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Have Your TDF Recommendations Shifted?

A recent analysis by Morningstar indicates that target-date fund flows are favoring passive strategies. Are you making adjustments in your target-date fund recommendations – and if so, what?

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* 1. How many target-date fund families do you currently recommend?

1-3

3-5

More than 5

I don't recommend TDF

Other (please specify)

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* 2. How does that compare with 5 years ago?

It's increased

It's decreased

It's about the same

The number hasn't changed, but the TDFs have

Other (please specify)

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* 3. How many of your target-date fund recommendations are “passive”/indexed?

All of them

About half of them

Some of them

None of them

Other (please specify)

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* 4. How does that compare with 5 years ago?

It's increased

It's decreased

It's about the same

The number hasn't changed, but the TDFs have

Other (please specify)

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* 5. What has driven that change (check all that apply)?

Fees

Litigation concerns

Client interest

Performance

Glide path

Other (please specify)

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* 6. What has PRIMARILY driven that change?

Fees

Litigation concerns

Client interest

Performance

Glide path

Other (please specify)

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* 7. What is the primary type of default fund (QDIA or otherwise) that you recommend these days?

Target-date Fund

Balanced Fund

Managed Account

Custom Target-date Fund

Other (please specify)

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* 8. Any other comments on target-date funds, passive/index trends, default funds, or trends in which are recommended?

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* 9. What is your role working with retirement plans?

Advisor

Provider

TPA

Plan sponsor

Recordkeeper

Other (please specify)

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* 10. What size plans do you PRIMARILY work with?

Under $10 million in assets

$10-$20 million

$20-$50 million

$50-100 million

$100 million - $250 million

$250 million - $500 million

Above $500 million

Other (please specify)

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* 11. Suggestions for future survey questions?

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