Executives who spend years building up a non-qualified deferred compensation balance often assume it’s safe because it shows ...
Most executives who get access to a nonqualified deferred compensation plan treat it like a bonus perk. They sign the ...
Merrill Lynch’s deferred incentive compensation program for financial advisers isn’t governed by ERISA, the Fourth Circuit ...
Benjamin Harvey CFP®, CPWA®, ChFC®, CLU® Founder and Private Wealth Advisor, Summation Wealth Group To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in ...
Firms love deferred compensation. After all, it is your money they are deferring, not their own. Just try asking your firm to defer taking its share of your gross commission. These “golden handcuffs” ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about incisive investing advice. We discuss with Ashley Cline, an associate wealth advisor at JFS Wealth Advisors, based ...
Most executives who participate in non-qualified deferred compensation plans spend more time thinking about how much to defer ...
First Union Securities reps are enjoying an enhanced deferred compensation plan. The revamped program has been in place since Jan. 1, according to brokers. The firm changed its plan from an ...
Background: Why was Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code enacted? Prior to the enactment of Section 409A, no single section of the Internal Revenue Code governed taxation of nonqualified deferred ...
The Department of Labor has sided with Morgan Stanley in a closely watched case involving deferred compensation, ruling that the firm’s incentive awards to financial advisors do not fall under federal ...
The Department of Labor weighed in on a thorny legal issue for Morgan Stanley: Are the company’s deferred compensation plans for advisors covered by a federal retirement law? It doesn’t look that way, ...
Three former Morgan Stanley financial advisors have filed a federal lawsuit accusing the U.S. Department of Labor of illegally helping the firm undermine hundreds of pending arbitration claims seeking ...