US SEC would set up guardrails for private investments in retirement plans, chairman says

Source: Reuters

July 21, 2025 11:38 AM EDT Updated 48 mins ago


NEW YORK, July 21 - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is prepared to work with the Labor Department to establish guardrails for investors if they gain greater access to private markets in retirement plans, the agency's chief said in a CNBC interview on Monday.

"We can work with the Department of Labor to help to have good guardrails" for people to offer greater access to private markets for individual investors, SEC Chairman Paul Atkins said when asked about reports that President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order to make private-firm investments more accessible in retirement plans.

Private firms do not have the same level of required disclosures as public companies and are prone to valuation issues, so the SEC has historically restricted their access to mainstream investors.

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