Target Date Funds
The latest news and developments about target date funds, which are often the investment of choice for retirement and 529 accounts.
January 12, 2012
Dog Bites Man! TDFs Fail ExpectationsTarget date funds, already the subject of controversy for failing to deliver promised returns, took another turn for the worse in 2011.
December 14, 2011
SEC's Rominger: Agency Using 'Investor Testing' in Target Date Rulemaking ProcessThe SEC is conducting 'investor testing' as part of its rulemaking efforts on target date funds, to help the agency assess 'the types of information that investors believe are most useful when they choose their investments,' Eileen Rominger, director of the SECs Division of Investment Management, said Tuesday.
December 06, 2011
Are Target Date Funds the ‘Single Product Solution’?Yes, they remain popular, despite 2008, but they are not the income-producing Holy Grail of DC plans.
October 19, 2011
Target Date Funds Get Better and Bigger, Report Finds (Reuters)Target date funds are increasing in popularity, and they're also serving customers better, according to a new report from Brightscope/Target Data Analytics.
October 19, 2011
Target Date Funds Get Better and Bigger, Report Finds (Reuters)Target date funds are increasing in popularity, and they're also serving customers better, according to a new report from Brightscope/Target Data Analytics.
June 28, 2011
Target Date Funds’ Stock Holdings Are Too Risky: Putnam StudyA new Putnam Institute study says target date funds that are too aggressive in their exposure to stocks put retiring investors at risk.
March 01, 2011
Questioning Target Date FundsMutual funds with a projected retirement date attached have been lauded by some within the mutual fund industry as the be-all and cure-all for retirement…
February 14, 2011
Principal's Target Date Offering Exceeds $1 BillionThe Principal Trust announced Thursday that its Target Date Collective Investment Funds recently exceeded $1 billion in assets.
November 24, 2010
Commenters Weigh in on EBSA Fiduciary ProposalRetirement plan managers and advisors are praising proposed changes in plan investment advisor rules, but others say the proposal would be too hard on employee stock ownership plans.
October 01, 2010
Manning & Napier’s Cunningham on Target Date Funds: The Weekend InterviewManning & Napier CEO Patrick Cunnigham thinks it inevitable that there will be greater transparency about target-date funds' glide paths. He also thinks "government should not get into the business of telling people what their glide paths should be."