ESOP
Employee stock option plans gain traction among founders despite lack of understanding: study
More startups are offering Esops to all staff, not just senior management
Singapore tech workers face volatile share price, tax burden with stock options
Uncertainty on valuations and tax-bill shocks are among workers’ concerns
Maybank proposes granting employees up to 3.5% of issued shares
MALAYAN Banking Berhad (Maybank) on Friday (Mar 3) said it has proposed to establish and implement an employees’ share grant plan (ESGP) of up to 3.5 per cent of issued shares to eligible employees, i...
Tech winter dulls the shine of employee stock ownership plans
Industry players advise taking a long-term view on risk-reward potential, paying attention to fine print
Startup model contracts refreshed to include ESG agreements, ESOP terms
A SET of free legal documents crafted for early-stage startups has been updated to reflect the latest trends in the market, including environmental, social and governance (ESG) letter agreements for i...
Employees of Sequoia-backed Hmlet stripped of stock options after distressed sale
FOUR months after learning of their company’s impending sale to a European operator, current and former employees of co-living startup Hmlet were informed that their stock options will now be worth no...
Equity management startup Qapita acquires Indian peer ESOP Direct
QAPITA, a Singapore-based equity management startup, has acquired India-based peer ESOP Direct for an undisclosed full-cash sum.
Indian startups show more maturity about employee share options than South-east Asian ones: report
ABOUT half of the founders of startups in India say they understand employee share option plans (ESOPs). Over in South-east Asia, the figure is lower — about a third, says a report by venture-capital ...
A novel approach to startup recruiting: lower the stock price
INSTACART, once one of Silicon Valley's most highly valued startups, took an unusual step last Thursday (Mar 24) in what it said was an effort to retain and recruit talent. It lowered its own valuatio...
The shares that bind: employee stock options in startupland
ONE of the few upsides of working in a technology startup is the possible pot of gold at the end of the road, in the form of lucrative piles of startup stock options. More in South-east Asia are getti...
