Investing | February 11th, 2022 Fiduciary Diligence Demanded as CITs Shine A significant regulatory concern is that banks should not simply “rent their charters” to third-party registered investment advisers seeking to...
Investing | November 29th, 2021 CITs, Retirement Income Products and ESG Investing Poised for Growth Asset managers polled by Cerulli Associates reported trends they see for DC plan investments.
Compliance | September 20th, 2021 Plan Fiduciaries Can’t Escape Lawsuit Over Investment in Aon CITs Duty of prudence and prohibited transaction claims will move forward against the Centerra Group plan fiduciaries and Aon Hewitt, which...
Data and Research | August 3rd, 2021 CITs Overcoming Mutual Funds in 401(k)s Collective investment trusts are the most used investment vehicle in the largest plans and are a close second among large...
Products | July 8th, 2021 Investment Product and Service Launches MFS makes changes to CIT line and Diligend and eVestment partner on data exchange platform.
Data and Research | May 27th, 2021 Contributions to TDFs Fell As the Market Rebound Increased Assets The activity of TDFs contrasted with that of other mutual funds, while CITs increased market share of target-date strategies.
Compliance | April 23rd, 2021 Congressman Again Pushes for Expanding Investment Options in 403(b)s A lack of access to the same investment types allowed in other DC plans means 403(b) plan participants are missing...
Compliance | April 16th, 2021 Claims Against Astellas, Aon Move Forward in Untested CITs Lawsuit A judge found that allegations were sufficient to deny most motions to dismiss filed by the plan sponsor and the...
Products | March 25th, 2021 Investment Product and Service Launches BNY Mellon to launch first active ETF solutions; AFL-CIO collaborates with multiple entities to distribute CIT funds; and Fidelity files...
Opinions | March 3rd, 2021 SECURE Act 2.0 Could Be a Game Changer for Retirement Planning Syed Nishat, with Wall Street Alliance Group, discusses anticipated changes from retirement plan legislation introduced at the end of last...
Products | February 18th, 2021 Investment Product and Service Launches Vanguard releases international bond index fund; Putnam Investments will launch active ETF strategies; and Alger expands CIT offerings.
Compliance | February 11th, 2021 Washington Watchers See Good Prospects for Further Retirement Reforms Among the potential retirement policy solutions that could become law in 2021 is a provision to allow 403(b) plans to...
Products | December 10th, 2020 Investment Product and Service Launches Nationwide announces new suite of in-plan annuities; SC Ventures and Northern Trust to launch Zodia Custody; Wilmington Trust and Neuberger...
Compliance | October 8th, 2020 Plaintiffs Abandon Their Lawsuit Over Principal CIT TDFs The suit had alleged fiduciary breaches regarding the selection and monitoring of underlying investment options for collective investment trust TDFs...
Compliance | July 6th, 2020 Use of Relatively New CITs Challenged in Second Lawsuit The lawsuit also calls out the use of an investment manager’s proprietary actively managed funds and the plan sponsor’s failure...
Compliance | June 26th, 2020 Lawsuit Says Plan Fiduciaries Should Have Chosen Less Expensive CITs Though the majority of investment options for Estee Lauder’s 401(k) are CITs, the lawsuit argues the TDFs are more expensive...
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...