I'm a manager of a small city (60 FTE employees) that has a defined benefit pension. I'm the only employee that is outside of the pension plan and I receive a contribution to a 457(b) plan through ICMA-RC. Other employees voluntarily put in a small amount through payroll deduction but I basically am the 457(b) plan.
Long story short, I'm getting killed on fees (my annual expense ratio was 1.42%) in a target date fund because the employer plan balance is so small since its just me in it. I'm looking at other options, including going to a 401(a) maybe through fidelity or nationwide. I've also found a 457(b)/401(a) provider through my state's city association that offers vanguard target date and index funds (which is all I'm really looking for at this point) that charges a 0.4% fee plus the 0.18% Vanguard fee. Not as good as going directly to Vanguard but a lot better than the almost 1.5% I'm paying now.
I'm the plan administrator and can basically make any changes that I want.
If I add a new provider can I rollover my account to the new provider (or to an IRA; probably not from what I've read)? Do I have to close out the ICMA-RC provider to do it?
Can I do an in-service roll over to an IRA from a 457(b)? What about a 401(a)? (I know you can do this with a 401(k) but a 401(a) is slightly different).
I've asked other city managers and even people in my state association but can't get any real answers; any insights would be greatly appreciated.
Should I be looking at a Roth up to the max before contributing the rest to the 457(b)/401(a). My employment agreement gives me discretion as to where I put my contribution but the pre-tax contributions have to go to a 457(b) or 401(a). Did I miss anything? Are there other questions I should be asking?
Long story short, I'm getting killed on fees (my annual expense ratio was 1.42%) in a target date fund because the employer plan balance is so small since its just me in it. I'm looking at other options, including going to a 401(a) maybe through fidelity or nationwide. I've also found a 457(b)/401(a) provider through my state's city association that offers vanguard target date and index funds (which is all I'm really looking for at this point) that charges a 0.4% fee plus the 0.18% Vanguard fee. Not as good as going directly to Vanguard but a lot better than the almost 1.5% I'm paying now.
I'm the plan administrator and can basically make any changes that I want.
If I add a new provider can I rollover my account to the new provider (or to an IRA; probably not from what I've read)? Do I have to close out the ICMA-RC provider to do it?
Can I do an in-service roll over to an IRA from a 457(b)? What about a 401(a)? (I know you can do this with a 401(k) but a 401(a) is slightly different).
I've asked other city managers and even people in my state association but can't get any real answers; any insights would be greatly appreciated.
Should I be looking at a Roth up to the max before contributing the rest to the 457(b)/401(a). My employment agreement gives me discretion as to where I put my contribution but the pre-tax contributions have to go to a 457(b) or 401(a). Did I miss anything? Are there other questions I should be asking?
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