Founded in 1851, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company or MassMutual uses a multi-manager approach to offer services like life policies, money management, and retirement planning throughout the globe. The company and its subsidiaries, which include Oppenheimer Funds, provide investment opportunities across a number of mutual funds from different categories.

The current size of MassMutual’s advisor force is around 9,500. The company is one of the leading asset managers by virtue of $675 billion of assets that it manages along with its affiliates.

Below we share with you four top-ranked MassMutual mutual funds. Each has a Zacks Mutual Fund Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and is expected to outperform peers in the future. 

MassMutual Select Small Cap Growth Equity Fund (MSGSX - Free Report)  invests a large chunk of its assets in equity securities of companies, whose market-cap is similar to those included in the S&P SmallCap 600 Index or the Russell 2000 Index. The fund may also invest around one-fifth of its assets in foreign companies, including those engaged in emerging markets. MassMutual Select Small Cap Growth Equity R5 has a three-year annualized return of 8.6%.

MSGSX has an expense ratio of 0.96% compared with the category average of 1.28%.

MassMutual Premier Global Fund Administrative Class (MGFLX - Free Report) seeks long-term growth of capital. MGFLX invests in common stocks of companies that are based in domestic and foreign countries. The fund may also invest in foreign securities ranging from American Depositary Receipts to securities issued by companies in developing or emerging markets. MassMutual Premier Global Fund Administrative Class returned 10.7% over the last three years.

John Delano is one of the fund managers of MGFLX since 2017.

MassMutual Premier Inflation-Protected and Income Service (MIPYX - Free Report) invests a major part of its assets in income-generating securities with a key focus on inflation-indexed bonds. The fund advisor aims to keep a dollar-weighted average credit quality of A or higher. MassMutual Premier Inflation-Protected and Income Service has a three-year annualized return of 1.2%.

MIPYX has an expense ratio of 0.65% compared with the category average of 0.75%.

MassMutual Select Blue Chip Growth Administrative (MBCLX - Free Report) seeks capital growth for the long run. MBCLX invests heavily in common stocks of large- and mid-cap blue-chip companies which have above-average growth potential. MassMutual Select Blue Chip Growth Administrative has returned 15.1% over the past three years.

As of December 2017, MBCLX held 149 issues, with 8% of its assets invested in Amazon.com Inc.