Companies with ESPPs Outperform Those Without Them

A new study by Carver Edison shows that over the last five years, public companies with employee stock purchase plans (ESPPs) had a return on equity of nearly 12% per year, compared to 7% in companies without these plans.

Four Paths to Employee Ownership

The NCEO recently published a table that highlights the main characteristics of four types of employee ownership, found in our web article Employee Ownership for Closely Held Companies: ESOPs vs. Equity Grants, Trusts, and Worker Cooperatives.

Morgan Stanley to Acquire Solium

On February 11, the equity compensation services firm Solium announced that it would be acquired by Morgan Stanley for $1.1 Canadian dollars ($830 million USD).