Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Resource Center

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The Cochlan Group, Inc.
Web Site: www.TheCochlanGroup.com
Phone: 312-759-2600.

Article Archives: In PDF Format

• Second Quarter 2008 NetWorth Newsletter - Full Version
  Individual Articles Within Newsletter:
1. From the CEO
2. What Does It Take to Stay on Top?
3. Accounting for Financing Assets of Nonqualified Benefit Plans
4. New Ideas: Have you considered . . .
5. New Reporting Requirements for Employers with Corporate Owned Life Insurance

• Fourth Quarter 2007 NetWorth Newsletter - Full Version
  Individual Articles Within Newsletter:
1. From the CEO
2. Leadership that Promotes Productivity, Passion, and Peace
3. Financial Accounting for Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans
4. New Ideas: Have you considered . . .
5. Case Study — Executive Benefit Plans

• Third Quarter 2007 NetWorth Newsletter - Full Version
  Individual Articles Within Newsletter:
1. From the CEO
2. Leadership and the Quiet Storm
3. Final Regulations on Section 409A — What Should I Do Now?
4. S.E.C. Proxy Disclosure Rules and Changes in Executive Compensation
5. New Ideas: Have you considered . . .

• Second Quarter 2007 NetWorth Newsletter - Full Version
  Individual Articles Within Newsletter:
1. From the CEO
2. SERP – A Vital Resource for Every Company’s Arsenal
3. Rabbi Trusts: Benefits, Features and Key Considerations
4. Nonqualified Benefit Plan Developments in 2006
5. Proven Techniques to Enhance Your Nonqualified Benefit Plans
6. New Ideas: Have you considered . . .
7. Proposed Legislation - Small Business and Work Opportunity Act of 2007
8. Insert - Legislative Update: Section 409A Final Regulations
   And Other Guidance Regarding Nonqualified Benefits
   
   
• First Quarter 2007 NetWorth Newsletter - Full Version
  Individual Articles Within Newsletter:

1. From the CEO
2. A 2007 Checklist for Transaction Relief Under Section 409A
3. Accounting Changes for Split Dollar Life Insurance Arrangements
4. Re-Recruit Your Best and Brightest Now!
5. New Rules to Maximize Tax-Effectiveness of COLI Purchase
6. New Ideas: Have you considered . . .
7. Reminder: SEC Executive Compensation Disclosure Rules Effective for 2007 Proxy Season
8. The Role of the CEO in Board Secession Planning
   
   
• Third Quarter 2006 NetWorth Newsletter - Full Version
  Individual Articles Within Newsletter:
1. From the CEO
2. Are You Rewarding Your Directors Appropriately?
3. Nonqualified Executive & Director Benefit Plans Bucket, Buckets, Buckets . . . Do we really need them?
4. Section 409A Cliffhangers: Lingering Questions From the Proposed Regulations


• Second Quarter 2006 NetWorth Newsletter - Full Version
  Individual Articles Within Newsletter:
1. From the CEO
2. Considerations In Selecting Your COLI Insurance Carrier
3. A New Lanscape for Executive Deferred Compensation Plans
4. Overview of Corporate Governance and Fiduciary Reponsibilities for Board of Directors and Compensation Committee Members

• SPECIAL EDITION - Section 409A - Ideal Time To Optimize Your Deferred
  Compensation Plans

• Third Quarter 2005 NetWorth Newsletter - Full Version
  Individual Articles Within Newsletter:
1. From the CEO
2. It's Third Quarter of 2005 — Do You Know Where Your Plans Are?
3. Why All the Hoopla Over Pension Funding Reform
4. Rock Solid Living
5. Proven Techniques to Enhance Your Nonqualified Benefit Plan
6. Effective Interviewing: What It Takes to Make Strong — First — and Lasting Impression
   
   
• Second Quarter 2005 NetWorth Newsletter - Full Version
  Individual Articles Within Newsletter:

1. From the CEO
2. Performance Equity Plans — Diamonds in the "Rough" New World of Executive Benefits
3. Key, Top-Management Skills Employers Look for in Today's Volatile and
   Demanding Marketplace
4. The Marriage of Plan Design and Plan Administration
   
   
• First Quarter 2005 NetWorth Newsletter - Full Version
  Individual Articles Within Newsletter:
1. From the CEO
2. Nonqualified Benefit Plans Best Practices and the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004
3. Nonqualified Benefit Plan Administration and the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004
4. Update on Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Guidance
5. The College Saving Dilemma

• Fourth Quarter 2004 NetWorth Newsletter - Full Version
  Individual Articles Within Newsletter:
  1. From the CEO
  2. Designing Benefits for Key Executives - Mistakes to Avoid
  3. Renewed Public and Regulatory Scrutiny of Executive Deferred Compensation Plans
  4. Net Unrealized Appreciation and the Retirement Plan Distribution Decision
  5. Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans - What should you be doing now?
  6. College Planning = Retirement Planning

• Third Quarter 2004 NetWorth Newsletter - Full Version
  Individual Articles Within Newsletter:
  1. From the CEO
  2. SERPs - A Vital Resource for Every Company's Arsenal
  3. The Urgent People Problem
  4. Is Your Financial Advisor Making the Grade?
  5. How Does the 108th Congress Act With Respect to Pension Issues?
  6. Congress' Recent Actions Effecting Deferred Compensation
  7. Press Releases as Weapons in Building Business
  8. Executive Compensation 2004: What a Difference a Year Makes

• Second Quarter 2004 NetWorth Newsletter - Full Version
  Individual Articles Within Newsletter:
  1. From the CEO
  2. Stock-Based Director Pay - Is There an Inherent Conflict?
  3. Three Options for Split-Dollar Plans
  4. The Corporate World Has Changed: Compensation Committees in the Spotlight
  5. How to Protect Against the Silent Killers of Investments
  6. Recent Legislative Initiatives Regarding Executive Deferred Compensation Plans
  7. Executive Hiring... Improving Their Return On Your Investment
  8. Case Study: Stock Options Deserve Cautious Eye
  9. Turning Customers Into Lifelong Client

• Mistakes That Can Cost You When Designing Benefit Packages
  For Your Key Executives
  
• Enhancing Participation in Wealth Accumulation Plans
  
• Nine Hot Topics Related To Recent Legislation
  
• Proposed Legislation to Curb Abuses