As its name suggests, a deferred compensation plan allows you to delay receiving part of your compensation until a later date ...

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 ...

A putative class action suit filed in federal court in North Carolina late last month alleges Merrill owes Kelly D. Milligan, an advisor in Danville, California, $500,000 in deferred comp he earned ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Quick ReadDeferred compensation payouts count as ordinary income, potentially exposing up to 85% of a retiree's Social ...

Morgan Stanley avoided a former advisor’s attempt at retrieving deferred compensation after he left to start his own firm, according to a recent arbitration award. In the FINRA award dated Aug. 8, a ...

Nearly two years after taking effect, a sweeping tax code regulating many deferred-compensation plans favored by private companies-including stock options-has confused attorneys and increased legal ...

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 ...

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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, ...