The right data can help employers offer the right investment solutions to help employees reach their retirement goals. Data informs nearly every decision an employer makes. Yet, one employer decision ...

In investing terms, a “glide path ” describes how a mix of investments changes over time. Typically, the mix gets more conservative — with fewer stocks and more bonds, for example — as the investor ...

The allocation process for a target-date fund may be more than shifting from equities to fixed income over time. Instead, to maintain an appropriate balance at different lifecycle stages, there may be ...

Target-date funds are the default of choice for many plan sponsors, says Russell Investments, but they aren't a buy-it-and-forget-it solution for sponsors or providers. Russell Investments published a ...

Life cycle funds are open-ended funds with attributes of predetermined maturity and glide path for goal-based investing. Read ...

A final example in the decision rules category is the Target Percentage Adjustment method introduced by David Zolt in his 2013 Journal of Financial Planning article, “Achieving a Higher Safe ...

Zachary Rayfield, head of goals-based investing research in Vanguard's Investment Strategy Group, spoke about the use of glide paths at the Investments & Wealth Institute's Strategy Forum in New York ...

CMS will likely implement a "glide path" when removing temporary waivers put into effect during the COVID-19 pandemic, rather than a hard stop, according to a principal deputy administrator at the ...

If there's one generally accepted principle in the realm of asset allocation, it's that young people with a long runway to retirement should start out with equity-heavy portfolios and only gradually ...

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In investing terms, a "glide path " describes how a mix of investments changes over time. Typically, the mix gets more conservative — with fewer stocks and more bonds, for example — as the investor ...