Proprietary Target Date Funds Dwindling in 401k Plans.  When 401k plans first became popular, many record keepers only offered proprietary investments. Driven by market demand, record keepers were forced ...

Mixed Investing Isn’t a Bad Idea Mixing Target Date and Other Funds Isn’t a Bad Idea Mixing Investing Can Work, for Some Participants Is it possible, and practical, for ...

Investing in defined contribution (DC) plans is different than any other market. Most plan participants don’t have access to a personal financial planner and they are among the least ...

Target Date Funds (TDF) continue to dominate retirement asset growth. Now accounting for over one-third of household assets, US retirement assets led by IRAs and defined contribution (DC) plans ...

The world of investing is a difficult endeavor, most individuals who direct their own investments sadly end-up losing money. Target date funds (TDF) are designed to offer professional investment ...

Commenting on the dramatic growth of target date funds(TDFs) in defined contribution plans, the head of retirement research for Morningstar blogging in the Wall Street Journal (subscription required) asks ...

With the overall growth or passive funds that track an index and target date funds (TDFs) provided by well-known indexers gaining popularity, it’s easy for plan sponsor to think ...

Evaluating Target Date Funds -ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED August, 2016 In an earlier post we explained why it is so important to have a prudent process when selecting your plan’s target ...

  Fred’s Take: Unlike any investment available to workers in defined contribution (DC) plans, target date funds (TDFs) highlight the evolution of DC plans to become more like defined ...

The relentless growth of target date funds (TDF’s) and now custom TDF’s in defined contribution (DC) plans such as 401(k)’s show no signs of stopping. Ever since the 2006 ...