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SEC Moves to Require Full of Disclosure of Incentive-Based Compensation

Posted by William Byrnes on July 15, 2011


Investment advisors and broker-dealers may be required to disclose their incentive-based compensation programs under proposed rules approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on March 2. The proposed rule is the latest in a series of advisor and broker-dealer reporting rules issued under the mandate of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act.

The rapidly increasing compliance obligations for advisory firms and B-Ds has the capability to drastically modify business practices at affected firms. Many will be forced to reconfigure their entire compensation program to comply with the new rules.

Read this complete analysis of the impact at AdvisorFX (sign up for a free trial subscription with full access to all of the planning libraries and client presentations if you are not already a subscriber).

For previous coverage of advisor reporting requirements in Advisor’s Journal, see Advisors Hit with Another Round of SEC Reporting Rules (CC 11-30).

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Enhancing Executive Compensation: 162 Bonus Plans

Posted by William Byrnes on December 31, 2010


An employer who does not want to, or cannot, institute a qualified pension or profit-sharing plan, or who does not want to extend benefits to all of its full-time employees, can use a “Section 162 plan” to meet its executive compensation needs.   A Section 162 plan leverages life insurance to provide supplemental compensation to select employees while also allowing the employer to take an income tax deduction for the premium payments.

In a Section 162 plan, an employer applies for, and pays premiums on, a life insurance policy on its employee’s life. The employee, however, owns the policy and has the right to appoint beneficiaries; the employer does not take an interest in the policy’s death benefit.

As an example of Section 162 plan and its tax advantages, … read this complete article at AdvisorFX (sign up for a free trial subscription with full access to all of the planning libraries and client presentations if you are not already a subscriber).

For in-depth analysis of Section 162 plans, see Advisor’s Main Library: Section 15 C—Executive Bonus – I.R.C. �162 Plan

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