Tag: Department of Labor comes down hard on social investing

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Proposed rule says that private pension plans cannot sacrifice return for other considerations. On June 23, the Department of Labor announced a proposed rule strongly limiting ESG (or “social”) investing for private pension plans covered by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).  I applaud this rule.   Pension fund investing is not…