ESOP Association Resources

In June, more than 120 ESOP CFOs and their guests gathered in Park City, Utah, for The ESOP Association’s first-ever CFO Summit. This groundbreaking experience brought together ESOP finance leaders from across the country for focused discussions, expert-led panels, and valuable networking opportunities, all designed to tackle the unique challenges faced by CFOs in the current economic climate.

Calling senior ESOP finance leaders: The ESOP Association will convene the first ever annual CFO

Welcome to your March issue of the ESOP Report. This month we've packed the report with tons of articles and news about ESOPs that you won't want to miss!

A unique thing about ESOP companies is that the trustee is the shareholder of record for the corporation, not the ESOP participants, who are beneficial owners. The trustee is a critical player, but the concept of a trustee can be confusing and unfamiliar to employee-owners.

Washington, DC is a town with a lot of sayings borne from the hard-earned political wisdom one acquires working here. Recently, with the release and withdrawal of the Biden Administration’s ideas of what constitutes Adequate Consideration for ESOPs, two of those sayings come to the top of my mind.

A recap of the 2019 National Conference in W

A guide to the ERISA rules all ESOP fiduciaries need to know to fulfill their obligations.