Today is the final day to submit public comments on the Department of Labor's proposed rule on 401(k) alternative assets, and it's worth taking a moment to explain exactly what that rule does and why it matters. We showed how…
Read moreHighlights: Ted Siedle, a frequent critic of public pension funds, is targeting CalPERS with a sensational new report built on cherry-picked data, recycled language, and incomplete analysis. This report mirrors Siedle's 2021 effort for the Ohio Retired Teachers Association, in…
Read moreHighlights: The Budget Lab at Yale University launched in 2024 as a “nonpartisan policy research center,” but a review of the organization shows that it functions as a think tank for liberal policymakers. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said he's…
Read moreOver the past week, we’ve highlighted data from President Trump's Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) on the significant benefits for retirement savers from opening 401(k) plans to private market investments. First, we showed how regulatory barriers have locked 90 million…
Read moreHighlights: While many media outlets and commentators have framed challenges in the private credit sector as “catastrophic” and “a meltdown,” top U.S. economic leaders – including from the Federal Reserve, IMF, and Treasury Department – have recently and consistently stated…
Read more“The better answer is not a revised Hagerty-Alsobrooks bill. It is restoring the Transaction Account Guarantee program, or TAG, which ran from 2008 to 2012. It allowed banks to offer unlimited backing for non-transaction accounts, but only on a temporary…
Read moreAccording to a new analysis from President Trump’s Council of Economic Advisers, the case for opening 401(k)s to private market investments is getting stronger. CEA: Private Markets Beat Public Market Benchmarks The CEA measured private equity returns using the Public…
Read moreThe 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…
Read moreThe 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…
Read more“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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