2020
PLANADVISER DCIO Survey

Providers

Methodology

The 2020 PLANADVISER DCIO Survey was conducted this May via an online questionnaire. Approximately 85 investment firms known or thought to market to defined contribution (DC) plans received the questionnaire; the 43 organizations listed in the pages that follow were those that agreed to complete the survey in its entirety. This information is for reference only and is not comprehensive of the entire DCIO industry, as some major providers chose not to participate. For more information on data available for purchase, or to take part in a future survey, please email surveys@issmediasolutions.com.

Capital Group/American Funds

TOTAL DCIO ASSETS (US only) ($MM)
Q1 2020$307,734
Year ending 12/31/2019$363,948
Year ending 12/31/2018$288,219.00
Total DCIO funds43
Number of TDF series1
LARGEST STANDALONE DCIO FUND
Fund nameAmerican Funds EuroPacific Growth Fund®
DCIO Fund assets ($MM)$73,440.00
Portfolio managerCarl M. Kawaja, Nicholas J. Grace, Sung Lee, Jesper Lyckeus, Jonathan Knowles, Andrew B. Suzman, Christopher Thomsen, Lawrence Kymisis, Lara Pellini, Noriko H. Chen, Gerald Du Manoir
First Year Managing FundKawaja (2001), Grace (2002), Lee (2002), Lyckeus (2004), Knowles (2006), Suzman (2007), Thomsen (2008), Kymisis (2014), Pellini (2014), Chen (2020), Du Manoir (2020)
DCIO ASSET BREAKDOWN (does not include “other” categories)
Mutual funds98%
Collective investment trusts2%
Separate accounts0%
Equity57%
Hybrid/Multi-Asset40%
Stable value/Money market1%
Fixed-Income2%
% Active Management100%
ADVISER SUPPORT/SERVICES
Salespeople focused on advisers164
Salespeople focused on institutional33
Compliance support
Plan benchmarking
Lead generation
Target-date evaluation tools
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