"The proposed rule does not require fiduciaries to offer investments with allocations to alternative assets. However, the preamble includes extensive investment and market research supporting the benefits of institutional-quality investment diversity, and provides helpful guidance to plan fiduciaries to assist in their evaluation of such investments. Fiduciaries who wish to consider a broader universe of investments but do not have the requisite expertise should determine whether their investment consultants and advisors have such expertise and engage with them as appropriate, to determine what is best for their plan and their participants."  MORE >>