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plan design / investments
Next-Level Options
W
hen Gene Huxhold, senior managing director with
John Hancock Investment Management, analyzed
the employee demographics at a casino in order
to choose a suitable target-date fund family for the defined
contribution plan, he was surprised to land on the most
conservative glide path option in the John Hancock lineup.
The firm wound up selecting a glide path where the final
equity stake drops to 10% at its target date.
But, given that this well-paid workforce also had a defined
benefit plan and a nonqualified program with what Huxhold
describes as overall " solid wealth, " an extremely conservative
target-date glide path seemed like a " perfect fit. You have
to look at the population and see what best meets the needs, "
says Huxhold, who is head of DCIO [defined contribution
investment only], based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
As target-date funds continue to grow in number and
popularity, some advisers and consultants identify an
emerging challenge in precisely matching the investing needs
of employees with the right fund. For some advisers, this
means trying to understand the employees better; for others,
it may mean introducing more custom solutions, including
How advisers can make strategies they know, work better
managed account offerings, or pursuing new options in environmental,
social and governance investments.
" Target-date funds are doing a great job for a majority
of participants, " says Lucian Marinescu, certified financial
analyst, portfolio manager and head of target-date strategies
with Morningstar Investment Management LLC in Chicago.
" They understand how the glide path works. And plans have
done a great job, educating the participants on the benefits. "
Yet, despite the general advantages the funds offer,
Marinescu's past analyses of various glide path trajectories
show as much as a 30-percentage-point equity allocation
difference at the beginning of the target-date investment
and more than a 40-percentage-point gap at the end across
the universe of TDFs available.
Because of this wide range of options, keying in on the
ideal fund becomes essential. Morningstar has developed a
quantitative process to help clients assess the appropriateness
of a given glide path, Marinescu says. That approach
bears in mind the total wealth of the participant and draws
from the outside data increasingly available through the
recordkeeper, as well as average age, salary, savings rate
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Balancing Act
Greater Access
Previewing Plan Features
A Different Way to Save
Next-Level Options
New Territory for Income?
Compliance for Wealth Managers
If Caught Off Guard by A Failure
Larry E. Crocker
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PLANADVISER - July/August 2022 - Balancing Act
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PLANADVISER - July/August 2022 - Greater Access
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PLANADVISER - July/August 2022 - Previewing Plan Features
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PLANADVISER - July/August 2022 - A Different Way to Save
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PLANADVISER - July/August 2022 - Next-Level Options
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PLANADVISER - July/August 2022 - New Territory for Income?
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PLANADVISER - July/August 2022 - Compliance for Wealth Managers
PLANADVISER - July/August 2022 - If Caught Off Guard by A Failure
PLANADVISER - July/August 2022 - Larry E. Crocker
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