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

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, ...

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 ...

The U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday approved by voice vote a measure that could limit the earnings corporate executives can defer into non-qualified deferred compensation (NQDC) plans. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 has won its fifth straight arbitration claim from a former advisor arguing its deferred compensation plan is illegal under federal law. The favorable decision for the wirehouse comes ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...