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Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Hate ESG funds? Don’t offer them

The ESG rule issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) has incensed anyone who believes that the selection of retirement plan investments should be based solely on total return. It’s incensed 25 state attorney generals to sue...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Searching for Dragons to Slay - March 2022 | Issue No. 167 - The Rise and Rise of Public Pensions in Private Equity

Two recent news items got me thinking about public pensions, their continued rise in private equity and their sovereign status. The first news item, already widely covered in the media, is the announcement by the Securities...more

Fisher Phillips

Mixed News for Employers as PBGC Releases Multiemployer Bailout Plan Rule

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The federal agency overseeing voluntary private defined benefit pension plans just issued its Interim Final Rule on how withdrawal liability will be impacted by the billions of dollars that will be paid to failing...more

Troutman Pepper

Investment Management Roundtable Discussion – Personal Estate Planning

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Gregory J. Nowak, a partner and practice leader for hedge funds in Pepper Hamilton’s Private Fund Services Practice Group, hosts a series of candid, interactive webinar discussions for West LegalEdcenter on what is going on...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Why you have bad funds in 401(k) plans

A few years ago, researchers from the business schools at the University of Indiana and the University of Texas at Austin looked at some data to try to figure out why many poor 401(k) investment choices linger on fund...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

California Law Requires Enhanced Fee Disclosure for Public Pension and Retirement Systems Investing in Private Funds

Assembly Bill 2833 passed by the California legislature and signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown went into effect January 1, 2017, as California Government Code Section 7514.7 (“Section 7514.7”). It received wide support...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

The ERISA Litigation Newsletter - January 2017

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Editor’s Overview - In 2016, we saw a considerable uptick in the number and variety of excessive fee lawsuits commenced against plan fiduciaries of defined contribution plans. We begin the year by taking a look at these...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

SEC Staff Announces 2017 OCIE Examination Priorities

On January 12, 2017, the staff of the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released its annual announcement on examination priorities in the coming calendar...more

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New California Law Mandates Public Disclosure of Private Fund Information

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A new California law requires public pension and retirement systems to obtain and publicly disclose information about their investments into venture capital, private equity, hedge and absolute return funds. The law appears to...more

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District Court Dismisses 401(k) Plan Investment Claims Against Chevron Fiduciaries

A federal district court in California granted defendants’ motion to dismiss claims asserted by Chevron 401(k) plan participants that the plan fiduciaries breached their ERISA fiduciary duties by selecting underperforming...more

Burr & Forman

It’s Good to be the King: Nullus Tempus Allows TN Fund’s Suit on Decade-Old RMBS Buys

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Chancellor Carol McCoy allowed a Tennessee state retirement fund’s securities suit over decades-old RMBS purchases to continue last week, holding that time doesn’t run against the king – even on statutes of repose....more

McGuireWoods LLP

Variable Annuities Are Retirement Investment Product of Interest in SEC’s 2016 Examination Priorities

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As we discussed yesterday, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) released its examination priorities for 2016 on January 11 (the “Examination Priorities”)....more

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