Sponsors Seek Low-Cost TDFs
Providers respond with passive funds, collective trusts
This is driving providers to offer inexpensive options, such as series that rely on CITs and passive funds, Morningstar says.
Nearly half owned their funds only through their employer-sponsored retirement plans, according to the ICI.
Cerulli says retirement specialist advisers are becoming more knowledgeable about and comfortable with CITs, and the research firm expects CITs will continue to expand their share of 401(k) plan assets.
In conversation with Jeff Kletti, head of investments at Wells Fargo Institutional Retirement and Trust, PLANADVISER gets an inside view of some emerging—and some familiar—defined contribution plan trends.