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LifePath® keeps investors on track amid turbulence
Nov 10, 2020The COVID-19 pandemic caused major losses across all risk assets early in 2020. Although the market downturn affected LifePath funds, the funds performed as designed, and benefited from the subsequent rally. -
LifePath® is built for all markets
Jun 25, 2020BlackRock's Head of Retirement Solutions and Global Head of LifePath discusses how LifePath is built to provide investors with an appropriate level of risk across their lifetime and help them spend in retirement.
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Each LifePath Portfolio mutual fund invests all of its assets in a separate mutual fund, called a LifePath Master portfolio, that has a substantially identical investment objective as the LifePath Portfolio. Each master portfolio, in turn, invests in a combination of equity funds, fixed income funds, and money market funds ("Underlying Funds") in proportions based on its own comprehensive investment strategy. BlackRock Fund Advisors is the investment adviser to the Master Portfolios and each of the Underlying Funds.
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Each LifePath Portfolio has a different level of risk. An investment in the LifePath Portfolios is subject to stock market risk, which means the price of the stocks in which the Underlying Funds invest may fluctuate or fall in response to economic events or trends. The prices of bonds in which the Underlying Funds invest may fall because of a rise in interest rates. Investments in foreign securities by the Underlying Funds are subject to certain special risks and considerations, including potentially less liquidity and greater price volatility than securities traded in the U.S. markets.
LifePath seeks to provide a diversified asset allocation solution that adjusts overtime to appropriately balance growing investments when young and a more conservative risk allocation when approaching retirement. LifePath does so by following a glidepath, which establishes how much risk individuals should take at each point over the course of an individual’s lifetime. Through this process, LifePath seeks to help individuals prepare for retirement through their accumulation and decumulation phases.
The LifePath Portfolios must maintain cash balances to meet redemption requests, which may lower overall portfolio performance.
The LifePath products are covered by US patent 8,645,254. Other patents pending.
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Fixed income risks include interest-rate and credit risk. Typically, when interest rates rise, there is a corresponding decline in bond values. Credit risk refers to the possibility that the bond issuer will not be able to make principal and interest payments.
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