Practice Management January 30th, 2024 BlackRock Heightens DC-Adviser Focus Firm announces new resource center, and leader, to work across DC plan and financial advisement.
Compliance January 29th, 2024 Advisers Hardly Ever Recommend Active TDFs to Retirement Plans, Research Shows A report from Cerulli also found that student loan matching and Roth matching are among the most recommended SECURE 2.0...
In Practice January 23rd, 2024 Nuts & Bolts: QDIAs What new advisers need to know about qualified default investment alternatives in retirement plans.
Client Service January 22nd, 2024 American Funds Maintains Largest TDF Inflows in 2023 The TDF manager brought $19.8 billion into its TDF investments in 2023, highest among U.S. managers.
Deals & People December 14th, 2023 MFS, Natixis Both Name New CEOs Philippe Setbon will step into the Natixis job immediately, while Edward Maloney’s promotion at MFS will take effect in 2025.
Client Service December 1st, 2023 Wilshire: Personalized Investing Is Future of DC Plans Customization will be focused on target-date funds combined with managed accounts, with other options still emerging, according to a new...
Products & Services November 15th, 2023 Looking to Benchmark Managed Accounts? This Firm Has a Report for That Fiduciary Decisions explains its process for comparing personalized managed accounts to options such as target date funds.
Products November 9th, 2023 BlackRock’s Fink Marks 30-Years of TDFs The asset manager’s CEO noted the importance of the TDF in retirement savings and a recent ETF-driven series designed for...
Data & Research November 7th, 2023 Money Markets Experience Highest 401(k) Investment Inflows in October Alight Solutions’ 401(k) index also revealed 14 of the month’s 22 trading days favored fixed-income funds.
Products October 27th, 2023 Vanguard Target Date Retirement Fund Series Turns 20 The low-cost investment vehicle has come to dominate retirement plan savings, but industry voices are calling for more personalization.
Data & Research October 23rd, 2023 TDF Assets Through Q3 Dip Slightly, Still Outpacing ‘22 American Funds had the strongest inflows for a second consecutive quarter among the top ten TDF providers, according to Simfund,...
Data & Research October 23rd, 2023 Long-Term Investment Fund Assets Set to Rise After 2022 Dip After a tumultuous few years of rising interest rates and market volatility, ISS MI sees a return to growth for...
Products October 19th, 2023 BlackRock Launches Target-Date ETFs Aimed at Self-Directed Retirement Savers The TDFs will provide ETF access in a glide path as the firm targets 57M workers who lack 401(k) access.
Products October 12th, 2023 Investment Product & Service Launches – 10/12/23 PGIM enhances target-date funds; Pantheon announces new private credit secondaries fund; Morgan Stanley at Work launches charitable giving solution; and...
Data & Research October 4th, 2023 Managed Accounts’ Default Use Limited by Litigation Fears, Fees Plan advisers continue to pick TDFs in retirement plans, rather than more personalized managed accounts, in part due to legal...
Data & Research September 12th, 2023 Blended TDF Uptake Remains Low, but ‘There’s Clearly Something Shifting’ Only 9% of advisers report using blended TDFs, but 93% are interested in them, according to a T. Rowe Price...
The Markets September 7th, 2023 Can ETFs Work in 401(k)s With Mutual Fund Rebranding? F/m Investments has asked the SEC for the right to classify an ETF series as mutual funds to be accessible...
Products August 8th, 2023 TIAA’s Nuveen Launches TDF With Embedded Guaranteed Income Annuity The new series aims to bring 'pension-like' income options to participants, according to Nuveen's retirement investing head.
Data & Research July 26th, 2023 BlackRock: Retirement Confidence Shows Steady Decline BlackRock's annual survey of the retirement space also finds participants are interested in guaranteed income to help with retirement security.
The Markets July 19th, 2023 American Funds Sees Strongest TDF Inflows in Q2 Vanguard saw the second most inflows, according to Simfund, as overall target-date fund assets ended at a robust $1.63 trillion.