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So, How Can Participants Invest Their Retirement Money?

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Under the current administration, the Department of Labor has once again changed course on its view of permissible investing strategies for retirement plans, warming to crypto and private equity, and confirming their distrust...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

The problem with stock market volatility

I have experienced several bear markets as an ERISA attorney, and it’s never easy, especially with the current volatility due to tariffs....more

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Institutional Investor Newsletter: Q1 2025

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Former President Joe Biden issued Executive Order (EO) 14105, “Executive Order on Addressing United States Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern” on August 9, 2023. More...more

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Government response to call for evidence on pension fund clearing exemption

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HM Treasury published the Government's response to its call for evidence on the pension fund clearing exemption, which exempts pension funds from the requirement to clear certain derivative contracts via a central...more

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Congressional Republicans and State Attorneys General Challenge Biden Administration's ESG 401(k) Rule

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Republicans at the state and federal levels are challenging a Biden administration rule (the "Rule") intended to walk back Trump-era regulations restricting the ability of retirement fund managers to consider climate change...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Participants will continue to make bad decisions

As the stock market remains choppy and we trying to figure out whether we are in a recession, it’s important to remember that participants will continue to make bad investment decisions....more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Protecting Your Retirement Savings from a Market Crash

Markets have been unstable for months, causing investors to be on edge with good reason. Already this year, the stock market has fallen and wiped out over $3 trillion in retirement savings....more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 7.14.2021 | Top Story: Some Prices Pop in June, Pushing CPI to Highest Increase Since 2008

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As expected, the CPI update for June made waves on Tuesday, with prices climbing some 5.4% last month—the biggest increase in over a decade. The jump led Federal Reserve and White House officials to issue statements to...more

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Financial Daily Dose 4.19.2021 | Top Story: Bitcoin Plummets In Correction Following Coinbase’s Public Debut

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Because volatility’s the name of the game whenever we’re talking cryptos, it’s hard to be too shocked by the news that last week’s banner Coinbase public market debut gave way to a digital currency walkback this weekend that...more

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[Webinar] ACEDS DC Chapter Meeting: Managing Finances During a Pandemic - June 23rd, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

Join the ACEDS DC Chapter for "Managing Finances During a Pandemic." Topics to Cover: - Overall market update during the pandemic - How to position your portfolio to better weather the storm - If in job transition,...more

Association of Certified E-Discovery...

[Webinar] ACEDS DC Chapter Meeting: Managing Finances During a Pandemic - May 28th, 12:00 pm ET

Join the ACEDS DC Chapter for "Managing Finances During a Pandemic." Topics to Cover: - Overall market update during the pandemic - How to position your portfolio to better weather the storm - If in job transition,...more

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UK FCA publishes annual Sector Views report

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Sector Views, its annual report examining how each financial sector is performing....more

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Financial Daily Dose 12.20.2019 | Goldman nearing $2B deal with DOJ to resolve 1MDB scandal claims

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Goldman Sachs is reportedly in negotiations with federal prosecutors to resolve claims about its role in the Malaysian 1MDB scandal for upwards of $2 billion. A settlement—which “could include a guilty plea from Goldman’s...more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.30.2019 | Top Story: Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot in Merger Talks

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Fiat Chrysler and France’s Peugeot are in the midst of merger talks that, if finalized, could “create a nearly $50 billion trans-Atlantic auto giant.” One option being bandied about in the “fluid” talks is an “all-share...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Rhode Island Employees’ Retirement System Seeks to be Lead Plaintiff in Google + Securities Lawsuit

The State of Rhode Island, Office of the Rhode Island General Treasurer, acting on behalf of the Employees’ Retirement System of Rhode Island, recently filed a motion for consolidation of the two lawsuits and appointment as...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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The Labor Department has proposed (in a District of Minnesota court filing, at least) an 18-month delay in the retirement-adviser fiduciary duty rule compliance deadline. Experts suggest that a significantly revised rule is...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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A Dutch court has backed the local Akzo Nobel in a bid by Elliot Mgmt to remove Akzo’s chairman after ignoring multiple overtures from PPG for the pain and chemicals giant. Elliot had hoped to force a special shareholder...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Several members of healthcare hedge fund Deerfield Mgmt have been implicated in an insider-trading case over the alleged use of confidential information about gov’t financing to trade shares in affected health care companies....more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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RBS has agreed to pay $85 million to the CFTC to resolve allegations that its traders “manipulated the ISDAfix benchmark rate over a period of five years to benefit the bank’s derivatives positions”....more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Ratings Agency Moody’s Corp. has agreed to pay roughly $864 million to resolve federal and state claims that it gave juiced ratings to risky MBS in the run-up to the financial crisis. Half of the total will end up in DOJ...more

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2016 Proskauer Annual Review and Outlook for Hedge Funds, Private Equity Funds and Other Private Funds

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This special report provides a summary of some of the significant changes and developments that occurred in the past year in the private equity and hedge funds space, as well as certain recommended practices that investment...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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So, it turns out that all of the Brexit-style market freefalling was reserved for overnight trading. US markets actually closed up yesterday after modest opening losses....more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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In a closely watched battle over the DOL’s new fiduciary rule for retirement account investment advisers, the Labor Department has scored an early first victory. A DC federal judge ruled late last week that the rule at issue...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Merrill Lynch has already staked out the position in response to the DOL’s retirement account fiduciary duty rule that it would no longer offer commission-based IRAs to retirement savers. Yesterday, it effectively doubled...more

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What’s Your Game Plan? Offensive or Defensive: Playing to Your Strengths [Expect Focus – October 2016]

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- AXA Prevails at First Post-Jones v. Harris Excessive Fee Trial - Potential Secondary Effects of Regulatory Examinations: Evidentiary Issues and Preclusion in Parallel Litigation - On The Horizon: Global...more

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