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ERISA Tips: Information for Participants After Choosing an Investment Option

The Department of Labor’s 2012 final rule to improve transparency of fees and expenses spells out what information is to be provided to participants after they choose an investment option. 

After a participant has invested in a particular investment option, he or she must be provided any materials the plan receives regarding voting, tender or similar rights in the option. Upon request, the plan administrator must also furnish prospectuses, financial reports and statements of valuation and of assets held by an investment option. 
 
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