Eye on Employment: Assets in retirement plans

Proposed regulation would change retirement plan investment oversight rules

By: John E. Rich, Jr.

Outlets: NH Business Review

Published: June 8, 2026

Words: 758

Last Updated: 2 days, 17 hours ago

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Responding to a 2025 executive order titled “Democratizing Access to Alternative Assets for 401(k) Investors,” the U.S. Department of Labor in March 2026 released a proposed regulation addressing fiduciary oversight of retirement plan investments that include alternative assets. The proposal is significant not only because it provides guidance on the prudent evaluation of those investments, but also because it would create a process-based safe harbor designed to help fiduciaries satisfy their obligations under the …

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