The U.S. Department of Labor has sided with Morgan Stanley in a hotly contested dispute over whether the firm’s deferred compensation program is a bonus—and exempt from Employee Retirement Income ...

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.

More than two-thirds of surveyed benefits decisionmakers said they used nonqualified deferred compensation plans to retain executives, according to NFP. As a growing number of executives work well ...

Morgan Stanley has lost a court battle in its long-running fight to withhold deferred compensation from financial advisors who left the firm—opening the door for more than 100 advisors to move forward ...

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. But another factor is increasingly ...

A federal appeals court has ruled against Morgan Stanley in a yearslong legal battle over tens of millions of dollars’ worth of deferred compensation with financial advisors. In the original case, the ...

Morgan Stanley is changing the mix of deferred compensation and upfront cash that its advisors receive as part of its 2026 compensation plan.

UNC Board approved $1 million deferred pay for incoming AD Steve Newmark. Newmark’s base salary starts at $600,000, rising to $1 million in 2026. UNC will fund two AD salaries in 2026–27 during ...

A federal appeals court rejected Morgan Stanley’s request to revisit a lower court’s order to compel advisors to take their deferred compensation claims against the company to private arbitration. A ...