What does TDF stand for?

Target Date Fund (retirement investment option)

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Samples in periodicals archive:

a set of sophisticated target date fund (TDF) analytics that gives defined contribution plan sponsors the ability to comprehensively understand how their TDFs are performing individually and as a complete TDF family.

United States : TDVantage? - Callan Develops Advanced Tools to Assess ...

The target index will give participants a way to see how accurately a target date fund is meeting goals outlined in its plan documents.

BrightScope, Target Date Analytics form new index

For 401K retirement plans, reforms should include--as Putnam CEO Robert Reynolds has urged--limits on the percentage of stocks that target date funds can hold for those nearing retirement and a national insurance regulator to guarantee annuity products, much as the FDIC insures bank deposits.

Bubble-proof your clients' retirement

SAN FRANCISCO -- Callan Associates today unveiled TDVantage[TM], a set of sophisticated target date fund (TDF) analytics that gives defined contribution plan sponsors the ability to comprehensively understand how their TDFs are performing individually and as a complete TDF family.

Callan Develops Advanced Tools to Assess Target Date Fund ...

Because in many cases they will be managing shareholder capital for several decades, target date funds are a prime example of how responsible stewardship can be critical over the long run, says Lutton, who oversees (and helped design) Morningstar's five-year-old stewardship grading program for mutual funds.

Picking up the pieces: the mutual fund scandals of 2003 may be fading ...

Lifecycle funds, which include target date funds, combine stocks and bonds in an increasingly conservative mix as the investor's retirement approaches; lifestyle funds balance holdings based on the investor's risk profile.

Retirement accounts climb to $16.4T

Cunningham states, "we agree with the Committee's view that plan sponsors and participants need better transparency and disclosure to understand a target date fund provider's glide path approach and investment disciplines.

Target Date Funds' Shortfalls Not Primary Reasons Americans Face ...

Not that we're all that surprised (they are mutual funds after all), but target date funds are a major disappointment.

Target-date-fund tweaks