Collective Investment Trusts and Good Governance Considerations

There are several powerful market forces driving the growing interest in adopting collective investment trusts (CITs) as plan investment options. Given its flexibility and structures that can easily and quickly implement new investment strategies, it's unsurprising that CIT assets are rapidly increasing. With the growing attention and advantages of CITs, governance practices around CITs are emerging as factors that warrant considerations by plan fiduciaries when making plan investment option decisions.