They're Coming For Our Retirement Funds

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

President Trump is expected to sign an executive order in the coming days designed to help make private-market investments more available to U.S. retirement plans, according to people familiar with the matter. The order would instruct the Labor Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission to provide guidance to employers and plan administrators on including investments like private assets in 401(k) plans, the people said.

Posted by jpw at 10:00 AM | 6 COMMENTS | permalink

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Anybody else see the writing on the wall for the pre 60 yo crowd?

401k is about to be subjected to pump and dumps.

#1 | Posted by fresno500 at 2025-07-16 03:17 PM

Just allowing the owners of their 401k, more choices. My wife's 401k has a varsity of mutual fund choices and the ones we picked have done decently with a high yield bond fund, utilities fund, large cap, medium cap and small cap funds, as well as emerging markets funds, etc. No problem with additional individual companies being offered as still up to the owners of the 401k.

#2 | Posted by MSgt at 2025-07-16 04:25 PM

I have no problem with more choices.

The Trustees, however, have a fiduciary duty to only provide quality offerings. They're legally bound to refuse to offer junk.

This sounds like junk for junk's sake.

#3 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-07-16 05:13 PM

Financial deregulation for the sake of "growth" never works out for the targets.

Thats why they're targeted.

VC/PE cultures see a pot of cash they don't own and they want it.

And with our current government, they'll get it.

#4 | Posted by jpw at 2025-07-16 09:19 PM

"As long as we can invest our entire retirement fund in Trump Bucks, we'll be just fine."
-MAGATs

#5 | Posted by censored at 2025-07-16 09:42 PM