- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Address
- Los Angeles, CA 90071 Los Angeles CA United States of America 90071
- IPO Date
- May 1, 2009
- Business
- American Funds 2050 Target Date Retirement Fund Class R-6 (RFITX) is a target-date mutual fund managed by Capital Group that seeks growth, income, and conservation of capital based on proximity to its 2050 target date; it provides diversified exposure to equities, fixed income, and cash equivalents through underlying American Funds, including U.S. equities (approximately 61%), non-U.S. equities (26%), U.S. bonds (8%), non-U.S. bonds (2%), and cash equivalents. The fund invests across sectors such as information technology, industrials, financials, health care, and consumer discretionary; it offers quarterly income dividends and annual capital gains distributions paid in December, with a low expense ratio of 0.37%, no management fees for the share class, and minimal portfolio turnover of around 9%. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, as part of the American Funds family sponsored by Capital Research and Management Company, the fund was incepted on February 1, 2007, and primarily serves retirement plan participants and institutional investors in the United States with a minimum initial investment of $0 for R-6 shares. It maintains over 3,000 companies/issuers in its holdings and manages assets exceeding $40 billion as of late 2025, adjusting its asset allocation glide path to become more conservative over time. In recent developments, the fund updated its prospectus effective January 1, 2025, reflecting ongoing refinements to its investment strategy amid market conditions; it continued low turnover operations with a 9% rate in 2025 and distributed total returns including a $0.2857 income dividend and $0.4714 long-term capital gain per share in December 2024, demonstrating steady performance in the target-date 2050 category. The management team, led by David Hoag since 2020 alongside co-managers such as Samir Mathur, Raj Paramaguru, and Wesley Phoa, earned strong Morningstar ratings, including above-average marks for 3-, 5-, and 10-year periods among 174 rated peers as of late 2025.