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Apr 10, 2020
Mini-cast 77: Bankruptcy & ESOP Participants
When an ESOP company files for bankruptcy, ESOP participants are at risk of losing everything because they are, at most, unsecured creditors
Apr 7, 2020
107: Tom Roback - Plan Administration & COVID-19
A look at ESOP Plan administration during the pandemic. Topics discussed include distributions and other plan changes under The CARES Act...
Mar 3, 2020
103: ICYMI - ESOP Basics: Plan Design & Admin
We spend a lot of time focused on culture and community benefits of ESOPs. Fundamentally, ESOPs are a qualified retirement plan. We turn to
Feb 7, 2020
Mini-cast 69: ESOP Participants and Plan Information
ESOP companies must provide participants (including current and former employees) certain information including an annual account statement
Feb 4, 2020
99: CapEx, Real Estate, and ESOP Share Price
We look at whether it's appropriate to make capital expenditures (CapEx) that result in a drop in share price, whether it's okay...
Nov 5, 2019
90: Seth Webber & Robust Forecasting
Inaccurate or non-existent forecasts continue to dominate DoL and civil ESOP cases. Webber explains not just how to forecast, but why manage
Oct 4, 2019
Mini-cast 54: Examining Leases and ESOP Valuations; and What Does it Mean to Act Like an Owner?
We explain how a trustee ensures a company pays fair rent; and we continue our look at what it means to #ActLikeAnOwner.
Aug 30, 2019
Mini-cast 49: Who Controls an ESOP, Anyway?
Bret Keisling discusses control of an ESOP company from the perspective of the employee owner, with simple practical examples.
Jul 2, 2019
ESOP Summer School 2: Jeff Gelburd of Murray Securus on ESOPs, Fiduciary Insurance & Cyber Insurance
ESOP Summer School is in session with Jeff Gelburd, Vice President, ESOP Program Manager at Murray Securus.
Jun 4, 2019
78: Third Party Administration and an Author Interview
Nationally recognized ESOP leader Tom Roback, CEP, QKA, of Blue Ridge ESOP Associates discuss ESOP Third Party Administration and Recordkeep
May 21, 2019
76: Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation and Warrants
In today’s episode, we share a recording of Rich Heeter of Capital Trustees, Robert Hilton of South Park Advisors, and Kathleen Weber of...
May 14, 2019
75: Business Valuation and Succession Planning
In this episode we talk with Rob Snowden, ASA, ABV, of South Park Advisors [southparkval.com]. We sat down with Rob in April at the...
Apr 30, 2019
73: A Deep Dive on ESOP Valuation
In this episode, we sit down at #NCEO19 with Nickolas N. Sypniewski, ASA, of Comstock Advisors (www.comstockadvisors.com) for a deep dive...
Apr 23, 2019
72: Tax-Free ESOP Transactions
At #NCEO19, we sat down with Bruce Bickley, CPA, of 1042 Consulting. He takes a fiduciary approach to assist a company in selling to an...
Mar 12, 2019
66: Pennsylvania Center for Employee Ownership
On today's podcast, we welcome back Kevin McPhillips, Executive Director/CEO of the Pennsylvania Center for Employee Ownership (PaCEO -...
Mar 5, 2019
65: The Importance of External Trustees
At the 2019 #ESOPPros Conference, The ESOP Podcast sat down with Kjersti Cory, Senior Vice President at 100% employee owned GreatBanc...
Jan 15, 2019
58: Robust Forecasting for ESOPs
The number one issue that the Department of Labor has been emphasizing to ESOP trustees recently is the importance of robust forecasting....
Jan 8, 2019
57: ESOP Roundtable with Devine Millimet and BerryDunn
This episode's roundtable was hosted by Devine Millimet [www.devinemillimet.com] at their offices in Manchester, New Hampshire. Bret...
Dec 11, 2018
55: Roles and Responsibilities of ESOP Trustees
In this episode, we share Capital Trustees' Managing Director Rich Heeter's presentation at that conference on "The Roles and...
Nov 20, 2018
52: Ownership Transition
Bret Keisling sat down with John Murphy, President of Atlantic Management Company (www.atlantic-mgmt.com) at ESOPLV for a discussion...
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