Selecting a Qualified Default Investment Alternative (QDIA)
Workforces are diverse—in how they invest, how they feel about risk and how they save. We believe one size doesn’t fit all in retirement planning, especially when it comes to selecting the QDIA for a plan. The following considerations were created to help during the evaluation process.
Managed accounts: A more personalized QDIA
As technology has improved and recordkeepers are able to automatically collect employee data, there is an opportunity to offer a personalized default service through a managed account.
Defining QDIA
When money is contributed to the plan without participant investment direction, it’s automatically invested in the QDIA that was selected by the plan fiduciary (typically the plan sponsor).
Learn more
Contact your Stadion representative at 800.222.7636 or email advisorsupport@stadionmoney.com to learn how managed accounts can be a more personalized QDIA.
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1The 2022 BlackRock Read on Retirement. The study included 305 plan sponsors, 1,308 workplace savers, 1,300 independent savers, and 300 retirees.
2 Charles Schwab, 2021 401(k) Participant Study.
3 Plan Sponsor Council of America, Question of the Week “QOTW”. https://www.psca.org/news/qotw-managed-accounts. 14% of the sponsors who offer a managed account stated that "better fees for the participant" was a reason they offered the service. Better fees for the participant versus other options, inside or outside of the plan. None of the employers who provided responses were referencing Stadion’s managed account service.
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