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Principal sued for stacking its TDFs with proprietary funds

The firm allegedly used high-cost, underperforming index funds in its hybrid target-date funds.

Principal Financial Group has been sued for allegedly loading its target-date funds with costly and underperforming in-house investments, in the latest example of 401(k) participants targeting financial firms for purportedly enriching themselves at investors' expense.

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