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A closer look at our active underlying funds
Rich Lang
Multi-Asset Investment Director

 


Security selection plays an integral role in target date fund results.

 

This paper takes a closer look at the funds underlying the American Funds Target Date Retirement Series® in terms of both return and risk to illustrate how they seek to drive better outcomes for participants.

Key takeaways:

  • Most retirement plan participants who use target date funds are invested in passively implemented solutions

  • In addition to cost, retirement savers should evaluate a target date retirement series’ history and the potential of its underlying funds to produce desired outcomes

  • Research suggests that active investment selection in the Series’ underlying funds has played an outsized role in its relative results
     

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Rich Lang is a multi-asset investment director at Capital Group. He has 30 years of investment experience (as of 12/31/2023), all with Capital. He holds master's and bachelor's degrees from Loyola Marymount University.

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