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Culture From the Top Down: Executive Compensation Plans Explained

Carson Wealth

At their most basic level, executive compensation plans are designed to attract, retain and motivate top talent and leadership. But truly successful plans are designed to be much more than providing a high salary to a key employee – they support the business’s philosophies, values, and mission. .

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Should You Use a Non-Qualified Deferred-Compensation Plan for Your Retirement Savings? Ep #174

Financial Symmetry

Have you ever been offered a non-qualified deferred compensation plan as part of your benefits package? The post Should You Use a Non-Qualified Deferred-Compensation Plan for Your Retirement Savings? Do you know someone who has, but wasn’t sure exactly what it was?

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Adviser links: Roth crazy

Abnormal Returns

(kitces.com) Amy Arnott and Christine Benz talk with Andrew Blake who is associate director of wealth management for Cerulli Associates about the upcoming wave of adviser retirements. citywire.com) Advisers Compensation plans should align with your firm's overall goals. rethinking65.com)

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Why Moving To A Lower-Tax State Doesn’t Always Result In Lower State Taxes On Deferred Income

Nerd's Eye View

Which is, for example, why so many people opt to move to lower-tax or no-tax states like Florida or Texas in retirement, where they can enjoy lower state income taxes and preserve more of their retirement savings for use by themselves or their heirs. Read More.

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (June 15-16)

Nerd's Eye View

Also in industry news this week: While an infusion of Private Equity (PE) capital has shaken up the RIA M&A market, the ultimate implications for advisors, their clients, and the PE firms themselves remain unclear A recent study has found that a significant portion of 'DIY' investors are open to working with a human advisor (and paying for the (..)

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#FASuccess Ep 409: Adding 1,400 New Clients In A Year As An Extension Of Doing (Profitable) Student Loan Consulting At Scale, With Travis Hornsby

Nerd's Eye View

In this episode, we talk in-depth about how Travis originally developed his specialization of student loan planning through first correcting the misinformation given to his (now-)wife and her friends in the medical field (and realized that he could give high value to a chronically underserved population), how Travis first started his student loan consulting (..)

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Microsoft Deferred Compensation Plan (DCP): Enrollment Guide

Cordant Wealth Partners

Every November, the Microsoft Deferred Compensation Plan (DCP) opens for enrollment and salary deferral elections for the upcoming year. And every year, we hear similar questions from those eligible to allocate money into a deferred compensation plan. What’s the Risk of the Microsoft Deferred Compensation Plan?