Select a Country and Role
From Sectors and Smart Beta to Fixed Income, SPDR Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) give you wide access to diverse investment opportunities. Find out more.
The Participant
The 2021 edition reflects on the breakpoints created by the past year, the patterns they reveal and the potential vitality they contain.
Global Retirement Reality Report
Our global retirement research tracks savers’ evolving sentiment on what it means to retire, what’s possible, and what’s at stake.
DC Investment Options
A Complete List of DC Investment Options
We leverage a full range of institutional capabilities, including securities lending options, to enhance retirement outcomes.
Target Date Funds
Everything Has a Purpose
Illustrates how true diversification manages risks and benefits at each stage of savers’ lives.
Seeing Index-Based Target Date Funds Differently
While target date funds have become the standard, ours are anything but.
Annual Glidepath Review
In 2021, we’re optimizing our target date fund fixed income exposure to better manage interest rate risk.
Beyond the Benchmark
Assess fixed income in target date strategies.
The World is Flat & Other Dangerous TDF Investing Myths
Retirement Income
Addressing Longevity Risk
We posit a solution to longevity issues, sponsored and co-authored by the Regents of the University of California.
Index Investing
What to Ask Your Index Manager
Look beyond fees when evaluating index investing managers; consider size and scale, vehicle selection and securities lending.
CITs Can Reduce the Tax Burden When Investing Internationally
Learn how true collective investment trusts can reduce a plan’s tax burden, specifically around international investments.
Collective Investment Trusts: Lower Costs and Greater Flexibility
Flexible pricing, tax advantages, fee efficiencies. CITs can offer meaningful advantages over mutual funds.
Securities Lending in US DC Funds: Executive Summary
Gain an easy-to-use framework to guide comparison across the range of securities lending programs in the market today.
Active Solutions
Reinventing the DC Core Investment Menu
Those closest to retirement are most heavily invested in the core. But are their investment options the right ones?
A Fresh Focus on Retirement Policy
A Fresh Focus on Retirement Policy: What Plan Sponsors Can Expect from the Biden Administration
Employees’ lagging financial literacy and wellness weigh heavily on employers. Here, we review active legislation that we believe will help support financial literacy and foster employees’ sense of wellness.
Replay: Former Speaker Boehner on What Lies Ahead
The SECURE Act Has Passed! Now What?
Empowering Participants
Lifetime Income Disclosures
Adding retirement income projections to savings statements could be the nudge participants need.
What CARES Act Relief Means for Retirement
Supporting Sponsors
ESG Will Enhance Americans’ Retirement Security, Not Diminish It
The U.S. Department of Labor Addresses the Role of Private Equity in Defined Contribution Plans
Investment Implications for a Pandemic Election
Driving the Next Generation of Policy
Making State-Based Retirement Plans Work for Private Employers
The Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule was invalidated, but other regulators are pushing forward with their own regimen.
How MEPs Will Change Retirement
Plan Utilization
Are DIY Investors out of Their Depth?
We share practical tips with plan sponsors seeking to best support pre-retirees invested in the core menu.
Understanding Target Date Funds: Video Series
Understanding Real Assets: Video Series
Investment decisions, particularly around retirement, can seem complex. Target date funds make it easy (scroll down).
Understanding Retirement Income: Video Series
Learn about our retirement income solution, IncomeWise, which includes an option for a guaranteed lifetime income (scroll down). adfasfsa
Grow
Best Practices of Elite DC Advisors
Gain tips and tricks from elite DC advisors for growing and evolving your business.
A Primer to Refreshing Your Social Media Presence
A strong social media presence can be an advantage to your DC practice, but it is critical to understand how to focus your efforts.
Manage
Protect Employees’ Benefit Plan Data from Cyberattacks
Engage your clients in cybersecurity conversations, with a focus on cyber threads to retirement plan data and protocols for protection. sdfsa
