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US 401(k) managers get green light from Labor to expand to crypto, private credit

By Neil Roland ( March 30, 2026, 21:01 GMT | Insight) -- US 401(k) plan managers who want to expand ordinary investors’ access to private credit and private equity investments, cryptocurrency and real estate would get legal protection under a draft rule by the US Department of Labor. The proposed rule, which follows President Trump’s August 2025 executive order, explains steps 401(k) managers should take when considering alternative assets – typically less liquid and transparent than stocks and bonds — as part of their investment lineups. US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said of  the lightly overseen $3 trillion private credit sector, which is showing cracks: “We're watching it super carefully, as everyone is.”US 401(k) plan managers who want to expand as many as 90 million ordinary investors’ access to private credit and private equity investments, cryptocurrency and real estate would get legal protection under a draft rule by the US Department of Labor....

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