"The proposed regulation establishes a process-based safe harbor for plan fiduciaries when they select designated investment alternatives. It identifies a non-exhaustive list of six factors for a plan fiduciary to objectively, thoroughly, and analytically consider and make determinations about when selecting designated investment alternatives. When a plan fiduciary does so following the process described in the proposed regulation with respect to any of the six factors, its judgment regarding the factor or factors is presumed to have met the fiduciary's duties under section 404(a)(1)(B) of ERISA."  MORE >>