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Amid economic stress and uncertainty, investors pulled a net $6.7 billion from target-date mutual funds in 2020 after contributing a net $59.7 billion in 2019. It’s the first calendar year that target-date mutual funds had net outflows since Morningstar started tracking the data in 1994.
The December liquidation of the $10 billion KP Retirement Path series turned flows negative for the year; excluding that liquidation, investors contributed a net $3.5 billion for the year, the lowest net contribution since 2000.
Total target-date mutual fund assets still reached a record $1.58 trillion at the end of 2020, up from $1.38 trillion in 2019 as market appreciation lifted assets.
The average target-date category return in 2020 ranged from 15% for the vintages furthest from retirement, to 9% for funds in retirement.