“Mid-cap funds often receive little attention from plan sponsors when reviewing their retirement plan’s investment menu with consultants and advisors,” Mike Alfred, co-founder and CEO of BrightScope, said in a statement. “Despite a general perception that mid-cap funds may have peaked in terms of distribution in retirement plans, opportunistic investment managers are still pursuing new mandates in this asset class as vigorously as ever.”
The top 15 mid-cap funds by total distribution are:
- Fidelity Low-Priced Stock
- T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Growth
- Vanguard Mid Capitalization Index
- Columbia Acorn
- Vanguard Extended Market Index
- Fidelity Mid-Cap Stock
- Artisan Mid Cap
- Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value
- SSgA S&P Mid Cap 400 Index
- BlackRock Extended Equity Market Index
- Fidelity Value
- Perkins Mid Cap Value
- Baron Growth
- T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Value
- Rainier Small/Mid Cap Equity