Highlights: 2011 NCEO Private Company Equity Compensation Survey
Across my desk this week came highlights from the NCEO’s recent survey on equity compensation in private companies. The NCEO says that the survey was intended to cover a wider range of closely held...
View ArticleIn the News: A Tax Cut and an IPO
I had a couple of people ask me this week about the future of the Payroll Tax cut and whether Congress has made any progress in determining the future of the cut in anticipation of the expiration of...
View ArticleTax Cuts and IPOs: Part II
As I write this week’s blog, I was hoping to have something “final” to say about the status of the payroll tax cut and its future. It would be really nice to put this topic behind us. Well, the...
View ArticleNew Incentives to IPO?
For the past few years, the IPO market has behaved like a pendulum, swinging from left to right, from existent, to non-existent, to hot again. I’ve heard the buzz over and over: “this year the IPO...
View ArticleJOBS for Stock Compensation
Last week, on April 5, President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act into law. Intended to make it easier for startups to raise capital and go public, JOBS has three primary...
View ArticleMy Two Cents on Facebook
Important ReminderThis is the last week to participate in the NASPP-PwC Global Equity Incentives Survey. Issuers must participate to access the full survey results; you’re going to be sorry if you...
View ArticleTwo Plus Two Equals Four
Earlier this week, Barb blogged about her two cents on Facebook’s IPO. I know I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again – it’s hard not to get caught up in the hype of a hugely anticipated IPO because...
View ArticleTweet Tweet: Trending Now – IPOs
Twitter’s highly anticipated IPO appeared to go off without a hitch last week. No IPO has had as much buzz since Facebook debuted on the NASDAQ 18 months ago. Although Twitter is getting most of the...
View ArticlePerformance Award Accounting
The FASB recently ratified an EITF decision and approved issuance of an Accounting Standards Update on “Accounting for Share-Based Payments When the Terms of an Award Provide That a Performance Target...
View ArticleRSUs Where You Least Expect Them
As part of its IPO last month, manufacturer Gardner Denver granted RSUs worth $100 million to its 6,000 employees, including hourly workers, customer service, and sales staff. According to Bloomberg,...
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