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Wall Street wants to end Trump-era ESG fund rule for 401(k) plans

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ESG growth

Investor demand for ESG funds has grown sharply in recent years.

Investors poured $51.1 billion of net new money into such funds in 2020, a record and more than double the prior year, according to Morningstar.

Such funds may, for example, invest in energy firms that aren’t reliant on fossil fuels or in companies that promote racial and gender diversity.

Money managers have also been offering new ESG funds to investors. The number of sustainable funds available to U.S. investors grew to almost 400 last year — up 30% from 2019 and a nearly fourfold increase over a decade, according to Morningstar.

Trump rule

Yet, a small percentage of workplace retirement plans offer ESG funds.

Around 3% of 401(k) plans have an ESG fund, according to the Plan Sponsor Council of America. A fraction of plan assets (a tenth of 1%) are held in such funds.

Workplace retirement plans — one of American’s biggest pots of wealth — represent a huge untapped source of growth.

The Labor Department measure doesn’t explicitly call out or outright forbid ESG funds in 401(k) plans. But it could stymie already lackluster uptake, according to experts.  

The Trump-era rule requires employers — who make decisions around 401(k) investments — to only consider factors like a fund’s risk and return (rather than characteristics like social or environmental good) when choosing 401(k) funds. Otherwise, employers may invite more legal scrutiny.

The Labor Department also explicitly disallowed employers from automatically enrolling workers into an ESG-focused fund. Automatic enrollment has become an increasingly popular way to nudge workers to invest in a 401(k).

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