Morningstar’s recent changes to its global allocation categories may help fiduciaries re-evaluate the asset allocation funds within their investment menus and provide solutions to participants who do not wish to follow the predetermined glidepath of target date funds (TDFs). Now may be the time to consider adding global allocation funds to 401(k) menus.

Sources: Morningstar, Bloomberg, Vanguard.

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Definitions

Beta is a measure of an investment’s price volatility relative to that of the overall market.

A QDIA (Qualified Default Investment Alternative) is the investment used when an employee contributes to the plan without having specified how the money should be invested.

Standard deviation is a statistical measure of volatility that captures the degree to which an investment’s price has deviated from its average over time.

Target-date funds (TDFs) are age-based retirement investments whose asset allocation automatically adjusts to become more conservative over time as the target date nears.

Morningstar Global Aggressive Allocation Funds in allocation categories seek to provide both income and capital appreciation by primarily investing in multiple asset classes, including stocks, bonds, and cash. These aggressive strategies typically prioritize capital appreciation over preservation. They typically expect volatility similar to a strategic equity exposure of more than 85%. Funds in this global category are generally expected to have no more than 75% of their assets in US securities.

Morningstar Global Conservative Allocation Funds in allocation categories seek to provide both income and capital appreciation by primarily investing in multiple asset classes, including stocks, bonds, and cash. These conservative strategies prioritize preservation of capital over appreciation. They typically expect volatility similar to a strategic equity exposure between 15% and 30%. Funds in this global category are generally expected to have no more than 75% of their assets in US securities.

Morningstar Global Large-Stock Portfolios invest in a variety of international stocks and typically skew toward large caps that are fairly representative of the global stock market in size, growth rates, and price.

Morningstar Global Moderate Allocation Funds in allocation categories seek to provide both income and capital appreciation by primarily investing in multiple asset classes, including stocks, bonds, and cash. These moderate strategies seek to balance preservation of capital with appreciation. They typically expect volatility similar to a strategic equity exposure between 50% and 70%. Funds in this global category are generally expected to have no more than 75% of their assets in US securities.

Morningstar Global Moderately Aggressive Allocation Funds in allocation categories seek to provide both income and capital appreciation by primarily investing in multiple asset classes, including stocks, bonds, and cash. These moderately aggressive strategies prioritize capital appreciation over preservation. They typically expect volatility similar to a strategic equity exposure between 70% and 85%. Funds in this global category are generally expected to have no more than 75% of their assets in US securities.

Morningstar Global Moderately Conservative Allocation Funds in allocation categories seek to provide both income and capital appreciation by primarily investing in multiple asset classes, including stocks, bonds, and cash. These moderately conservative strategies prioritize the preservation of capital over appreciation. They typically expect volatility similar to a strategic equity exposure between 30% and 50%. Funds in this global category are generally expected to have no more than 75% of their assets in US securities.

Morningstar US Equity Portfolios are fairly representative of the overall US stock market and categories vary based on general size, growth, rates, and price of equities within the portfolios.

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