CIT Assets Reach New Heights: Exploring the US $6tn Opportunity

Collective investment trusts have aggressively pursued opportunities within retirement channels that were historically built around, and provided greater protection for, mutual funds. Data from Simfund found assets in CITs crossed US$6.1 trillion in September 2024.

Windows into Defined Contribution, Q2 2023

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The more fragmented nature of the advisor-sold market has helped mutual funds hold on as a default choice, as CIT providers must seek out a larger number of plans to account for the same level of assets.