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BusinessWeek
July 3, 2008
Lauren Young |
Target-Date Funds Hit Their Stride They're finally investing in the wider array of products that have helped put big pension funds ahead of the pack.   |
The Motley Fool
August 22, 2007
Amanda B. Kish |
Funds That Hit the Target More and more firms and retirement plans are beginning to offer target-date funds, asset-allocation funds that are designated by the year in which an investor plans to retire. Are they right for you? |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2012
Joseph Lisanti |
A Moving Target? If most potential clients walking through your door nowadays don't hold target-date funds in their 401(k) plans, that's likely to change in the next few years. |
Financial Advisor
January 2007
Marla Brill |
Simple Solutions? Life cycle funds are expanding beyond the 401(k) market to financial advisors. Advisors considering using target date funds, whether on a limited or for a broad swath of clients, need to consider a number of features. |
CFO
April 1, 2010
Alix Stuart |
Sea Change Companies now play a much more active role in guiding employees' 401(k) investment decisions. |
CFO
May 1, 2009
Lynn Brenner |
Are Target Funds on Target? The "simple" investment option may be more complicated than you think. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2009
Craig L. Israelsen |
Bad Match The poor performance of target-date funds, particularly 2010 funds, as qualified default investment alternatives has not gone unnoticed in Washington. |
BusinessWeek
May 27, 2010
Amy Feldman |
Goldman Sachs Goes After Your Retirement Money Goldman Sachs is targeting a $2.7 trillion market with alternative asset funds such as commodities and real estate, and designing target-date funds. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Nov/Dec 2008
Allen Kenney |
On the Road to Retirement Target date funds are taking a closer look at where retirees will end up, and changes are coming that could pay dividends for REITs. |
Financial Advisor
May 2005
Jeff Schlegel |
"Assets-In-A-Box" Investing Considering the appeal of prepackaged asset allocation, it's little wonder that lifecycle funds are one of the hottest areas in the mutual fund industry. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2011
John Ameriks |
Myth Busting Target-date funds have taken a beating the past few years by many investment commentators. Some criticism may be warranted, but there are several myths that must be debunked about these funds. |
CFO
May 15, 2012
David McCann |
Will These Investments Catch On? Why the government's proposals for encouraging "longevity annuities" may not impress many 401(k) plan sponsors. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2007
Israelsen & Nagengast |
Missing The Target? The asset allocation timeline for target-date funds may be too aggressive for many investors. |
Financial Advisor
January 2009
Marla Brill |
Failure To Launch Advisors have little or no leeway to adjust positions in needs-based or all-in-one investment vehicles, such as 529 plans and target funds, and make changes when the market is melting down. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2008
Craig L. Israelsen |
2010, A Fund Odyssey The first target-date funds were introduced in 1994. Back then, a target date of 2010 -- the first major target date -- seemed extremely far away. But here we are, just 14 months from 2010. |
The Motley Fool
October 20, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
Get a Bigger Bang from These Investments Target-date funds may soon be easier to evaluate. |
BusinessWeek
February 5, 2009
Amy Feldman |
Can an Improved 401(k) Save Your Retirement? Asset managers and insurers are trying to develop a hybrid 401(k), combining guaranteed income and an investment portfolio. |
CFO
December 1, 2009
Randy Myers |
A Question of Balance The much-maligned 401(k) plan is being beefed up. So are the penalties for failing to manage it well. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2011
Craig L. Israelsen |
Target Funds: To or Through? How do you decide when it's the right time to say goodbye to a client's target-date funds - when they reach the specified year or all the way through the retirement years? |
Financial Planning
April 1, 2007
Craig L. Israelsen |
Send in the Clones? Target-date funds are proliferating, and they're astonishingly similar. Sadly, they're not astonishingly excellent. |
Registered Rep.
August 12, 2011
Diana Britton |
Retirement Income Fever The industry has responded to the great wave of retirees that has just begun with an increased focus on creating retirement income streams -- successfully. It's always a tough feat, what with expanding life expectancies and estimating health care needs far out in the future. |
Financial Advisor
October 2007
Marla Brill |
Do Your Clients' Target Funds Measure Up? How do market watchers come up with apples-to-apples comparisons of target-date funds? The absence of a standardized benchmark has left financial advisors to wade through the burgeoning number of fund choices with only vague and often conflicting guidelines for evaluation. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2009
Katherine Reynolds Lewis |
Time to Reevaluate As the government takes a second look at the financial world, it is evaluating whether target-date funds protect investors' -- your clients, whether they are employers or employees -- best interests. |
The Motley Fool
June 18, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
Shoot for the Right Target Target-date funds still make sense for retirement, if you know what you're doing. |
Financial Advisor
March 2011
Jeff Schlegel |
401(k)s Are Still O(k) Some critics contend the 401(k) concept is broken and has failed its basic mission to fund the great American retirement. Avatar Associates begs to differ. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2008
Gregory P. Brown |
Target-Date Technique The simplicity of many existing target-date funds conceals a number of obstacles that can impede investors' efforts to adequately fund their retirement income needs. |
The Motley Fool
December 22, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Do Pensions Beat 401(k)s? A recent study shows that investors aren't doing as well on their own and underscores the need for employees to understand and take full advantage of their retirement plan options. |
On Wall Street
September 1, 2013
Tom Roseen |
The Rise of Asset Allocation Funds The modern version of balanced funds, these portfolios continue to make inroads with investors. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jan/Feb 2008
Allen Kenney |
The Time of Your Life Life cycle funds gain popularity by enabling investors to choose tailored investment plans. REIT Usage in Life Cycle Fund Products: AllianceBernstein Retirement Strategies -- 10%... JPMorgan Smart Retirement Funds -- 4% to 6%... etc. |
Financial Advisor
December 2007
Jeff Schlegel |
The Changing Face Of 401(k) Plans The 401(k) plan has become a bedrock of the American retirement account, but its foundation is becoming increasingly fluid with evolving rules, products and attitude shifts that add choices -- and complexities -- for plan participants and their sponsors. |
BusinessWeek
July 2, 2009
Amy Feldman |
IBM Reinvents the 401(k) Staffers were nervous when Big Blue replaced its pension plan with a souped-up 401(k). Now, the plan could be the new gold standard. |
Real Estate Portfolio
May/Jun 2001
Jack McAllister |
On the Rise If 401(k) plan values are to rise to their potential, they could use a little more yeast -- in the form of REIT stocks... |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2006
Israelsen & Walker |
Right on Target? Life-cycle funds are relatively new. Here are the pros and cons of investing in target-date funds. |
Investment Advisor
August 2006
Kathleen M. Mcbride |
News: Ibbotson on Asset Allocation Here Roger Ibbotson, chairman and CEO of hedge fund Zebra Capital Management, discusses how advisors can guide their clients to retirement portfolio allocations that fund longer retirements, as well as keep them comfortable when markets gyrate. |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2011
Temma Ehrenfeld |
Welcome, Gen Y Companies can make a difference when they enroll new employees automatically into employer-sponsored retirement plans and set target-date funds as the default investment. |
Registered Rep.
August 1, 2004
Stan Luxenberg |
Nest Eggs in Multiple Baskets Increasingly, employers have begun offering life cycle funds, which include broad mixes of stocks and bonds. By picking one life cycle choice, an investor can hold a nicely diversified 401(k) portfolio. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2006
Kevin Burke |
Spinning Their Wheels If you're thinking of steering your clients into life-cycle funds, be sure to kick the tires first. With more and more asset managers rolling out life-cycle funds, it's easy to get caught up in some excitement. But, buyer beware: They can be expensive and have middling performance. |
The Motley Fool
December 18, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
Keep These Funds on Target Be smart about how you use target-date funds. |
The Motley Fool
August 19, 2010
Amanda B. Kish |
Jumping on the Commodity Bandwagon If you own a target-date fund, make sure you know whether your fund is moving into commodities. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2005
Len Reinhart |
Staying Active To fund boomers' later-life plans, advisers will need to change the way they think about active and passive portfolio management. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Sep/Oct 2002
Jack McAllister |
After the Fall Companies are not waiting for Congress to act; instead leading firms are fixing their 401(k) plans... and real estate stocks are part of the solution. |
On Wall Street
December 1, 2008
William Harding |
Endowments Offer Investment Lessons for Retirees The number of Americans who turn 65 each week could fill a sports stadium -- and they all need income. Portfolios for people saving for retirement should be structured differently from those already there. |
Financial Advisor
July 2008
Alan Lavine |
On Target, Or Not Think you can plunk down money on any target date fund as a low-risk way to accumulate retirement savings? Think again. |
CFO
December 1, 2007
Kate O'Sullivan |
The New Mix With so much riding on 401(k)s, more and more companies are reconsidering their plan offerings. |
The Motley Fool
August 27, 2007
Amanda B. Kish |
Lifecycle Investing's Next Step Target-date funds make an old idea new again. The next generation of lifecycle funds are seeking to add value by making continuous shifts among stocks, bonds, and cash, instead of just reducing equity exposure over time. |
BusinessWeek
September 10, 2007
Dawn Kopecki |
Wrestling For The 401(k) Purse Funds and insurers are vying over $90 billion that a new law may funnel to investment plans. |
Registered Rep.
October 11, 2012
Stan Luxenberg |
Savers, at Last. . . The 401(k) has long been considered a failure at truly preparing anyone for retirement -- especially since the recession. Less noticed is that the plans are, slowly, getting much better. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Nov/Dec 2003
Art Gering |
Undefined Contributions Although a large number of companies invest in real estate in their defined benefit plans, many deny their employees the same advantages in their 401(k) plans. |
The Motley Fool
September 8, 2006
Ryan Popple |
Beware the Botched 401(k) While 401(k)s offer more control and impressive tax benefits, they also chronically underperform managed pension funds. We are going to need our 401(k)s for our future financial security, and we have to do a better job of managing them. |
Financial Advisor
November 2010
Alan Lavine |
New Opportunities With 401(k)s Participants are making asset allocation mistakes, even though most plans offer a good selection of investment options. |
