All IFC Articles

November 25, 2019
Active vs. Passive: Benchmarking the Performance Gap
The latest SPIVA Scorecard scrubs 15 years worth of data to provide more evidence of the lagging returns in active management.

November 12, 2019
Corporate Governance: Protecting Shareholder Value
As part of our fiduciary mandate, the fund families we choose hold corporate managers to high ethical standards.

October 15, 2019
2019 Q3 Market Review: IFC
IFC Risk-Based Index Portfolios kept gaining ground in this year's third quarter.�

August 8, 2019
2019 Q2 Market Review: IFC
After logging strong returns in the opening three months of 2019, global equity markets slowed in the second quarter.

April 17, 2019
2019 Q1 Market Review: IFC
Understand the market. Invest in accordance with your time horizon and your risk capacity. Then, hang on for dear life.

March 4, 2019
Even During Volatility, Target Date Investors Stay on Target
In 2018, investors turned fickle. By the time the dust was settled, the S&P 500 had tumbled more than 4% for the year. But that,

October 26, 2018
5 Lessons to Remember During Stock Market Volatility
In light of the recent stock market volatility, IFC would like to take this opportunity to share an important perspective courtesy of Dimensional Fund Advisors, and to remind you of five simple, but important investing caveats that can help you weather the