401(k) Pension Plans: Extent of Plans' Investments in Employer Securities and Real Property
HEHS-98-28
Published: Nov 28, 1997. Publicly Released: Dec 29, 1997.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on: (1) the extent to which 401(k) plan assets are invested in employer securities and real property; (2) the protection and any possible problems associated with the recent amendments to title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA); and (3) alternate mechanisms that might safeguard the retirement benefits of participants in 401(k) plans in which the employer decides how to invest assets.
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