Industry information and ideas to help financial advisors grow their practices by engaging individuals with equity compensation, managing their holdings and helping them to make prudent diversification decisions regarding their employee stock options and company shares. 40 Hot Corporate Prospects: In their March 2013 Equity Compensation Report, the NCEO (National Center for Employee Ownership) identified 40 of the 900 largest […]
Month: April 2013
Employers Increasing Discounts in Employee Stock Purchase Plans
Results of a new survey reflect how improving economic conditions and a strengthening job market are prompting many U.S. companies to enhance their employee stock purchase plans in an effort to improve their benefits package. According to Fidelity Investments, more than half of the companies surveyed (51%) indicated they intend to modify their employee stock […]
Managing Your Restricted Stock Units
The recent article on Restricted Stock Units from the PayScale blog by Dan Walter provides background for stock plan sponsors on this form of equity compensation. It does a good job of describing the three limitations regarding receiving RSUs, but it stops short of providing any guidance for recipients on what to do with them. […]
Companies Now Using a Mix of Long-Term Incentive Awards
Excerpts from the Ayco Compensation & Benefits Digest – April 12, 2013 Long-term incentive (LTI) awards typically account for a significant portion of the compensation received by corporate executives. Within the universe of LTI awards there are four main types: 1) stock options and stock appreciation rights (SARs); 2) restricted stock and restricted stock units […]
Advice for Executives Regarding Their Stock Options
by Phil DeMuth, Ph.D. An excerpt from The Affluent Investor – Financial Advice to Grow and Protect Your Wealth Today’s corporate executives should spend at least as much care considering how to manage his stock options and restricted stock as he does managing his airline miles. This is a daunting task, because the interwoven tax […]
40 Hot Prospects for Financial Advisors Who Manage Employee Stock Options
In their March 2013 Equity Compensation Report, the NCEO (National Center for Employee Ownership) identified 40 of the 900 largest public companies in the United States that provide broad-based stock options to employees. These companies include Apple, Cisco, Deere, Merck and Southwest Airlines. Click the following link for the names of all 40 companies. NCEO […]
Creating an Executive Services Pilot Plan
No matter how big or small your advisory firm is, if you want to develop a successful executive services offering it is prudent to start with a pilot project and a documented plan. Here is a list of items that should be included in the plan. Keep in mind that project stakeholders need to be involved in the development of the pilot […]