
Tempered Interest in Custom TDF Market Belies Big Opportunities
Experts say the typical off-the-shelf target-date fund (TDF) isn’t as diversified as what could be created under a custom implementation.
ERISA Complaint Questions Alternatives Use in Custom TDF
Retirement plan fiduciaries at Intel are accused of exposing investors to bets on speculative areas of the markets.
New DCIIA Report Aims to Help DC Plan Sponsors With Custom TDF Discussions
Chris Nikolich, with AB, and co-contributor to the research initiative, told PLANADVISER, “The whole purpose of this was to allow plan sponsors to compare their custom allocations to others managed by potentially other investment managers. That kind of peer information didn’t exist; there has been no ability for plan sponsors to gauge how similar or different their custom TDF glidepaths are to others.”