Morgan Stanley suffered a rebuke in its attempt to have a court of appeals overturn a lower judge's ruling that the deferred compensation it pays advisors is protected by federal retirement law.

Time to get your calculator out. If you thought the NHL salary cap was already confusing — what with signing and performance bonuses, long-term injury reserve, buyouts and retained salary, among other ...

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 ...

For participants in nonqualified deferred comp plans, year-end is the time to decide how much to squirrel away for retirement. The IRS just released the 2024 contribution limits on qualified ...

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 ...

An arbitration panel has ordered Morgan Stanley to pay more than $3 million in back pay, fees and interest to seven of its ex-advisors in the Chicago area who said the company cheated them out of ...

First Union Securities reps are enjoying an enhanced deferred compensation plan. The revamped program has been in place since Jan. 1, according to brokers. The firm changed its plan from an ...

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 ...