US wealth advisory firm Brinton Eaton guides executives on how to make the most of their compensation packages in a new white paper document, which describes issues going beyond annual salary and bonus.

The paper is called the Executive Guide to Making the Right Compensation Decisions.

“Your total employment compensation is, in effect, a portfolio of short- and long-term assets,” Robert DiQuollo, president and chief executive officer of Brinton Eaton, and the paper’s author, said in a note accompanying the report. “These assets must be properly maximized - and their risks mitigated - in order to ensure that no money is ‘left on the table’.”

The paper can be viewed here. It also examines qualified and non-qualified plans, benefits and pitfalls of deferred compensation, maximizing 401(k) plans: stock options and restricted stock, naming the right beneficiaries, and looking ahead.

Brinton Eaton is based in Madison, New Jersey.