Compliance | April 16th, 2021 Claims Against Astellas, Aon Move Forward in Untested CITs Lawsuit A judge found that allegations were sufficient to deny most motions to dismiss filed by the plan sponsor and the...
Products | March 25th, 2021 Investment Product and Service Launches BNY Mellon to launch first active ETF solutions; AFL-CIO collaborates with multiple entities to distribute CIT funds; and Fidelity files...
Opinions | March 3rd, 2021 SECURE Act 2.0 Could Be a Game Changer for Retirement Planning Syed Nishat, with Wall Street Alliance Group, discusses anticipated changes from retirement plan legislation introduced at the end of last...
Products | February 18th, 2021 Investment Product and Service Launches Vanguard releases international bond index fund; Putnam Investments will launch active ETF strategies; and Alger expands CIT offerings.
Compliance | February 11th, 2021 Washington Watchers See Good Prospects for Further Retirement Reforms Among the potential retirement policy solutions that could become law in 2021 is a provision to allow 403(b) plans to...
Products | December 10th, 2020 Investment Product and Service Launches Nationwide announces new suite of in-plan annuities; SC Ventures and Northern Trust to launch Zodia Custody; Wilmington Trust and Neuberger...
Compliance | October 8th, 2020 Plaintiffs Abandon Their Lawsuit Over Principal CIT TDFs The suit had alleged fiduciary breaches regarding the selection and monitoring of underlying investment options for collective investment trust TDFs...
Compliance | July 6th, 2020 Use of Relatively New CITs Challenged in Second Lawsuit The lawsuit also calls out the use of an investment manager’s proprietary actively managed funds and the plan sponsor’s failure...
Compliance | June 26th, 2020 Lawsuit Says Plan Fiduciaries Should Have Chosen Less Expensive CITs Though the majority of investment options for Estee Lauder’s 401(k) are CITs, the lawsuit argues the TDFs are more expensive...
Compliance | March 13th, 2020 Bill Introduced to Allow CITs in 403(b)s Vanguard estimates the cost savings to 403(b) participants in plans that offer CITs could amount to as much as $250...
Products | February 13th, 2020 Investment Product and Service Launches iShares expands ESG initiatives; T. Rowe Price announces enhancements to TDFs; and Swan Global Investments reduces CIT fees.
Investing | November 14th, 2019 AB Closing Mutual Fund TDF Series "We will be reaching out to plan sponsors about our target-date CIT series,” Jennifer Delong, head of defined contribution at...
Products | October 10th, 2019 Investment Product and Service Launches Mesirow Financial presents third mutual fund and managed account program; BPAS partners with Lincoln Financial on stable value solution for...
Investing | September 18th, 2019 ICMA-RC Fighting for CIT Availability for 403(b)s Sponsors of 403(b) plans are not able to use low-cost collective investment trusts in their plans as are their 401(k)...
Products | September 16th, 2019 Wilmington Trust and Nasdaq Partner on CIT Awareness Investors, plan sponsors and advisers will be able to search for collective investment trust (CIT) data on the Nasdaq Fund...
Products | September 12th, 2019 Investment Product and Service Launches Wilmington Trust and Federated offer CITs to DC clients, and Cohen & Steers closes real estate fund share classes.
Investing | August 22nd, 2019 Education and Transparency Two Issues for CIT Use in DC Plans Anya Krymkowski, with Cerulli, says plan sponsors can negotiate with CIT providers to receive more information on the trusts, thereby...
Investing | June 21st, 2019 Use of Index Funds in 401(k)s Increasing The use of index funds by plans in the BrightScope Defined Contribution Plan Database increased from 79% of plans and...
Products | February 28th, 2019 Investment Product and Service Launches HB&T creates a collective investment fund with Jensen Investment Management, while Principal and NDW launch a new ETF model portfolio.
Products | September 27th, 2018 Investment Product and Service Launches Capital Group adopts PFaroe; Reliance Trust chooses Northern Trust to support CITs; Vanguard introduces low-cost ESG ETFs; and more.