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Decisions of employees to exercise stock options relate to stock returns: the more options exercised the lower the value of the stocks.

Credit unions are facing increasing pressure to develop a benefits package that meets the specific needs of all employees. According to the 1998 Benefits Survey conducted by the 'Credit Union Executive Journal,' credit unions are becoming more of facilitator than provider when it comes to employee benefits administration. The survey shows that while the basic benefits package offered by credit unions to their employees has remained almost the same, there are some noteworthy trends. Majority of credit unions, for instance, are offering flexible spending accounts and only a few are offering full flexible benefits plans. Credit unions are also offering flexible benefits plans to meet the diverse needs of their employees., The employer's role in benefits administration is changing from 'provider' to 'facilitator.' The resulting challenge is to develop an employee benefits package that meets the unique needs of all credit [...]

As the workplace changes, it's important to ensure that your company's investment in the welfare of its employees is providing the best bang for the buck. The insights from this [...]

In designing any employee benefit program, one of the first questions bankers typically ask is, 'what are other banks our size doing?' Another common question is, 'what will this cost?' [...]

Taking time off from work is a basic security requirement in the banking business, so it is not surprising that America's Community Bankers' 2004 Compensation Survey found that all banks [...]

(Jump to the rankings) This is American Banker's second annual ranking of the Best Banks to Work For. You can see the inaugural ranking here. The analysis is performed with [...]

Byline: Rob Kozlowski Americans have little confidence that they will be able to retire comfortably, driven in part by a lack of understanding of how much they need to save, [...]

Half of asset management professionals believe they are overpaid, according to a detailed Ignites Europe straw poll on remuneration. The findings come as pay scales within the asset management industry [...]

Almost half of people believe public sector employees should not have to pay more for their pensions despite concerted government attacks on civil servant benefits. The figures, from the latest [...]

Employers stand to make productivity gains from adopting flexible working practices, according to a survey by Matchtech Group, an outsourcing recruitment specialist. The year-long survey showed that flexible working could [...]

The effects of the economic downturn on pension pots have forced more than a third of people aged 55 and over to put off their retirement plans and continue working, [...]

So Resolution has landed Friends Provident as a catch. Was not Friends two-timed last year so that Philip Moore, its chief executive, had to pay the price? Would you marry [...]

Automatic enrollment has hit the brakes at least for now. Among the 53% of corporate defined contribution plans that don't offer auto enrollment, just 1% plan to offer such a [...]

Defined contribution plan participants are cutting their contributions as day-to-day cash needs take center stage for more people. Plan executives and industry experts say employee deferral rates are showing signs [...]

Sampling Opinions Help Keep Benefits Programs On Track Surveys are useful in identifying segments of the employee population with high levels of satisfaction, dissatisfaction. In a recent issue of The [...]

40% of NEPC's clients use automatic enrollment Automatic enrollment among defined contribution plans reached 40% as of June 30, compared with 36% in 2007, according to NEPC's 2008 Defined Contribution [...]

Byline: Andrew Coen Seven in 10 financial advisers prefer working for a nationally recognized company over an independent advisory firm, according to a yet-to-be-released survey. 'Financial representatives are looking for [...]

Final salary pension schemes are dying out quickest in the Midlands, according to a survey by Croydon-based IFA Alexander Forbes. Research from the company, exclusively shown to Financial Adviser, showed [...]

Duty calls A survey of over 300 HR managers carried out by Personnel Today on behalf of the NAPF has found that pensions continue to be an integral and important [...]

Duty calls A survey of over 300 HR managers carried out by Personnel Today on behalf of the NAPF has found that pensions continue to be an integral and important [...]

Banks need to engage the mass affluent, rather than simply chasing the wealthy, if they want to develop their retirement businesses. Kenneth Lewis, Bank of America Corp.'s chairman, noted for [...]

A new survey published by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans indicates that 54 percent of U.S. defined contribution plan respondents use a bundled service provider arrangement, while 31 [...]

Annual inflation-adjusted, across the board pay rises may be becoming a thing of the past, according to findings of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. Its annual reward management [...]

The continuing salary divide between genders in the financial industry has been marked by a cut in the number of female advisers receiving top salaries of AGBP100,000 a year - [...]

L ike any authority figure, the FSA can often get nothing right in the eyes of the industry. Whatever decision it makes it will be accused of being wrong. A [...]

The average account balance among American workers who held 401(k) accounts from 1999 through last year increased at an annual rate of 8.7%, to $121,202, according to a study by [...]

A third of Britons are financial fantasists, gambling with their security by expecting to earn higher salaries in the future, borrowing money or expecting to receive a windfall or inheritance, [...]

At The Advisory Board's Winning Is Everything conference, Gary Boomer, CEO of Boomer Consulting, utilized simple keyboards, with the numerals one though nine, handed out to 100-plus managing partners to [...]

The number of female advisers receiving salaries of AGBP50,000 to AGBP74,999 - the average pay bracket for the industry - has doubled in 12 months, while the number of women [...]

WASHINGTON -- In the three decades that America's Community Bankers has been publishing its annual bank compensation and benefits survey, one consistent trend has been that executive salaries generally rise [...]

UK companies remain committed to providing employee pensions despite the cost, according to research from the CBI. The survey of 355 CEOs, chairmen and senior board members shows that firms [...]

unhealthy outlook In the definitive Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, Reward Management Survey 2006, the vast majority (86%) of companies in the booming private service sector offered private health [...]

Companies should look beyond salaries when attracting and retaining key talents, according to a survey. The poll by global human resources firm Hewitt claims at least 60 per cent of [...]

Concerns about pricing and education are deterring many employers from offering health savings accounts and high-deductible health plans, according to the Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers. The Washington-based lobbying [...]

A Transparent problem with pay Transparency is proving to be a bone of contention between institutional investors and listed companies. Institutional investors are calling for more transparency in executive pay [...]