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The Pay is Too Damn High

The Irrelevant Investor

According to a Deloitte article, in 2012, 500 of the highest paid executives received an average remuneration of $24.4 I believe that executive compensation is out of control. million, of which 52 percent was in the form of stock options and a further 26 percent was in the form of stock rewards.

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How financial advisors can get family offices and high net worth individuals as clients

Sara Grillo

It depends on how high you go, but in some cases these types of clients function more as institutions than an as individuals – and their needs reflect that.

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What Executives Need to Know About Performance Awards

Zajac Group

PSAs may also be combined with more traditional RSUs and/or stock options that vest over time, to round out a robust executive compensation package. This can offer an executive the unique combination of greater certainty from RSUs as well as additional upside from performance shares.

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Siemens Deferred Compensation Elections for Former Employees of Mentor Graphics: 4 Steps to Consider

Cordant Wealth Partners

Article Summary & Key Points. Employees of what was formerly Mentor Graphics, now Siemens, may find that they are eligible for Siemens’ Deferred Compensation Plan (DCP) and wonder if they should defer their salary and/or bonus into the plan. In this article, we lay out 4-steps to consider as you evaluate this decision: Why Defer?

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Intel SERPLUS Elections 2020: 4 Steps to Consider Given the Recent Company Uncertainty

Cordant Wealth Partners

All these “unknowns” and Intel’s recent stock market performance cause many participants in Intel’s Deferred Compensation program (SERPLUS) to wonder —should I not defer money this year or change my deferral strategy? This framework is specific to the Intel SERPLUS fund but can be generalized to any deferred compensation decision.

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Buffett’s Slapback At Buyback Critics Is Fair

Validea

But his 2022 letter was a bit of a departure from that norm, reports an article in The Wall Street Journal , especially when it came to the subject of buybacks. So while Buffett’s “silver-tongued demagogues” were denouncing corporate greed, they were also creating a way for corporations to keep being greedy, the article contends.

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How Municipal Bonds Influence Justice & Equality

Brown Advisory

As we will discuss in this article, these initiatives can be structured so that they increase diversity, equity and inclusion in a community, but in some cases, they can decrease equality and justice. Its management and executive compensation plans are also tied to factors related to racial equity.