The fight over deferred compensation for advisors who have left their firms has now spilled over to Merrill. A putative class action suit filed in federal court in North Carolina late last month ...
In big firms' fight to avoid paying deferred compensation to advisors who jump to rivals, much of the legal wrangling has centered on federal retirement law. Processing Content But another factor is ...
When this writer began his career in 1980, wages were pretty much the only form of employment compensation and life was easy. For regular wage earners, there was a bonus at years’ end. For executives, ...
Two former Morgan Stanley financial advisors on Friday won a $1.1 million arbitration award against their old firm that centered on who controlled valuable deferred compensation money, the firm or the ...
For participants in nonqualified deferred comp plans, year-end is the time to decide how much to squirrel away for retirement. The IRS just released the 2024 contribution limits on qualified ...
Morgan Stanley won the latest battle in its ongoing legal struggle with dozens of financial advisors who accuse the company of wrongly withholding millions in deferred compensation. The advisors, all ...
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In the New York Times, "Your Money" reporter Ron Lieber puts forth this hypothetical: "Here’s a nightmare for you: Imagine waking up one morning to discover that your employer is bankrupt and the ...
Morgan Stanley must pay more than $3 million to a group of financial advisors who accused the company of wrongfully withholding their deferred compensation when they left to work elsewhere, an ...
The Chorus Line mistake = $270,000. The casino secret = $387,500. Lawyer fees for the public records suit so far = $108,244.98. This all adds up to $765,744.98. The city administrator contract was ...
Smith Barney has increased the amount of deferred compensation it will award brokers. As part of the firm’s 2007 payout restructure, brokers who produce at least $300,000 a year will be given ...