All target date funds articles – Page 2
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OpinionThe inherent risks in DC default investing
From the blog: UK pensions have faced an avalanche of change over the past few years.
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Opinion
Nest: Why TDFs provide a durable route to good outcomes
Keeping your mind on the long term can be a difficult business. Target date funds can help both schemes and savers do just that.
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News
Study forecasts DC market tripling by 2024, led by TDFs
A market report has predicted defined contribution pensions will triple in size to £787bn within the next decade with target date funds leading the way, but its bullish growth predictions have been questioned.
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News
DC benchmarks expected to switch attention to performance
Industry experts have predicted the governance focus for defined contribution default funds will swing from cost to performance as DC benchmarking capabilities come to the fore.
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Opinion
The Budget has not killed off lifestyle strategies
I suspect very few of us foresaw the changes proposed in March's Budget. All the initial talk was about the added flexibility of drawing benefits, with Steve Webb even commenting on whether pensioners would spend all their savings on a Lamborghini.
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OpinionEditorial: A fair fight?
The “saver’s Budget” sounded a starting bell in the frankly lethargic DC investment market – which default strategy would win the argument and, more importantly, the flows?
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Opinion
Confronting the less-discussed downsides of TDFs
Target date funds are a firmly established part of the defined contribution landscape in the US and are growing in popularity in the UK.
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News
How to evaluate the growing TDF market
State Street Global Advisors is the latest manager to detail its UK target date funds with an emphasis on volatility control, while consultants scrutinise the take-up and construction of these strategies.
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Opinion
Learning overseas lessons on DC design
While a succession of regulatory developments have laid the groundwork for better retirement outcomes for many thousands of employees now enrolling in defined contribution plans, in many ways it is still a sector in its infancy.
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NewsTrinity Mirror keeps 'semi-passive' DGF default under review
Trinity Mirror Pension Plan has introduced a semi-passive diversified growth fund for its auto-enrolment default section, but said it plans to further explore possible changes to the set-up in the next few months.
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NewsTrinity Mirror sizes up target date fund default
Trinity Mirror is to launch a staff survey to find out whether target date funds are appropriate to all of its employees as the company approaches auto-enrolment.
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News
Associated British Foods reports 3% AE opt-out
Associated British Foods has seen a less than 3 per cent opt-out rate and significant engagement from 1,500 employees auto-enrolled in February, after an extensive awareness campaign and popular default investment strategy.
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NewsDC daily pricing blocking illiquid investments
Liquidity requirements for defined contribution schemes are hampering their investment returns and ability to compete with defined benefit plans on the replacement income provided in retirement, an institutional investor group has warned.
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Features
Inflexible DC defaults fail members, study finds
Owen Walker looks at the latest economic research into creating defined contribution (DC) default funds to help members maximise their retirement income.
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