Annual Report of the Thrift Savings Plan Required by §105 ...
Annual Report of the Thrift Savings Plan Required by ?105 of the
TSP Enhancement Act of 2009
June 30, 2017
Introduction
In compliance with ?105 of the TSP Enhancement Act of 2009, Public Law 11131, the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB) has prepared this annual report which outlines the status of the development and implementation of the mutual fund window in the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) as well as provide participant statistics and diversity demographics of the investment manager of the assets in the Thrift Savings Fund.
Mutual Fund Window
In 2013, under order to examine the benefits of and concerns with a MFW, the FRTIB assembled a cross-functional team with representation from its operations, legal, investment, finance, communications, research, and technology offices. The team presented its findings on industry offerings, participant interest, costs, and operational considerations to the Board and ETAC in May 2014. However, there were two additional areas where the TSP wanted to do additional research ? doing a withdrawal survey and researching the feasibility of screening the funds offered via the MFW.
In 2014, FRTIB conducted a survey of participants who made post-separation or age-based withdrawals, in order to better understand the reasons funds are withdrawn from the Plan. The findings of this survey supported our thesis that one of the reasons participants withdraw funds from the Plan when eligible is to achieve greater investment diversification. This finding supports the Agency's proposal to add a mutual fund window to the Plan. We also learned that financial need and/or desire for withdrawal flexibility were the other significant contributors to age-based and post-separation withdrawals.
The FRTIB also conducted additional research on the impact and implications of screening the number and type of funds that might be made available in the MFW. Screens might be based on the cost or type of funds. We determined that filters may be added to the platforms, but would likely cause a significant reduction in the number of funds available (i.e. limiting access to SRI, emerging managers and sector funds). The Board requested that further research be performed on the costs of a mutual fund window, both for implementation and maintenance.
Additional research determined that implementation costs would be roughly $610 million and on-going costs would be roughly $1 million. In July of 2015, the Executive Director recommended to the Board Members that a mutual fund window be added to the TSP. The Board concurred, with the understanding that if the Agency's understanding of the costs of implementation or maintenance changed significantly that the Agency would provide that information to the Board before proceeding.
Shortly after these Board discussions, Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act creating "Blended Retirement" for members of the uniformed services and mandated a January 1, 2018, effective date. As a result, a number of initiatives, including further work on the Mutual Fund Window, were postponed as the Agency had
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to do considerable work to prepare to enroll the new auto-enrolled uniformed services members coming as a result of the new Blended Retirement program. As a consequence, the MFW will not be operational before 2020.
Investment Manager Diversity Demographics
The attached report (Appendix A) from the TSP investment manager, BlackRock, provides a breakdown of its employee diversity.
TSP Participant Behavior and Demographics Report
The 2016 Participant Behavior and Demographics Report is attached to this report as Appendix B. This report is an analysis of data extracted from the Thrift Savings Plan recordkeeping systems.
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CO= CT46098 U= CT46098
APPENDIX A
SECTION B - COMPANY IDENTIFICATION
1. BLACKROCK 40 EAST 52ND STREET NEW YORK, NY 10022
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY 2016 EMPLOYER INFORMATION REPORT
CONSOLIDATED REPORT - TYPE 2
2.a. BLACKROCK 40 EAST 52ND STREET NEW YORK, NY 10022
SECTION C - TEST FOR FILING REQUIREMENT 1-Y 2-Y 3-Y DUNS NO.:786987052 EIN :320174431
SECTION D - EMPLOYMENT DATA
HISPANIC OR LATINO
JOB CATEGORIES
MALE
FEMALE
c. Y
SECTION E - ESTABLISHMENT INFORMATION NAICS:
NOT-HISPANIC OR LATINO
* * * * * * * * * * * * MALE * * * * * * * * * * * *
* * * * * * * * * * * FEMALE * * * * * * * * * * *
WHITE
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN
NATIVE HAWAIIAN
OR PACIFIC
ISLANDER
ASIAN
AMERICAN INDIAN OR ALASKAN NATIVE
TWO OR MORE RACES
WHITE
BLACK OR NATIVE
HAWAIIAN
AFRICAN
OR
AMERICAN PACIFIC
ISLANDER
ASIAN
AMERICAN INDIAN OR ALASKAN NATIVE
TWO OR MORE RACES
OVERALL TOTALS
EXECUTIVE/SR OFFICIALS & MGRS FIRST/MID OFFICIALS & MGRS PROFESSIONALS TECHNICIANS SALES WORKERS ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT CRAFT WORKERS OPERATIVES LABORERS & HELPERS SERVICE WORKERS
TOTAL PREVIOUS REPORT TOTAL
3
0
60
0
33
15 1034
25
66
62 1075
58
22
6 265
24
22
16 397
13
6
35
20
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
152 134 2851 127
149 132 2931 113
0
12
1
185
3
396
0
310
0
45
0
13
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
961
9
927
0
0
11
0
0
2
0
9 356
11
0
83
3
20 702
70
2
384
1
6 102
11
0
152
0
8 179
9
0
54
0
0 174
46
0
30
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
43 1524
147
2
705
2
47 1518
144
2
687
0
0
88
1
6 1759
2
28 2871
1
4
904
0
9
752
1
5
337
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
52 6711
4
41 6706
SECTION F - REMARKS
DATES OF PAYROLL PERIOD: 08/15/2016 THRU SECTION G - CERTIFICATION
08/31/2016
CERTIFYING OFFICIAL:
MOLLIE WONG
EEO-1 REPORT CONTACT PERSON: MOLLIE WONG
EMAIL: MOLLIE.WONG@
TITLE: VP - HR RISK & COMPLIANCE
TITLE: VP - HR RISK & COMPLIANCE
TELEPHONE NO: 415.670.7952
CERTIFIED DATE[EST]: 09/27/2016 01:53 PM
APPENDIX B
Thrift Savings Plan
Participant Behavior and Demographics
Analysis of 2012 ? 2016
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