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Press Releases
July 24, 2025
The ESOP Association, the only comprehensive national trade association representing businesses with an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), today announced a paid media campaign urging the U.S. Senate to promptly confirm Daniel Aronowitz as Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA).
Press Releases
June 26, 2025
Senate Committee Approves Daniel Aronowitz’s Nomination for Assistant Secretary of Labor
The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) today voted to advance Daniel Aronowitz, nominee for Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), to the full Senate.
Press Releases
June 05, 2025
Daniel Aronowitz: I Will End the War on ESOPs
During his confirmation hearing today, Daniel Aronowitz, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) as Assistant Secretary of Labor, signaled a sea change in how the Department of Labor (DOL) views ESOPs under this Administration.
ESOP News
April 07, 2025
How the Department of Labor Can Help ESOPs in the Near Term
On March 11, Lori Chavez-DeRemer was officially sworn in as Secretary of Labor.
ESOP News
March 03, 2025
Unprecedented Changes in Washington. What’s Next for ESOPs?
Since Donald Trump was inaugurated for his second term as President on January 20, our federal go
Washington Alerts
February 12, 2025
President Trump Nominates Longtime Fiduciary Expert Daniel Aronowitz to Lead Employee Benefits Security Administration at DOL
President Donald Trump today nominated Daniel Aronowitz, President of Encore Fiduciary and a leading expert with thirty years of experience on fiduciary issues, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) at the U.S. Department of Labor.
ESOP News
January 29, 2025
Elephant Sausage
Washington, DC is a town with a lot of sayings borne from the hard-earned political wisdom one acquires working here. Recently, with the release and withdrawal of the Biden Administration’s ideas of what constitutes Adequate Consideration for ESOPs, two of those sayings come to the top of my mind.
ESOP Report
January 29, 2025
January 2025 ESOP Report
Welcome to your January issue of the ESOP Report. This month we've packed the report with tons of articles and news about ESOPs that you won't want to miss!
ESOP Report
January 10, 2018
ESOP Report October 2018
Shifting views on personal property just might open the door to greater employee ownership.
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