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Building better blends series

Selecting the right active and passive equity and fixed income building blocks.

January 2025

Fiduciary responsibilities require careful analysis of the investment options made available to plan participants. And many target date investors are concerned about containing investment costs. This series explores how allocating to active strategies and select passive strategies can help this endeavor, while considering unnecessarily limiting the ability of the strategies to add value or broaden the opportunity set.

Part 1: Balancing equity allocations
Selecting the right active and passive equity building blocks has the potential to contain costs, target opportunities with the best potential to generate positive returns and improve diversification. Striking that balance is the key to helping investors along their journey to feeling retirement certain.

Part 2: Balancing fixed income allocations
Deciding where to go active in fixed income is crucial. Active approaches can help target date investors avoid—or more effectively manage—some of the limitations of passive fixed income.

Part 3: Aligning investment options with fiduciary responsibilities
We believe a target date approach that combines both active and passive strategies can deliver the best combination of cost effectiveness and enhanced return potential. In this way, they help plan sponsors address their fiduciary responsibilities and, ultimately, help retirement investors along their journey to feeling retirement certain.

 

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The views contained herein are those of the authors as of January 2025 and are subject to change without notice; these views may differ from those of other T. Rowe Price associates.

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