filings understate what a provider receives.
What services are reported?
The service codes most often attached to it are Investment advisory (plan) (60 plans), Participant loan processing (39 plans), Investment management (33 plans) and Investment advisory (participants) (17 plans).
Where does this come from?
Schedule C of Form 5500, Part I line 2, from the EBSA research files with filings received through 24 Aug 2026. Individuals named on Schedule C are excluded from this site.
Provenance
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Form 5500 research files, Schedule C Part I line 2, public domain, with filings received through 24 Aug 2026. Rows are grouped by the provider's EIN as entered by each plan; rows without an EIN join the EIN most often filed under the same name. Providers named on fewer than 25 plans have no page. See the methodology and corrections.