Vesting in your 401(k) plan means that you own it. While you already own the amount you personally deposit in your 401(k) plan, you don't own your employer's contributions to the account until you ...

A key step in forming a company is issuing equity to the Founder(s). This equity is commonly referred to as “Founder’s Stock.” When issuing Founder’s Stock, it is important to consider whether a ...

When does title to goods transfer from a contractor to an employer? This can be a critical issue, especially when a party to a project has become insolvent. A recent English case considered this issue ...

Founder share vesting means that a founder may keep a certain percentage or all of their stocks or shares only after leaving the company post a specified period or event. A one-year cliff is generally ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Scott Kupor, COO and a managing partner at Andreessen Horowitz, recently published an article on Fortune.com (titled “Your next business partner should come with a prenup”) in which he reviews several ...

Employer retirement plan contributions aren’t necessarily yours to keep Daniel Liberto is a journalist with over 10 years of experience working with publications such as the Financial Times, The ...

When structuring an employee stock option or retirement plan, a small business owner must decide how the plan's vesting system will operate. Vesting rules determine how employees gain property rights ...

We recently invested in a team of co-founders who had voluntarily made their own vesting longer than four years. Four-year vesting is the industry standard. Why would someone voluntarily make it ...

The process of locking down cryptocurrency tokens or coins for a predetermined amount of time before allowing the tokenholder to fully access or transfer them is known as crypto vesting. While vesting ...

Cliff vesting is a common concept in the world of employee benefits and compensation, particularly in the context of stock options, retirement plans, and other long-term incentive programmes. It ...