US Department of Labor issues 401k guidelines on private assets

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Reuters

Mon, March 30, 2026 astatine 8:48 AM CDT 1 min read

March 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Labor connected Monday issued long-awaited ‌proposed caller rules intended to ‌clarify however trustees tin adhd alternate assets ranging ​from backstage equity to cryptocurrencies to 401(k) status plans.

The measure, which is intended to easiness long-standing barriers to incorporating these ‌less liquid and ⁠less transparent assets successful American status nest eggs, follows an ⁠executive bid by President Donald Trump past summertime and could wide the mode ​for alternate ​asset absorption ​firms to pat a ‌large and perchance lucrative caller root of capital.

The guidance lays retired however trustees, who person a fiduciary work to enactment successful the champion involvement of ‌retirement program members, arsenic ​spelled retired successful the ​Employee Retirement ​Income Security Act (ERISA), tin incorporated ‌these assets.

Under the projected ​rule, fiduciaries ​when selecting alternatives request to marque determinations connected factors specified arsenic performance, ​fees, liquidity ‌and valuation.

(Reporting by Utkarsh Shetti and ​Arasu Kannagi Basil successful Bengaluru; Editing ​by Shinjini Ganguli)

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