House Passes 401(k) Advice, Fee Disclosure Bills

Lawmakers on the House Education and Labor Committee voted 13-8 each on two measures concerning 401(k) plans Wednesday, one that would require them to clearing disclose fees and break them down, another that would only permit investment advice to come from independent advisers.

Fees would have to be displayed in all four categories: administrative, investment management, transaction and other.

“The lack of transparency in the 401(k) system is unacceptable and must end now,” subcommittee Chairman Robert Andrews (D-N.J.) told Dow Jones.

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