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Compliance June 29, 2009
Target-Date Hearing Webcast Now Online
June 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S.
Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security
Administration (EBSA) has posted on its Web site the archived
Webcast of the June 18, 2009, joint target-date fund hearing
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Reported by Fred Schneyer
The hearing received testimony from 36 witnesses on issues relating to target-date funds and other similar investment options.
According to EBSA, t he Webcast archive is broken down by witness panels to make it easier to view. It can be viewed at http://www.dol.gov/dol/media/webcast/hearing/ .
Additional i nformation from the hearing – including testimony of witnesses and public comments — is available on EBSA’s Web site at www.dol.gov/ebsa , under New and Noteworthy.
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