Products November 20, 2009
Transamerica Introduces New Mutual Fund Platform
Transamerica Retirement Services has introduced a new mutual fund platform for retirement plans that includes target-maturity funds from three fund families, and has no proprietary fund requirements.
Reported by Rebecca Moore
The new mutual fund platform gives financial advisers and plan sponsors the flexibility to work with a third-party administrator (TPA), or receive bundled, full-service capabilities from Transamerica, according to the firm.
The key features of the new platform include:
- 300 funds;
- multi-manager investment approach including 35 fund families;
- target-maturity funds from The Vanguard Group, American Century Investments, and T. Rowe Price;
- multiple stable value funds;
- competitive pricing structure;
- availability starting at a minimum of $1 million; and
- fiduciary warranty offering additional protection to plan sponsors, with guidelines for helping sponsors develop an investment lineup.
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