“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…
Read moreMarch 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 The rule removes outdated barriers and addresses litigation concerns that have…
Read moreThe Point March 25, 2026 Highlights: Los Angeles County voters will consider a 0.5-percentage-point sales tax increase in June for “health care funding.” Sales tax rates in many Los Angeles County cities already exceed 10%, with some as high as…
Read moreLast week, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissioner Mark Uyeda, appointed by President Joe Biden in 2022, spoke on the implementation of President Trump’s Executive Order from last summer titled, “Democratizing Access To Alternative Assets for 401(k) Investors Executive Order” at…
Read moreThe Point March 19, 2026 Highlights: Trump Department of Labor (DOL) vacates Biden’s 2024 fiduciary overreach: The Department formally struck down the rule that tried to impose strict ERISA fiduciary duties on far more brokers, insurance agents, and advisors for…
Read moreThe Point March 5, 2026 Highlights: Washington Democrats introduced legislation to impose a nearly 10% tax on income over $1 million, despite the state facing a $2 billion budget deficit that the tax won't address for years. After heated debate…
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