For plan sponsors, setting and forgetting a TDF lineup could be an invitation for slack retirement outcomes, particularly where fixed-income is concerned. (Photo: Shutterstock)
Sponsors of defined contribution plans that offer target-date funds—and nearly all do—continued to favor cheaper series in 2018 that rely on passive, indexed styles.
The $1.7 trillion TDF market saw $55 billion in net flows in 2018, according to Morningstar's newly released 2019 Target-Date Fund Landscape report. Nearly all of it went to target-date series that hold more than 80 percent of assets in index funds.
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Nick Thornton
Nick Thornton is a financial writer covering retirement and health care issues for BenefitsPRO and ALM Media. He greatly enjoys learning from the vast minds in the legal, academic, advisory and money management communities when covering the retirement space. He's also written on international marketing trends, financial institution risk management, defense and energy issues, the restaurant industry in New York City, surfing, cigars, rum, travel, and fishing. When not writing, he's pushing into some land or water.
