An executive order opens 401(k) retirement plans to alternative investments including private equity and cryptocurrency. The ...

ALL RIGHT. THANKS, GUYS. WELL, TODAY WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT AN EXECUTIVE ORDER. THE PRESIDENT SIGNED. IT IS CALLED DEMOCRATIZING ACCESS TO ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS FOR 401 K INVESTORS. IT’S A ...

In a letter to the SEC Chairman, nine Republican members of the House Committee on Financial Services urged swift action. A group of Republican lawmakers publicly urged the Securities and Exchange ...

Adding private assets to 401(k) retirement plans could bolster U.S. alternative investment managers' ratings profiles, but also carries some offsetting factors, Fitch Ratings said in a recent report.

For affluent investors, the standard workplace 401(k) has quietly become a side dish rather than the main course. The real action is in strategies that cut future tax bills, open doors to private ...

Echoing the themes of Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahnemana, a new white paper by Mercer outlines top considerations for DC plan sponsors heading into the new year.

President Donald Trump's executive order directing financial regulators to include alternative investments in retirement plans like 401(k) funds could change the makeup of Americans' investment ...

Federal policymakers are not scrapping the 401(k) system, but they are quietly reshaping it into something that could feel ...

Department of Labor officials said the 2021 statement had a ‘chilling effect’ for saying that plan fiduciaries were ‘not likely suited’ to evaluate private equity investments. The Department of ...

Question: I've always had a traditional retirement portfolio that I split between stocks and bonds. But as market volatility continues to be a concern, I notice alternative investments such as gold, ...