Retirement Plan Investments: Plan Asset Hedge Fund; PE Fund Investing, 401k and IRA; ESG and Plan Voting Regulations
Recording of a 90-minute premium CLE video webinar with Q&A
This CLE webinar will guide employee benefits and asset management counsel on critical issues and recent developments impacting retirement plan investments. The panel will discuss new proposed regulations for consideration of environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) and plan voting, private equity offerings to 401ks and IRAs, challenges of plan asset hedge fund and private equity fund investing, and other key issues.
Outline
- ERISA fiduciary duties for institutional investors
- Disclosure
- Compliance
- Valuation
- Hedge funds and private equity fund investing
- New proposed ESG and plan voting regulations
- Trends in litigation involving plan fiduciaries and fund managers
- Best practices for developing due diligence plans
Benefits
The panel will discuss these and other key issues:
- Regulatory considerations for ERISA plans that allocate assets to hedge funds and private equity funds
- Fiduciary governance and evaluating plan investment options
- Proposed ESG and plan voting regulations
- ERISA plans and asset manager fiduciary standards and compliance
- Recent litigation involving plan fiduciaries and fund managers
Faculty
Ian L. Levin
Partner
Schulte Roth & Zabel
Mr. Levin’s practice concentrates on executive compensation and employee benefits, including the fiduciary and... | Read More
Mr. Levin’s practice concentrates on executive compensation and employee benefits, including the fiduciary and plan asset requirements of ERISA. He regularly advises client regarding the formation and ongoing compliance of private equity and hedge funds; the administration, management and investment of employee benefit plans; and compliance with ERISA’s various prohibited transaction rules and exemptions. Mr. Levin's practice also focuses on the employee benefit aspects of mergers and acquisitions, representing both executives and companies with respect to the negotiation and drafting of executive employment agreements and advising companies on the design, establishment and operation of virtually all types of employee benefit arrangements ranging from cash incentive, equity, deferred compensation and change-in-control arrangements to broad-based retirement and welfare plans.
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Jennifer A. Neilsson
Partner
King & Spalding
Ms. Neilsson is a partner in King & Spalding’s Global Human Capital & Compliance practice. She focuses... | Read More
Ms. Neilsson is a partner in King & Spalding’s Global Human Capital & Compliance practice. She focuses her practice on assisting the Firm’s clients (both managers and investors) with investment-related issues that arise for employee benefits plans subject to ERISA Title I. Specifically, Ms. Neilsson focuses on ERISA issues that arise in connection with the structuring and operation of private funds, investor negotiations in connection with fund raising activities, and ongoing compliance. She has in-depth knowledge assisting private funds avoid being subject to the fiduciary obligations arising under ERISA by complying with the “venture capital operating companies”, “real estate operating companies”, or “25% test” exceptions under the plan asset regulation.
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David C. Olstein
Partner
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
Mr. Olstein’s practice focuses on the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA. He has extensive experience... | Read More
Mr. Olstein’s practice focuses on the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA. He has extensive experience advising asset managers on ERISA matters, including compliance with ERISA’s prohibited transaction rules, in connection with the investment of pension plan assets. Mr. Olstein also regularly advises fund sponsors on ERISA matters, including the application of ERISA’s “plan asset” rules, in connection with the establishment and operation of private investment funds.
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