The mutual fund platform includes both active and passively managed funds.  The investment menu is structured so that participants can either build their own portfolio based on their risk/return profile or use an asset allocation fund that has a target allocation among two or more asset classes in one fund.  

Investment Options

 

Eligible Investment Options by Plan

Asset Class U.S. Equity International Equity Fixed Income Asset Allocation Fund
Plans Vanguard Total U.S. Stock Market Fund Vanguard Institutional Index Plus Fund Vanguard Midcap Fund Vanguard Dividend Growth Fund T. Rowe Price Small Cap Stock Fund Vanguard Total Intl Stock Fund Fidelity Diver Intl CIT Vanguard Bond Fund Dodge & Cox Income Fund Vanguard Balanced Fund

Minnesota Target Retirement
 Fund

Health Care Savings Plan                      
Hennepin County Supplemental Retirement Plan                      
MNDCP                      
Unclassified Retirement Plan                      

 

Mutual Fund Profiles

Large Cap Equity

A passive domestic stock portfolio of large and small companies that tracks the CRSP US Total Market Index.

Vanguard Total Stock Market Institutional Index Plus (passive)

A passive domestic stock portfolio that tracks the S&P 500.  

Vanguard Index Institutional Plus (passive)

A fund of large cap stocks which is expected to outperform the Nasdaq US Dividend Achievers Select Index, over time. 

Vanguard Dividend Growth Fund

Mid Cap Equity

A fund that passively invests in companies with medium market capitalizations that tracks the CRSP US Mid-Cap Index.

Vanguard Mid Cap Index Fund

Small Cap Equity

A fund that invests primarily in companies with small market capitalizations and is expected to outperform the Russell 2000 Index. 

T Rowe Price Small Fund

International Equity

A fund that invests primarily in stocks and companies located outside the United States and is expected to outperform the MSCI index of Europe, Australasia and the Far East (EAFE), over time. 

 Fidelity Diversified International (pdf)

A fund that seeks to track the investment performance of the FTSE Global All Cap ex US Index, and index designed to measure equity market performance in developed and emerging markets, excluding the United States.

Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund Institutional Shares

Fixed Income

A fund that invests primarily in investment grade securities in the U.S. bond market which is expected to outperform the BB Barclays U.S. Aggregate, over time. 

Dodge & Cox Income Fund

A fund that passively invests in broad, market weighted bond index that is expected to track the BB Barclays U.S. Aggregate.

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund Institutional Plus Shares

Asset Allocation Funds

A fund that passively invests in a mix of domestic stocks and bonds.  The fund is expected to track a weighted benchmark of 60% CRSP US Total Market Index/40% BB Barclays U.S. Aggregate.

Vanguard Balanced Index Fund Institutional Shares

Performance