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White House Opens Door to Broader Inclusion of Alternative Assets in Defined Contribution Retirement Plans

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A hotly anticipated August 7, 2025, executive order, "Democratizing Access to Alternative Assets for 401(k) Investors" ("EO"), aims to reduce regulatory barriers and significantly expand access to "alternative...more

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White House issues executive order: “Democratizing Access for Alternative Assets for 401(k) Investors”

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On August 7, 2025, the White House issued an executive order called “Democratizing Access to Alternative Assets for 401(k) Investors” (Order). The Order focuses on 401(k) plans and other participant-directed defined...more

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Plan Sponsor and Asset Manager Considerations Under 401(k) Alternatives Executive Order

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On August 7, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order titled “Democratizing Access to Alternative Assets for 401(k) Investors,” designed to open the use of alternative investments, including private equity and actively...more

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Department of Labor Guidance and Federal Initiatives Counsel a Wait-and-See Approach for 401(k) Plan Fiduciaries Interested in...

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On March 10, 2022, the Department of Labor published Compliance Assistance Release 2022-01, 401(k) Plan Investments in “Cryptocurrencies”. The Release strongly discourages the addition of cryptocurrency (and other digital...more

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DOL Proposes Expanded Use of ESG Factors in ERISA Plan Investment Decisions and Proxy Voting

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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a proposed regulation on October 14, 2021, that would clarify how fiduciaries of private sector employee benefit plans should apply ERISA’s fiduciary duties of prudence and loyalty...more

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Biden Directs DOL to Consider Rescinding Trump-Era Rule on Environmental, Social and Governance Investing

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President Biden signed an executive order on May 20 on climate-related financial risk that seeks to change the rules regarding the use of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investments in retirement plans. The order...more

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ESG Ping-Pong®

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The recent regulatory back-and-forth over the investment of ERISA-governed retirement plan assets based on environmental, social, and corporate governance (“ESG”) factors has demonstrated that ESG investing will remain under...more

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Weekly Update Newsletter - September 2016 #3

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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - Notice of Minimum Wage Rate Change for Contractors - The Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor issued a notice announcing that beginning January 1, 2017, the Executive Order...more

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