Korean slang profile
TDF
TDF
A fund that automatically adjusts allocations between risky and safe assets to match a target retirement date.
A fund that automatically adjusts allocations between risky and safe assets to match a target retirement date.
- Expanded form
- 타깃데이트펀드타깃데이트펀드 (target-date fund)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Oct 31, 2021
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
연금 안내문에서 TDF의 자산 배분 방식을 읽어 봤어.
I read how TDFs allocate assets in the pension guide.
02Documented history
- October 2021이데일리 gave TDF alongside target-date funds and explained them as products adjusting asset allocations toward retirement.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The 이데일리 article gives the Korean explanation ‘타깃데이트펀드’ (target-date fund) alongside TDF. This source does not establish the expanded English form or when the abbreviation was first used.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The accompanying Korean explanation and usage in the relevant field were checked in the article. The expanded English form and how it was first created could not be established.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- “뭘 좋아할지 몰라 다 준비했다”…TIF부터 TRF까지 (이데일리)Published Oct 31, 2021Original source checked Nov 13, 2026