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Tiaa Code Section 401(k) Plan · Plan #003 · NEW York, NY

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$4.6Bnet assets (end of plan year)
26,656participants with balances
11,525active participants
2024-12-31plan year end

Suggested simple Boglehead mix

The public data doesn't show enough index funds from this plan to suggest a full mix. A typical Boglehead approach: look in your menu for a US total market or S&P 500 index fund, an international index fund, and a US bond index fund, all with expense ratios under about 0.10%. Or use one low-cost target-date index fund. How the 3-fund portfolio works.

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Pooled funds named in the filing (Schedule D)

These are collective trusts and similar pooled funds the plan reported holding. Names that look like index funds are tagged index by keyword, so check them yourself. Mutual funds are not listed by name in the free data.

FundManagerTypePlan's holding
Blackrock Equity Index Fund indexBlackrock Fund Institutional TrustCommon/collective trust$701.4M
Blackrock Msci Acwi Ex-us IDX Fund indexBlackrock Fund Institutional TrustCommon/collective trust$498.6M
Tiaa Real EstateTiaa Real EstatePooled separate account$232.5M
Blackrock MID CAP Equity Index Fund indexBlackrock Fund Institutional TrustCommon/collective trust$223.0M
Blackrock Russell 2000 Index Fund indexBlackrock Fund Institutional TrustCommon/collective trust$162.2M
Blackrock U.s. Debt Index Fund indexBlackrock Fund Institutional TrustCommon/collective trust$125.6M
Wtc-cif II Intl OPP (series 1)Wellington Trust Company, NACommon/collective trust$17.8M
Schroders Intl Multi-cap EQ TrustSchroders PLCCommon/collective trust$5.5M
AB US Small & MID CAP Value CITWilmington Trust, N.a.Common/collective trust$4.9M
Blackrock Strat Comp Nonlend FundBlackrock Fund Institutional TrustCommon/collective trust$1.2M

How plan assets are invested

Category (Schedule H)AmountShare
Registered investment companies (mutual funds)$1.4B29.7%
Common/collective trusts$1.7B37.6%
Pooled separate accounts$232.5M5.0%
Insurance co. general account$988.3M21.4%
Participant loans$35.1M0.8%
Other investments$254.1M5.5%

Fees paid from plan assets

Investment advisory & management fees$498,406
Total administrative expenses$498,406

Reported administrative expenses were about 0.011% of average plan assets, or about $19 per participant with a balance. This usually excludes fund expense ratios netted inside mutual funds and trusts.

Source: DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 & Schedules H/D, filing ID 20251013091248NAL0000405907001. EIN 131624203.

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