Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Advance Publications, Inc. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $962M
- Total assets
- 770
- Participants
- 99th
- Percentile by assets
- $1.2M
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Advance Pension Plan · Sponsored by Advance Publications, Inc. · New York · Information & Media
$962M in assets, 770 participants
Advance Publications, Inc.'s Advance Pension Plan reported $962M in total assets and 770 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.
- 99th percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
- #2,741 in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
Where Advance Pension Plan sits by assets
Advance Pension Plan sits among the largest 1% of all filed plans, $962M for 770 participants (~$1.2M/participant), down 1.4% in 2023.
- $962M
- total plan assets (2023 EOY)
- 770
- covered participants
- 99th
- percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
- $1.2M
- avg assets per participant
The plan reported a net loss of $14M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Where Advance Pension Plan sits by total assets
Advance Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$962,073,187 Top 1% higher than 99% of 127,068 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Advance Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$476M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$14M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Advance Pension Plan reported participants fell from 870 in the plan year 2022 filing to 770 in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Advance Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $976M in the plan year 2022 filing to $962M in the plan year 2023 filing.
Advance Pension Plan vs the 2023 asset distribution
By assets, Advance Pension Plan outranks 99% of the 127,072 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 9.7x the national average plan size of $100M (721 average participants).
Scale-class filing particulars (2023)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $976M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $962M |
| Net Income | -$14M |
| Employer EIN | 135576716 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1976-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Advance Publications, Inc.)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 7,665 | $2.3B |
| 2023 | 2 | 7,774 | $2.5B |
| 2024 | 2 | 7,387 | $2.6B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New York
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
Advance Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
- IBM Personal Pension Plan $25.0B · 14,881
- Consolidated Edison Retirement Plan $16.2B · 10,779
- 1199seiu Health Care Employees Pension Fund $16.2B · 107,582
- Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan $11.0B · 9,616
- Pepsico Employees Retirement Plan I $7.6B · 12,289
Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally
Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Advance Pension Plan by total assets, not by location.
- Western Connecticut Health Network Pension Plan (CT) $964M · 1,570
- Solvay & Cytec Companies Pension Plan (NJ) $969M · 2,819
- Employees' Cash Balance Plan of Atlantic Health System, Inc. (NJ) $969M · 5,443
- Kimberly-Clark Corporation Pension Plan (WI) $970M · 1,690
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- Advance Publications, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets have grown 11.0% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Information & Media plans