- Last week, I discussed a
Five Favorites for Friday
Hmm. I seem – despite my best intentions – to have ended up with an all ERISA post this week. I promise you there were plenty of very interesting stories and posts about insurance issues in my in-box this week, enough to literally do a second “Five Favorites for Friday” post this week. But I’ve
Five Favorites for Friday
Last week’s Five Favorites for Friday post ran a little heavy, with a focus on five different issues and articles concerning the Department of Labor’s new proposed regulation intended to somehow reduce class action litigation and increase participants’ exposure to alternative investments all at the same time. That seems like a trick worthy of Penn
Plan Sponsor and Fiduciary 2.0: Avoiding Brawls in the Parlor and Roving Bands of Plaintiffs’ Lawyers
Financial expert turned professional writer Susan Mangiero has a new article out on the issue of adding alternative investments to 401(k) plans. It provides an excellent summary of the issues and is particularly helpful if you are new to the topic – it will get you up to speed quickly.
I make a guest appearance
Five Favorites for Friday
I really like a good theme. I can’t help it – it’s the trial lawyer in me. Frankly, I not only like a good theme in an opening and closing at trial, but in an oral argument on appeal or in an appeal brief. Themes help tremendously with communication, particularly in litigation.
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Best Practices for ERISA Plan Sponsors and Fiduciaries in a Changing World: A Cheat Sheet for Deciding Whether to Add Private Equity or Other Alternative Investments to Plans
In earlier posts in my Plan Sponsor and Fiduciary 2.0 series I promised to provide a cheat sheet for fiduciaries confronting the push to add private equity and other alternative assets to 401(k) plans. Here it is, with a focus on private equity assets, because that is where most of the initial action currently is