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Demystifying the Duty of Prudence: DOL Proposes ERISA Safe Harbor for Designated Investment Alternatives in Retirement Plans
Foley & Lardner LLP Link to more items from this source
[Guidance Overview]
Apr. 16, 2026

"While the Proposed Regulation acknowledges the fiduciary duty to monitor DIAs at regular intervals, the DOL opted not to include a monitoring safe harbor ... The Proposed Regulation's safe harbor protects the selection of individual DIAs but does not extend to overall investment menu curation ... [T]his gap leaves fiduciaries without safe harbor protection for an actively litigated aspect of plan governance.... The Proposed Regulation expressly excludes brokerage windows, self-directed brokerage accounts, and similar arrangements from the definition of DIA."  MORE >>

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