Fidelity To Allow Bitcoin Investments In Retirement Plans: Report
Investment giant Fidelity will reportedly enable its 23,000 business clients to offer Bitcoin accounts for their workers’ 401(k)s later this year.Fidelity Investments will allow investors to allocate part of their 401(k)s into bitcoin later this year, The Wall Street Journal first reported.Fidelity, which manages employee benefit programs for nearly 23,000 businesses, is set to become the first major retirement-plan provider to allow bitcoin exposure in retirement accounts. The company has $2.7 trillion in assets under management in its retirement services division alone.The investment....
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Two U.S. senators, including Elizabeth Warren, have sent a letter to Fidelity Investments demanding answers regarding the company’s decision to allow bitcoin investments in 401(k) retirement plans. “Investing in cryptocurrencies is a risky and speculative gamble, and we are concerned that Fidelity would take these risks with millions of Americans’ retirement savings,” the lawmakers wrote.
US Lawmakers Concerned About Fidelity Allowing Bitcoin Investments in 401(k) Plans
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has sent a letter to Abigail Johnson, the CEO....
Less than a week ago, Fidelity Investments announced its decision to add Bitcoin as part of its 401 (k) investment plan. A popular vehicle used by U.S. citizens to invest in equities and other assets as part of their retirement, Fidelity has become the first company in the country to introduce BTC to this offering. […]
If approved, retirement savers can allocate 20% of their savings portfolio to Bitcoin without the need to open a crypto exchange account. The United States-based retirement plan provider Fidelity Investments will reportedly allow 401(k) retirement saving account holders to directly invest in Bitcoin (BTC).The new Bitcoin retirement investment plan would go live later this year. It will allow over 23,000 companies associated with Fidelity to administrate their retirement accounts to offer Bitcoin investment options to the customers, reported WSJ.If the proposal to allocate BTC to their....
Bitcoin has gradually been finding its way into every part of society and its use as an investment vehicle has been the biggest part of it. There has been some pushback when it comes to using the cryptocurrencies in investment vehicles dominated by traditional finance but even this is starting to wane. Evidence of this is in the recent development from Fidelity Investments, which has announced that it would be allowing employees to invest in their 401k using Bitcoin. Retire With Bitcoin The 401k is one of the most popular investment vehicles aimed toward retirement for workers in the....
Crypto critic Elizabeth Warren and two colleagues write to the Fidelity CEO again to express their displeasure with crypto-exposed 401(k) offerings. Three United States senators have written to Fidelity Investments CEO Abigail Johnson demanding an explanation for the financial services company’s decision to include Bitcoin-exposed funds in its 401(k) retirement plans. “This decision is immensely troubling,” they wrote.Democrats Dick Durbin, Elizabeth Warren and Tina Smith sent their letter Tuesday. The letter, which is around a page and a half long, discussed Americans’ retirement savings....