The asset manager’s 2026 outlook flags big changes ahead for retirement savers.

Senators urge the Labor Department to scrap the alternative assets rule.

On August 7, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order 1 (Order) aimed at easing the path for ERISA fiduciaries to make “alternative asset” investments available to participant-directed defined ...

Financial Times reported today that President Trump is preparing to sign an executive order that would allow 401(k) retirement plans to invest in alternative assets such as gold, private equity, and ...

The Labor Department on Monday proposed rules to open 401(k) plans to private equity, private credit, crypto and other alternative assets. Why it matters: The move could unlock trillions of dollars in ...

President Donald Trump’s administration is reportedly considering an executive order to open the $9 trillion U.S. retirement market to private equity and alternative investments, a transformative ...

A widely anticipated executive order from President Donald Trump could soon make it easier for employers to include private market assets in retirement plans. Most notably, the move is expected to ...

According to people familiar with the situation, the Trump administration is drafting an executive order to expand access to private-market investments for U.S. retirement plans. Large private equity ...

President Donald Trump will order federal agencies to clear the way for retirement plans to include private equity and other non-trading assets that used to be restricted to institutional investors.

Holly Verdeyen, partner and U.S. defined contribution leader at Mercer, joins WSJ’s Take On the Week podcast to share why and how the addition of private assets to a retirement portfolio can affect ...

The executive order, expected this week, aims to unlock the $9 trillion retirement market by allowing 401(k) plans to invest in alternative assets. Financial Times reported today that President Trump ...