[2026 Asia Fund Awards] Korea Investment Trust Management Manages TDFs Using Proprietary 'Glide Path'

Best Asset Manager in the TDF Category

At the 2026 Asia Fund Awards, Korea Investment Trust Management was selected as the Best Asset Management Company in the Target Date Fund (TDF) category.

The Korea Investment TDF Alaseo ETF Focus Fund series of Korea Investment Trust Management is managed based on a glide path optimized for the investment environment of domestic investors and Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions (LTCMA). The glide path is an asset allocation curve independently developed by Korea Investment Trust Management that reflects the human capital of Koreans, including earned income, and age-specific characteristics. Its core strategy is to gradually reduce the proportion of risky assets and increase the proportion of safe assets as retirement approaches, in order to finely control volatility.

The fund has a total of eight vintages: 2030, 2035, 2040, 2045, 2050, 2055, 2060, and Long-Term Asset Allocation (2080). In particular, as Korea’s first 2080 vintage TDF, it set the initial allocation to risky assets at 99% to reflect a wide range of investment needs. Based on the Retirement Pension Online Class share class, the cumulative return since inception is 56.54%, while the 6‑month and 1‑year returns are 21.00% and 27.81%, respectively.

The total assets under management of the fund series amount to 616.1 billion won, with more than 300 billion won in net inflows compared with the same period a year earlier, indicating continued investor interest. Net assets stand at 992.7 billion won, an increase of more than 122.61% compared with the same period last year.

Bae Jaegyu, CEO of Korea Investment Trust Management.

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