Tag: QDIA

Products | March 22nd, 2010

Vantagepoint Milestone Funds Change Investment Strategy

March 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Vantagepoint Investment Advisers, LLC (VIA) has announced investment strategy changes to the Vantagepoint...

Products | March 1st, 2010

Dow Jones Indexes Announces Target Date Additions

March 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Dow Jones Indexes has updated its Dow Jones Target Date index series.

Investing | February 22nd, 2010

Market Continues to Move Participants

February 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Once again, 401(k) participants that were inclined to rebalance their accounts tended to...

Products | February 16th, 2010

AB Adds Volatility Management to Target-Date Offerings

February 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – AllianceBernstein is taking steps to smooth out potential bumps in the road for its...

Products | February 9th, 2010

E*Trade Unveils Portfolio Management Tool

February 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – E*Trade has rolled out a new advice solution that it says will “help...

Benefits | January 25th, 2010

Study Says Investment “Help” Makes a Difference

January 25, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – It is a long-accepted tenet that most retirement plan participants want – and...

Benefits | January 20th, 2010

Some Sponsors Still Hazy on PPA, Fiduciary Issues

January 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Some 29% of defined contribution plan sponsors at plans with less than $1 million in...

Products | January 8th, 2010

Triumvirate Teams for Target-Date Offering

January 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Three firms have combined forces to offer Target Date and Composite Based ETF...

Administration | December 16th, 2009

Some Target-Date Funds Visit the ‘Junk’ Shop

December 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A Bloomberg news report said six of the nine largest U.S. target-date fund providers by...

Compliance | December 16th, 2009

Senator Says Target-Date Legislation Coming

December 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Regulators may already be taking a harder look at target-date funds, but it...

Products | December 9th, 2009

S&P Expands Family of Target Risk Indices

December 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's has expanded its family of target-risk indexes with the launch...

Administration | December 4th, 2009

SEC to Make Recommendations on 12b-1, Target-Dates: Shapiro

December 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors could be looking at some changes on target-date funds next year...

Opinions | November 23rd, 2009

IMHO: Thanks Giving

Thanksgiving has been called a “uniquely American” holiday

Investing | November 2nd, 2009

Casey Quirk: New Battle Lines Forming in TDF Arena

November 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new report predicts that rapid growth will restructure the asset allocation and packaging of...

Products | November 2nd, 2009

Firms Unveil Target-date Fund Index

November 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BrightScope, a 401(k) data and analytics firm, and Target Date Analytics LLC, a consulting and...

Products | October 29th, 2009

Invesco Aim Changes Name, Structure of Target-Date Funds

October 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Shareholders of the AIM Independence Funds have approved changing the funds' sub-classification from diversified to...

Compliance | October 28th, 2009

Target-date Fund Practices Targeted in Senate Hearing

October 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Congress once again turned its attention to target-date funds this afternoon.

Products | October 27th, 2009

J.P. Morgan Takes Target Date Compass Online

October 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com - J.P. Morgan Funds has launched an online version of its target-date evaluation program, the Target...

Products | October 27th, 2009

Prudential "Redefines" Retirement

October 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Prudential Financial has been talking about a new kind of retirement - now the firm...

Compliance | October 26th, 2009

Senate Hearing Asks, Are Target-Date Funds Missing the Mark?

October 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - This week a Senate committee will once again take up the topic of target-date funds.