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Products October 4, 2011
Mass. 529 Plan to Use Fidelity’s Age-Based Investment Options
Fidelity Investments and the Massachusetts Educational Financing
Authority (MEFA) have
unveiled a new age-based strategy to families saving for college via Fidelity-managed 529
college savings plans.
Reported by PLANADVISER staff
The multi-firm offering, which includes eight multi-firm, age-based portfolios, provides access to an array of funds representing a range of underlying fund managers, selected from Fidelity’s FundsNetwork platform.
Fidelity’s registered investment advisory division, Strategic Advisers, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR LLC, will provide the selection strategy for the new multi-firm offering. The new multi-firm, age-based portfolios will be managed by Andrew Dierdorf and Christopher Sharpe, portfolio managers in Fidelity Asset Management’s Asset Allocation Division.
“MEFA is committed to helping families plan and save for college, which is why our Board worked closely with Fidelity to bring broader investment choice to investors through the development of multi-firm investment options,” said Thomas Graf, Executive Director of MEFA.
The new multi-firm option is available to participants in the following Fidelity-managed 529 college savings plans: the U.Fund College Investing Plan, The UNIQUE College Investing Plan, the Delaware College Investment Plan, and the Fidelity Arizona College Savings Plan.« Windham to Offer Retirement Income Strategies in Australian Market