- Description
- Performance & Expenses
- Morningstar Information
- Statistics
- Underlying Fund Characteristics
- Management
Description
Objective
High total return consistent with the fund's current asset allocation.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund invests in a combination of other MissionSquare Funds Class M and third party exchange traded funds (ETFs). The Fund uses an asset allocation strategy designed for investors who expect to begin making withdrawals from their investment, typically at or after retirement (assumed to occur at age 62), in or around the year stated in the Fund's name. As time elapses, the Fund's allocation to equity and multi-strategy investments decreases and its allocation to fixed income investments increases such that the asset allocation becomes more conservative over time until it reaches a final constant asset allocation approximately ten years after the year in its name. The Fund invests in a combination of equity, fixed income, and multi-strategy investments that its investment advisor believes to be appropriate.
The MissionSquare Retirement Target Funds (Target Funds) are target date funds. Each Target Fund is a fund of funds that invests in a combination of other MissionSquare Funds and third party ETFs (each an underlying fund). By investing in this way, each Target Fund is exposed to the risks as well as the potential rewards of its underlying funds and of the portfolio holdings and strategies of those funds. The targeted allocation of each Target Fund’s assets among underlying funds and the asset classes they represent is determined by MissionSquare Investments (MSQI), the investment advisor to both the Target Funds and the underlying MissionSquare Funds. Over time, MSQI will adjust the asset allocation of each dated Target Fund to seek to become more conservative as the year designated in its name approaches and for approximately 10 years beyond the designated year. This is intended to reduce investment risk as investors move toward and into retirement. However, there is no guarantee that this goal will be achieved and investors may lose money investing in the Target Funds. Ten years after the date in the Target Fund’s name, it will reach its landing point and its target asset allocation becomes constant. It is expected that when a Target Fund reaches its landing point it will merge with the MissionSquare Retirement Target Income Fund.
The asset allocation changes that occur over time as depicted in the accompanying Glide Path are referred to as neutral targets because they do not reflect decisions that may be made by MSQI to overweight or underweight a particular asset class based on market or operational factors. The neutral targets also do not reflect performance differences between the Fund’s asset allocations that will cause temporary deviations from the neutral targets. The actual asset class allocation of the Fund may vary from the neutral target by as much as +/- ten percentage points for the fixed income & stable value and equity classes as a result of MSQI’s allocation decisions, performance differences between asset classes of the Fund, or some combination thereof, although the multi-strategy asset class will generally not exceed 7 percentage points of the Fund's total assets.

Principal Investment Risks
There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
You may lose money by investing in the Fund.
The Fund’s principal investment risks include: Asset Allocation Risk, Fund of Funds Risk, ETF Risks, Stock Market Risk, Foreign Securities Risk, Emerging Markets Securities Risk, High Yield Securities Risk, Small-Cap Securities Risk, Mid-Cap Securities Risk, Equity Income/Interest Rate Risk, Interest Rate Risk, Credit Risk, Asset-Backed Securities Risk, Convertible Securities Risk, Indexing Risk, Derivative Instruments Risk, Large Investor Risk.
Please see the Disclosure Memorandum for additional information about the Fund’s risks.
Performance & Expenses
Fund/Benchmark Name | Qtr | YTD | 1-Yr | 3-Yr | 5-Yr | 10-Yr | Since Inception |
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MissionSquare Ret Tgt 2050 S3 | -6.46% | -24.33% | -19.40% | 3.85% | 4.21% | 7.26% | N/A |
S&P Target Date 2050 Indexa,b | -6.07% | -23.62% | -18.88% | 3.37% | 4.35% | 7.61% | N/A |
Morningstar Target-Date 2050a,c | -6.39% | -24.79% | -20.43% | 3.08% | 4.07% | 7.05% | N/A |
Fund past performance, as shown, is no guarantee of how the Fund will perform in the future. The performance shown has been annualized for periods greater than one year. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. For current performance, participants or plan sponsors in a MissionSquare Retirement administered account can log in at www.missionsq.org, or institutions can go to www.investments.missionsq.org.
Performance information for this class prior to its inception date is the performance of the Fund adjusted to reflect the estimated fees and expenses of this class.
Fund performance is shown comparing it to a "benchmark" which may be a (i) broad-based securities market index (ii) a group of mutual funds with similar investment objectives, or (iii) a short term government backed debt obligation such as a U.S. Treasury Bill. An index is not available for direct investment, is unmanaged, and does not reflect the costs of portfolio management or trading. A fund's portfolio may differ from the securities held in an index.
Gross Expenses | 1.00% |
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Net Expenses | 0.99% |
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b. The S&P Target Date Indexes reflect exposure to various asset classes included in target date funds driven by a survey of such funds for each particular target date.
c. The Morningstar category average return represents the average return for a category of funds with similar investment objectives and strategies. The average is calculated and funds are assigned to a category by Morningstar.
d. Differences between the net and gross expense ratios of a fund are typically due to fee waivers, expense reimbursements, and/or expense limits.
Morningstar Information
Period | Stars | Category Size |
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Overall | ![]() | 194 |
3-Year | ![]() | 194 |
5-Year | ![]() | 168 |
10-Year | ![]() | 94 |
The Morningstar Rating™ for funds, or “star rating”, is calculated for managed products (including mutual funds, variable annuity and variable life subaccounts, exchange–traded funds, closed–end funds, and separate accounts) with at least a three–year history. Exchange–traded funds and open–ended mutual funds are considered a single population for comparative purposes. It is calculated based on a Morningstar Risk–Adjusted Return measure that accounts for variation in a managed product′s monthly excess performance, placing more emphasis on downward variations and rewarding consistent performance. The top 10% of products in each product category receive 5 stars, the next 22.5% receive 4 stars, the next 35% receive 3 stars, the next 22.5% receive 2 stars, and the bottom 10% receive 1 star. The Overall Morningstar Rating for a managed product is derived from a weighted average of the performance figures associated with its three–, five–, and 10–year (if applicable) Morningstar Rating metrics. The weights are: 100% three–year rating for 36–59 months of total returns, 60% five–year rating/40% three–year rating for 60–119 months of total returns, and 50% 10–year rating/30% five–year rating/20% three-year rating for 120 or more months of total returns. While the 10-year overall star rating formula seems to give the most weight to the 10-year period, the most recent three-year period actually has the greatest impact because it is included in all three rating periods.
Equity Stylebox | Fixed Income Stylebox |
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Type of Asset | Percent |
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Equity | 89% |
Fixed Income | 3% |
Cash/Other | 8% |
Due to rounding, percentages shown may not add up to 100%.
Statistics
Statistic | 3-Year | 5-Year |
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Beta | 0.98 | 0.99 |
Alpha | 1.63 | 0.54 |
Standard Deviation | 18.56 | 16.37 |
Underlying Fund Characteristics
Asset Class | Percent |
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Domestic Stock | 61.2% |
Foreign Stock | 28.0% |
Domestic Bond | 3.0% |
Foreign Bond | 0.2% |
Preferred | 0.0% |
Convertible | 0.0% |
Cash | 2.5% |
Other | 5.2% |
Due to rounding, percentages shown may not add up to 100%.
Sector | Percent |
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Technology | 18.2% |
Financial Services | 12.7% |
Healthcare | 12.2% |
Consumer Cyclical | 10.4% |
Industrials | 10.0% |
Consumer Defensive | 6.3% |
Communication Services | 5.9% |
Energy | 5.0% |
Basic Materials | 3.7% |
Real Estate | 2.6% |
Utilities | 2.3% |
Exposure reflects equity securities only and will sum to the equity exposure of the fund.
Quality Level | Percent |
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AAA | 77.9% |
AA | 1.6% |
A | 6.6% |
BBB | 8.3% |
BB | 2.6% |
B | 2.2% |
Below B | 0.9% |
Not Rated | -0.2% |
Due to rounding, percentages shown may not add up to 100%. Exposure reflects fixed income securities only.
Sector | Percent |
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Cash & Equivalents | 2.5% |
Government | 1.8% |
Corporate | 0.8% |
Securitized | 0.7% |
Municipal | 0.0% |
Exposure reflects fixed income securities only and will sum to the fixed income exposure of the fund.
Management
Management
Investment Advisor: MissionSquare Investments
Title | Accreditation | ||
Wayne Wicker | Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer | CFA | Managed Fund Since 2012 |
Venkat Balakrishnan | Managing Vice President | CFA | Managed Fund Since 2016 |
Jonathon Fitzgerald | Senior Fund Manager | CFA, CAIA | Managed Fund Since 2017 |
Yang Liu | Senior Fund Manager | CFA | Managed Fund Since 2020 |
Footnotes
1. | The Fund is not a complete solution for all of your retirement savings needs. An investment in the Fund includes the risk of loss, including near, at or after the target date of the Fund. There is no guarantee that the Fund will provide adequate income at and through an investor's retirement. |
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2. | The Fund is an investment option of VantageTrust II Multiple Collective Investment Funds Trust ("VantageTrust II"), a group trust established and maintained by VantageTrust Company, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of MissionSquare Retirement. VantageTrust II provides for the commingling of assets of certain trusts and plans as described in its Declaration of Trust and Participation Agreement, and is only available for investment by such eligible trusts and plans. The Fund is not a mutual fund. Its units are not deposits of VantageTrust Company and are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other agency. The Fund is a security that has not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and is exempt from investment company registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940. For additional information regarding the Fund, including a description of the principal risks, please consult the Funds' Disclosure Memorandum. It is available at www.missionsq.org for plan administration clients, at www.investments.missionsq.org for institutions, or upon request by calling 800-669-7400. |
3. | Before investing in the Fund you should carefully consider your investment goals, tolerance for risk, investment time horizon, and personal circumstances. There is no guarantee that the Fund will meet its investment objective and you can lose money. |
4. | When Funds are marketed to institutional clients, the Funds are offered by MissionSquare Investment Services, an SEC registered broker-dealer and FINRA member firm. MissionSquare Investment Services is a wholly-owned subsidiary of MissionSquare Retirement and is an affiliate of VantageTrust Company, LLC and MissionSquare Investments. |
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