2017
PLANADVISER DCIO Survey

Now in its sixth year of publication, the PLANADVISER Defined Contribution Investment Only (DCIO) Survey continues its trend of finding a steady increase in DC plan assets among the survey’s 41 participating providers.

Providers

Providers

Nuveen

TOTAL DCIO ASSETS ($MM)
Q1 2017$458,966
Year ending 12/31/2016$445,371
Year ending 12/31/2015$436,331
Total DCIO funds115
TOP DCIO FUND
Fund nameTIAA-CREF Lifecycle Series
Fund assets ($MM)$26,259
Portfolio managerH. Erickson, J. Cunniff
Start date2006
Number of TDF series2
DCIO ASSET BREAKDOWN (does not include “other” categories)
Mutual funds76%
Collectives17%
Separate accounts7%
Stocks76%
Bonds (excluding stable value)7%
Stable value/Money market0%
Asset allocation (target-date, target-risk, balanced)17%
% Active/Passive46/54
ADVISER SUPPORT/SERVICES
Salespeople focused on advisers14
Salespeople focused on institutional5
Compliance support
Plan benchmarking
Target-date evaluation tools
# OF RECORDKEEPER SELLING AGREEMENTS79