Target Date Funds

Assets invested in passive target date funds are growing at a much faster rate than those in active target date funds, though active funds still hold a substantial majority of assets.

OppenheimerFunds is back in the retirement game, but not with target date funds.

Despite stripping of cyclist's seven yellow jerseys, fund company sticking with target date funds for Livestrong

Fund researcher tells SEC that plan participants don't have access to vital information; what's the glide path?

Is American Funds losing its touch with financial advisers? That is the question that some advisers are asking as Capital Research and Management Co., which runs the American Funds, prepares to take the wraps off a suite of mutual funds intended to offer advisers a predetermined mix of investments.

Financial advisers intent on including alternative investments in the target date retirement funds they advise are finding few choices available to them.

Morningstar Inc. this week gave The Charles Schwab Corp.'s target date funds a “negative” rating, pointing to a revolving door of managers at the funds. Analyst David Falkof gave the rating to a slate of funds in Schwab's series, going from 2010 up to 2040. Going back nearly four years, Schwab's

As the popularity of target date funds has grown over the past five years, so too has the publicity around the differences among the managers and the wide variations in performance and risk exposure that can result. The lack of a consistent approach among managers also makes it difficult for plan

PERFORMANCE VARIES LESS ROBUST RESULTS Mutual fund managers' use of exotic strategies, including leverage and derivatives, so far is yielding varying performance and mixed reviews from financial advisers. Firms using leverage and derivative-based strategies to boost the performance of their

Mutual fund managers' use of exotic strategies, including leverage and derivatives so far is yielding varying performance and mixed reviews from financial advisers. Firms using leverage and derivative-based strategies in their target date funds include AllianceBernstein LP, Invesco Ltd. and Pacific

Target date fund fees have been declining year by year and basis point by basis point, and more cuts seem likely