Limited plan committee time and resources as well as litigation concerns are driving increased interest in outsourced chief investment officer services from a variety of DC plan sponsors.

To mitigate perceived conflicts of interest, NEPC, LLC. officials said that they do not offer any proprietary collective investment trusts to their discretionary DC clients. The Boston-based firm reported $2.5 billion in U.S. outsourced DC assets as of March 31.

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