Benjamin Harvey CFP®, CPWA®, ChFC®, CLU® Founder and Private Wealth Advisor, Summation Wealth Group To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in ...

Deferred compensation allows individuals to delay receiving part of their income until a future date, often during retirement. This strategy is appealing for retirement savings and tax management, as ...

“Top hat plans” —non-qualified deferred compensation plans that can be exempt from most of the requirements of Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or ERISA—can be a useful tool for ...

The base salary for many high-ranking industry executive positions may be leveling off as bonuses, deferred payment and other incentives have begun to play a more prominent role in executive ...

Wage inequality is rising. According to Investopedia, the ratio of CEO pay to average worker pay in 2025 was 348-to-1. The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) puts that number at 281 in 2024 compared with ...

Women in leadership have made great strides in breaking barriers and negotiating for higher salaries. However, many still leave significant wealth-building opportunities on the table by not fully ...

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With rank-and-file employees the focus of open enrollment, it's easy to overlook the needs and desires of leaders. But benefit brokers and advisers have a significant opportunity to help reshape ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Bonuses and deferred compensation are driving rising ...

A Newport executive discusses how early findings from an annual survey show plan sponsors providing nonqualified compensation programs to a wider pool of employees. The benefits world is entering a ...