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...
Products | July 11th, 2019 Investment Product and Service Launches Man Group releases ESG analysis tool; Prudential Capital Group renames global investment business; Schwab expands ETF OneSource Program; and more.
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...
Investing | June 11th, 2019 PSNC 2019: DC Investment Ideas, ESG and CITs Panelists at the 2019 PLANSPONSOR National Conference discussed the risk-reduction and performance benefits that ESG can bring and that certain...
Investing | May 9th, 2019 Plan Sponsor Attempts to Lower Fees Drive Changes in TDF Offerings Morningstar observes more flows into target-date funds (TDFs) using collective investment trusts (CITs) and those investing in index mutual funds.
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.
Investing | November 20th, 2018 Retirement Plans a Big Source of Mutual Fund Investing for Millennials By comparison, the majority of mutual fund investing for Baby Boomers is outside of an employer-sponsored retirement plan, Investment Company...
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.
Investing | September 10th, 2018 TDFs Contribute to CIT Growth in 401(k)s In 2017, target-date funds (TDFs) represent 41% of CIT assets in 401(k) plans, Cerulli Associates finds.
Investing | August 22nd, 2018 Is the Risk-Matching Precision of SMAs Worth the Cost and Complexity? Vanguard research explains how CITs and mutual funds are just as beneficial.
Products | May 31st, 2018 Investment Products and Services Launches MassMutual introduces new TDFs, and Krane Funds Advisors creates CIT for retirement plans.
Investing | May 18th, 2018 Is There Any Hope for 403(b)s to Be Able to Use CITs? These lower-cost funds are growing more popular in the 401(k) market, but are not available to most 403(b) plans.
Compliance | April 20th, 2018 Principal Faces Lawsuit Over Management of TDFs The lawsuit questions the selection of underlying investments for the Principal LifeTime Hybrid Collective Investment Funds, alleging Principal used proprietary...