Principal Cash Balance Plan

Corporate pension· DES Moines, Iowa

Corporate pension, based in DES Moines, Iowa, reporting $1.5B in assets, for 17,467 participants.

Composed from this allocator's classification, location and filed figures.

Assets
$1.5B
Funded ratio
105.3%
Fund commitments
14
As of · the latest dated event for this allocator; each figure carries its own filing or report date

Nothing material in the last 90 days. Last change: 31 Dec 2024, Aksia appears on Principal Cash Balance Plan's Schedule C as investment adviser (plan) (plan year 2024 vs 2023).

1 more adviser, 33 more commitments and 3 more dated events

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Capital path

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Principal Cash Balance Plan
Funds committed to
All 14
Managers

Relationship network

39 connected entities36 observed commitments13 repeat counterpartiescommitments 2022 to 2024

From board minutes, annual reports, Form 5500 filings and public records of commitments, consultants and staff in the allocator graph. Commitment amounts are those the allocator disclosed; many are not printed, and none is estimated.

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What stands out
Reading the network
  • Sponsor
  • Fund or vehicle
  • Service provider
  • Organization

Managers, funds and consultants are read from the commitments: three or more is a strong observed relationship, two a repeat counterparty. No consultant link is marked current on the source, so none is labelled current or former here. Related plans, people and plan service providers are ordered by what the filing shows.

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Size, funding, policy and commitments, with their basesCorporate pensionShow
Corporate pension
Assets
$1.5B
Total assets, Dec 31, 2024 reported
Funded
105.3%
Jan 1, 2024
Private markets target
no policy read
policy Dec 31, 2024
Commitments
14
none on the tape
Plan sponsor: Principal Spectrum Asset Management
Allocation policy
Form 5500, as of Dec 31, 2024
Actual allocation lines without a target (as filed)
  • Non-interest-bearing cash 0.1%
  • Corporate debt instruments (other) 48.1%
  • U.S. Government securities 3.2%
  • Other investments 0.1%
  • Pooled separate accounts 35.3%
  • Registered investment companies 6.2%
  • Common stock 2.2%
Consultants and advisers
4 firms

+1 more consultant or adviser advise this allocator

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People
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Manager roster
1 manager on the commitment tape
From the plan’s own commitment disclosures
What changed
8 events
  • Dec 31, 2024Holding started
    Principal Cash Balance Plan first reports an interest in Prin Midcap Sep Acct-Z (Principal): $15M at 2024-12-31
    with Principalaskebsa.dol.gov
  • Dec 31, 2024Holding endedinference
    Principal Cash Balance Plan no longer reports Prin Midcap Growth III Sa-Z (Principal) (last held $15M at 2023-12-31; absent from the 2024-12-31 filing)
    with Principalaskebsa.dol.gov
  • Dec 31, 2024Holding endedinference
    Principal Cash Balance Plan no longer reports Prin Org Emg Mkts Sep Acct-Z (Principal) (last held $21M at 2023-12-31; absent from the 2024-12-31 filing)
    with Principalaskebsa.dol.gov
  • Dec 31, 2024Consultant changedinference
    Aksia appears on Principal Cash Balance Plan's Schedule C as investment adviser (plan) (plan year 2024 vs 2023)
    with Askia LLCaskebsa.dol.gov
  • Dec 31, 2024Consultant changedinference
    State Street no longer appears on Principal Cash Balance Plan's Schedule C as general consultant (plan year 2024 vs 2023)
    with State Street Bank & Trust Companyaskebsa.dol.gov

+3 more dated events

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Commitments
36 rows, 0 dated closings
DateFundManagerBucketAmountVintageStatusSource
as of Dec 31, 2024Prin Smcap Growth I Sep Acct-Zseparate accountPrincipalPooled vehicles$9.8M heldDisclosed holdingaskebsa.dol.gov
as of Dec 31, 2024Prin Midcap Sep Acct-Zseparate accountPrincipalPooled vehicles$14.8M heldDisclosed holdingaskebsa.dol.gov
as of Dec 31, 2024Prin Liquid Assets Sep Acct-Zseparate accountPrincipalPooled vehicles$213M heldDisclosed holdingaskebsa.dol.gov

+33 more commitments

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Size and funding
32 readings
Total assets
$1.5B Dec 31, 2024 reported Form 5500
$1.7B (2023-12) · $1.5B (2022-12)
Plan assets
$2.9B Jan 1, 2024 reported Form 5500
$2.7B (2023-01) · $2.7B (2022-12)
Net assets
$1.5B Dec 31, 2024 reported Form 5500
$1.7B (2023-12) · $1.5B (2022-12)
Funded ratio
105.3% Jan 1, 2024 reported Form 5500
104.5% (2023-01) · 106.8% (2022-12)
Funding target
$2.8B Jan 1, 2024 reported Form 5500
$2.7B (2023-01) · $2.6B (2022-12)
Discount rate
5.12% Jan 1, 2024 reported Form 5500
5.26% (2023-01) · 5.42% (2022-12)
Participants
17,467 Jan 1, 2024 reported Form 5500
18,231 (2023-01) · 17,620 (2022-12)
Contributions
$55.0M Dec 31, 2024 reported Form 5500
$55.0M (2023-12) · $0 (2022-12)
Benefits paid
$248M Dec 31, 2024 reported Form 5500
$191M (2023-12) · $0 (2022-12)
Net investment income
-$207M Dec 31, 2024 reported Form 5500
$121M (2023-12) · $0 (2022-12)
Investment management fees
$21,046 Dec 31, 2024 reported Form 5500
$6.2M (2023-12)
Form 5500 filings
3 plan years
Plan yearParticipantsAssets (SB market)Funding targetFTAPTotal assets (H)Partnerships / JVMaster trustReal estate
2024 to Dec 31, 202417,467$2.9B$2.8B105.3%$1.5BNot disclosedNot disclosedNot disclosed
2023 to Dec 31, 202318,231$2.7B$2.7B104.5%$1.7BNot disclosedNot disclosedNot disclosed
2022 to Dec 31, 202217,620$2.7B$2.6B106.8%$1.5BNot disclosedNot disclosedNot disclosed
Service providers and investment entities as filed (Schedule C and D, latest year first)
  • Principal Global Investors LLC codes 27 50 51 $6.2M PY2024
  • Principal Life Insurance Company codes 13 50 64 $2.2M PY2024
  • State Street codes 49 70 $1.2M PY2024

+48 more service providers

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Provenance
Identifiers: EIN-PN 421520346-005
Cross-graph: no entry on another DFX graph
First observed Sep 15, 2026, last observed Sep 29, 2026. Classification confirmed. Every row above carries its source; a reported figure is the subject’s own, a derived one is arithmetic on reported figures, an estimated one is a model or a survey imputation and is never summed into a headline.

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Capital chain

Principal Cash Balance Plan sits on 3 traced paths of capital across the graphs.

Consultant to allocator to manager

DFX traced 3 paths of capital through this record

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Record history

8 dated events on the change ledger, latest event first
  • Holding in a pooled vehicle started
    2024-12-31source on record
  • Holding in a pooled vehicle ended
    2024-12-31source on record
  • Holding in a pooled vehicle ended
    2024-12-31source on record

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