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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...