Close Close
Popular Financial Topics Discover relevant content from across the suite of ALM legal publications From the Industry More content from ThinkAdvisor and select sponsors Investment Advisor Issue Gallery Read digital editions of Investment Advisor Magazine Tax Facts Get clear, current, and reliable answers to pressing tax questions
Luminaries Awards
ThinkAdvisor

Portfolio > Mutual Funds

Some 401(k) Sponsors Stick By Their Funds

X
Your article was successfully shared with the contacts you provided.

NU Online News Service, Jan. 20, 2004, 4:14 p.m. EST – Some employers are more loyal to 401(k) plan mutual fund providers than others.[@@]

When researchers with Financial Executives International, Florham Park, N.J., and Duke University surveyed 307 U.S. chief financial officers in mid-January, they found that only 50% of the CFOs’ companies have made or are considering making changes to their 401(k) plan mutual fund lineups.

Even at companies with fund lineups tainted by the recent mutual fund industry scandals, 25% of the CFOs say their 401(k) plans probably will be sticking with their current menus of investment options.

CFOs at 21% of the companies already have responded to the fund scandals by making menu changes. Only 33% of the CFOs at those companies blame the changes on poor fund performance, while 60% blame the changes on worries about legal or fiduciary concerns.

At the companies that are keeping their current fund menus, 62% of the CFOs say they have satisfactory relationships with their fund providers and 52% say their employees are satisfied with their investment options.


NOT FOR REPRINT

© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.