Michael Saarinen was a speaker during the presentation on “Building a Compensation Structure for Hedge and Private Equity Funds That Attracts Star Employees” at this event hosted by Baker Tilly.
Speaking topics included:
- Paying with pre- or post-tax dollars
- Use of cliff or graded vesting and clawbacks
- Options
- Deferral versus required reinvestment of bonus compensation and liquidity issues
- Guaranteed payments versus partnership interest grants (both profits and capital)