Understanding Deferred Compensation: How it Works and Why it Makes a Difference

Much of any company’s success depends on the talents of its key executives. How can organizations attract top talent and encourage high-caliber executives to stay the course? This presentation explores the surprising retirement savings gap facing top executives and how nonqualified deferred compensation plans help offset that gap, supporting the objectives of both plan sponsors and participants.  

Takeaways: 

• Understand the retirement savings gap facing highly compensated employees. 

• Learn how nonqualified plans work and why they benefit both companies and executives. 

• Explore “informal funding” concepts and steps to support benefit security.