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EBSA Unified Agenda - [Completed Action]

RIN: 1215-AB28 Publication ID: Fall 2008 

Title: ¤Interpretive Bulletin Relating to the Exercise of Shareholder Rights and Written Statements of Investment Policy, including Proxy Voting Policies or Guidelines 

Abstract: This guidance supplements the views of the Department of Labor concerning the legal standards imposed on fiduciaries of employee benefit plans by sections 403 and 404 of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) when considering investments in “economically targeted investments.” These guidelines affect fiduciaries of employee benefit plans, including trustees, investment managers and others responsible for the management of employee benefit plan assets. 

Agency: Department of Labor(DOL) 

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 

RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda

Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 

Major: No 

Unfunded Mandates: No 

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 2509.08-2 

Legal Authority: 29 USC 1104; ERISA sec 404; 29 USC 1135; ERISA sec 505 

Legal Deadline:  None

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Final Action  10/17/2008  73 FR 61731 
Final Action Effective  10/17/2008   

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No 

Government Levels Affected: None 

Federalism: No 

Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 

RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 

Agency Contact:
Robert J. Doyle
Director of Regulations and Interpretations
Department of Labor
Employee Benefits Security Administration
Room N5669, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building,
Washington, DC 20210
Phone:202 219-7461

 

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