Tag: target-date funds (TDFs)
Form 5500 Data Shows Large Sponsors Favor TDFs to Boost Savings
Employer contributions and loans are also prevalent, a Brightscope/ICI report says.
Investment Products and Services Launches
Putnam Announces New Pricing for TDFs; First Trust to Launch AI and Robotics ETF; and Vanguard Launches Factor-Based ETFs.
Using Data to Determine the Best QDIA for Your Clients
A paper from Morningstar Investment Management lays out a framework for advisers and plan sponsors to determine the qualified default investment alternative (QDIA) that is the best fit...
Retirement Income, Managed Accounts and ‘Shadow Fiduciaries’
New Cerulli research shows the most common reason for which 401(k) plan sponsors offer participants a managed account service is that it can be positioned as a retirement...
Investment Products and Services Launches
First Trust Launches Index Based ETF; BCG Adds Stadion 401(k) Managed Account on Recordkeeping Platform; Mercer Partners With Investment Metrics for Client Reporting; and more.
Evidence Mounts To Show Automated Plans Do Better
More than 82% of those from the Millennial generation, defined here as those born between 1977 and 1993, are now invested in a diversified portfolio.
Embrace of Passive Funds Is Not What It Appears To Be
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.
Alight Solutions 401(k) Index Measures Slowest Trading Year Ever for 2017
In total, 1.45% of total plan balances were traded during the year, down from 2.13% in 2016, as participants chased performance within their own portfolios.
Investment Products and Services Launches
Invesco Releases New TDF Series With 12 Fund Offerings; Efficient Advisors Launches Mutual Fund Partnership with Dimensional; Catalyst Funds and BNP Paribas Team up to Develop Index Funds.
Some TDFs Allow Managers to Tactically Allocate Assets
But they do so cautiously, setting limits on the amount of the assets that can be adjusted, and some doing so only once a year.
Fiduciary Concerns When Considering Managed Accounts
Managed accounts offers unique personalization catered to a participant’s needs, but are the possible fiduciary mishaps worth implementing the product?
Participants May Evolve, But Some Things Remain the Same
Both retirees and workers still say the best piece of guidance in helping them prepare financially for retirement is knowing how much money they will need to be...
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401(k) Allocations Have Changed
TDFs now comprise 25% of 401(k) assets, largely due to auto-enrollment