US - The first major regulation to be adopted following the introduction of the Pension Protection Act will enable fiduciaries of 401 (k) plans and other defined contribution schemes to adopt automatic enrollment design features.
The proposed rule was announced by US secretary of labour Elaine Chao. The proposal implements provisions of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 to provide relief to plan fiduciaries investing part...
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