UK’s All-Employee Share Schemes At Rock Bottom
All-employee share schemes at rock bottom, while retail investment booms Q1 2021 hedge fund letters, conferences and more In 2019/20, 260 UK companies granted £1.82 billion of options within SAYE (or Sharesave) schemes to 310,000 employees. The number of firms granting options was down from 290 a year earlier and 300 the year before that.110,000 people exercised options within a SAYE scheme. This was the same number as a year earlier, and the joint lowest in over 30 years - since 1988/9.There were 440 companies offering Share Incentive Plans (SIPs), down from 470 a year earlier.2.7 million peo...