Among the attractive but less-often-discussed features of collective investment trusts is the fact that the sponsoring trustee—a bank or trust company—must commit to acting in the best interest of ...

Fidelity Investments announced on Wednesday 14 new collective investment trust investment vehicles that include 5% exposure to direct real estate—with the potential for other alternative assets in the ...

Collective Investment Trust funds have been offered as an investment vehicle for decades, but are recently gaining traction among retirement plan advisers. This new interest is occurring in 401(k) ...

The rush of 401(k) assets into collective investment trusts at the expense of mutual funds appears to be growing at a frenzied pace. And while the benefits of CITs existed for decades, it is only ...

In a new whitepaper, law firm Eversheds Sutherland explores the marketing restrictions for Collective Investment Trusts (CITs)and whether the registration and dissemination of trust data on NFN and ...

Recent legislation has been introduced that would allow 403(b) plans to invest in collective investment trusts (CITs). This would provide low-cost options to plans that have been riddled with ...

Collective investment trusts (CITs) traditionally have been considered a large defined contribution (DC) plan investment and that’s still mostly true. The BrightScope/ICI Defined Contribution Plan ...