April 23, 2026 | The Point
The Point April 23, 2026 Most Americans assume their 401(k) gives them access to the best available investments. It doesn’t. Pension funds and wealthy investors have had access to private markets for decades. The 90 million Americans who depend on...
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April 20, 2026 | The Point
The Point April 20, 2026 United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby has a vision. Unfortunately for American Airlines passengers, United shareholders, and the Trump administration, it’s a bad one. Reuters reported earlier this month that Kirby used a February 25th White...
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April 9, 2026 | The Point
“An organization founded to ensure that investment firms conduct themselves ethically counts a charity funded by a close associate of fraudster Bernie Madoff as one of its largest donors, tax filings show. … The Freedom Together Foundation, which is funded...
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April 7, 2026 | The Point
“The 1974 Employee Retirement Income Security Act requires employers that sponsor retirement plans to manage investments prudently and solely in their beneficiaries’ interest. Congress’s intention was to prevent self-dealing. But plaintiff lawyers have sued companies if they offer 401(k) options...
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March 30, 2026 | The Point
March 30, 2026 – Pinpoint Policy Institute today welcomed the Department of Labor’s proposed rule implementing President Trump’s executive order to expand access to alternative assets for 401(k) investors. The rule removes outdated barriers and addresses litigation concerns that have...
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April 16, 2026 |
“Given PESP’s funders and the information provided, it’s clear PESP is a liberal/progressive ideological advocacy outlet, not an independent research group. Which is par for the course in American policy influence.” – Michael Watson, Research Director for Capital Research Center...
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April 10, 2026 |
April 10, 2026 – Today, Pinpoint Policy Institute is running a full-page ad in The Washington Post congratulating President Trump, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins, and Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs Paul Lawrence on tomorrow’s historic rollout of electronic...
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April 7, 2026 |
April 7, 2026 – Today, Pinpoint Policy Institute is running ads in The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post congratulating President Trump on his proposed rule to open 401(k) retirement plans to alternative investments previously reserved for the wealthy and well-connected. See the full-page New York...
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April 6, 2026 |
401(k) Investment Menus Need a Reboot By Keith Sonderling RealClear Markets April 3, 2026 If something is legal, but no one does it because they are afraid of regulators and being sued into oblivion, is it actually legal? The answer...
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April 1, 2026 |
“This is vintage Trumpism: Taking on the Washington bureaucracy and a rigged legal system on behalf of everyday American 401(k) savers. It’s what Trump has long campaigned on, and it’s how his legacy will one day be remembered. This new...
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April 9, 2026 | PESP Watch
“An organization founded to ensure that investment firms conduct themselves ethically counts a charity funded by a close associate of fraudster Bernie Madoff as one of its largest donors, tax filings show. … The Freedom Together Foundation, which is funded...
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March 9, 2026 | PESP Watch
The Point Mar. 9, 2026 Highlights: The Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) positions itself as an authoritative voice on housing policy, but emails obtained through public records requests tell a different story. When asked to weigh in on Washington State...
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February 18, 2026 | PESP Watch
The Point February 18, 2026 Highlights Millions From Liberal Foundations PESP presents itself as a truly independent and data-focused watchdog, but its donor base clearly expects something different. From 2019-2025, PESP received major support from the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund,...
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December 5, 2025 | PESP Watch
Major Teachers Union Bankrolled Advocacy Org Driving Anti-School Choice Propaganda By Jaryn Crouson The Daily Caller December 4, 2025 Payments from the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) to the left-wing advocacy organization Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) seem to coincide with...
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November 19, 2025 | PESP Watch
The Point November 19, 2025 Over the past year, Pinpoint’s nationwide Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request program has uncovered a troubling pattern of non-public communication between state pension fund officials and staff and the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP),...
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