The American Taxpayer Relief Act and Employee Ownership

The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (ATRA), which Congress passed to temporarily avoid the fiscal cliff, did not directly focus on stock compensation or ESOPs, but a number of its provisions affect both.

The Better the ESPP, the Better the Return on Investment

In the NCEO's new survey on employee stock purchase plans (ESPPs), we found that the better the terms of the plan, the better the return on investment plan administrators believed the company received from having a plan.

The Business Roundtable: Who Are Shareholders?

Today, the Business Roundtable issued a statement about acting on behalf of all of its stakeholders, rather than just shareholders. Missing from their thinking is a vital question: who are the shareholders? 

The CEPI Comes to the East Coast: July 29

The Certified Equity Professional Institute (CEPI) at Santa Clara University in California will host the 1st Annual CEP East Coast Symposium in partnership with the Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations.

The Citizen's Share on Television and in Paperback

Joseph Blasi, one of the three authors of The Citizen's Share: Reducing Inequality in the 21st Century (the others are Douglas Kruse and Richard Freeman), appeared on television to discuss his book about employee ownership, equity compensation, and profit sharing.

The Compelling Illogic of ESOPs

Steve Parrish, a contributing writer at Forbes, wrote an article describing four illogical ways that ESOPs benefit company owners, from se

The Conference Turns 40!

This year’s NCEO Annual Employee Ownership Conference (April 26–28, with a preconference on April 25) is sure to be a special one.

The Corporate Directors' Exchange

The Corporate Directors' Exchange is a 1.5-day executive development program from the Beyster Institute at UC San Diego that examines the role of the board of directors at ESOP companies.

The Corporate Directors' Exchange

The Beyster Institute at the Rady School of Business at UC San Diego will host members of the boards of directors of ESOP companies for a meeting intended to cover the key points of content directors should know and to foster peer-to-peer dialogue among directors.