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IndustryWeek
August 1, 2005
Jill Jusko |
Beefed Up Boards More diligent and accountable, today's directors are scrutinizing executive compensation like never before -- and changing the dynamic of the board-management relationship.   |
BusinessWeek
March 25, 2010
Silver-Greenberg et al. |
CEO Pay Drops, but...Cash Is King An exclusive first look at the 2009 compensation of chief executives at 81 big companies |
U.S. Banker
September 2005 |
Paying the Price for Overpaying Executives The flap over executive compensation.didn't start with Richard Grasso, Philip Purcell or Sandy Weill. But elements of all three men's cases have proved valuable in getting boards to consider whether executive pay is over the top. |
BusinessWeek
February 26, 2007
Jane Sasseen |
A Better Look At The Boss's Pay New SEC rules require greater disclosure, but don't expect CEOs to take a hit. |
CFO
October 1, 2006
Don Durfee |
Pay Dirt As the SEC shines a light on executive compensation, will companies clean up their acts or find new ways to hide excess? |
BusinessWeek
December 12, 2005 |
Platinum Promises Here are estimates by compensation consultant Equilar Inc. of potential payouts from a survey of America's 100 largest corporations. Also included are each company's comments on the executive's package. |
CFO
October 1, 2003
Lori Calabro |
Above Board Regulators and shareholders want compensation committees to explain why CEOs make so much. |
Knowledge@Wharton
May 21, 2003 |
Do Shareholders Have the Clout to Rein in Excessive Executive Pay? What can/should be done about extravagant pay packages for CEOs and other executives, which sometimes result in huge pay increases even while the stock is falling? |
CFO
July 1, 2007
Michelle Leder |
Drowning in Data The new compensation disclosure rules deliver plenty of information. Too bad much of it doesn't make sense. Clearly, CFOs have more responsibilities than ever before, the annual proxy statement being just one. |
Bank Director
4th Quarter 2009
John R. Engen |
Navigating Compensation Risk Reform and regulation are changing the executive pay landscape and directors are finding the once-solid concept of pay for performance beginning to crack under pressure. |
BusinessWeek
January 15, 2007
Jena McGregor |
This Proxy Season, Expect A Brawl Add up shareholder anger over the backdating scandal, a slate of new rules on executive pay disclosure, increasing pressure from activist hedge funds, and more companies requiring directors to be elected by a majority shareholder vote, and a tempestuous proxy period lies ahead. |
BusinessWeek
December 12, 2005
Emily Thornton |
Fat Merger Payouts For CEOs Top executives at companies being acquired are reaping windfalls. Whose interest is being served? |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2006
Portal & Hilzenrath |
New SEC Proposed Guidelines to Give Investors a Clear View at Executive Compensation REITs should conduct a thorough review of current compensation policies and practices and evaluate them in light of the new disclosure proposals. For some REITs, a complete overhaul of the compensation program may be necessary. |
BusinessWeek
March 20, 2006
Anne Tergesen |
How Much Are Execs Really Paid? The Securities & Exchange Commission recently proposed sweeping changes to the disclosure of executive compensation. |
BusinessWeek
March 5, 2007
Jane Sasseen |
When Shareholders Pay The CEO's Tax Bill A backlash is building against payouts to cover taxes on huge severance packages. |
HBS Working Knowledge
September 13, 2006
Jay W. Lorsch |
Rising CEO Pay: What Directors Should Do Compensation committees are under pressure to keep CEO pay high, even as shareholders and the media agitate for moderation. The solution? Boards of directors need better competitive information and an ear to what shareholders are saying. |
CFO
February 1, 2008
Kate Plourd |
What's in Your Wallet? The CD&A gives investors a better view of executive pay. It could also give CFOs a raise. |
CFO
November 1, 2002
Tim Reason |
Facing the Bear: The 2002 Compensation Survey With stock options under scrutiny, companies are once again seeking the elusive link between pay and performance. |
U.S. Banker
May 2007
Karen Krebsbach |
Executive Pay, Still in the Hot Seat Shareholders are trying to gain more influence on executive pay as more resolutions hit the agenda at firms' annual meetings. But passage is proving to be tough. |
Bank Director
1st Quarter 2010
Deborah Scally |
The Year Ahead for Compensation Key issues and highlights from Bank Director's 2009 Bank Executive and Board Compensation Conference. |
U.S. Banker
June 2006
Rebecca Sausner |
Corporate Governance: Ready, Aim and Fire: Shareholders Get Armed A fairly new proposal on the ballot at some institutions includes moves to require an advisory shareholder vote on compensation committee pay reports, with Merrill Lynch, Countrywide Financial and U.S. Bancorp facing votes on this issue. |
BusinessWeek
January 22, 2007
Byrnes & Sasseen |
Board of Hard Knocks Activist shareholders, tougher rules, and anger over CEO pay have put directors on the hot seat. |
CFO
November 1, 2006
Don Durfee |
Pay Up With finance talent in high demand, companies are boosting compensation -- and making some demands of their own. |
Bank Director
2nd Quarter 2010
John R. Engen |
Compensation's New Normal Welcome to the new world of compensation - a place where up is down, confusion reigns, and tensions are rising. |
BusinessWeek
April 19, 2004
Louis Lavelle |
Executive Pay Top CEO paychecks in 2003 were, as usual, off-the-charts amazing. But the pace of overall raises for execs slowed considerably |
The Motley Fool
December 15, 2005
W.D. Crotty |
SEC May Look at CEO Pay It is encouraging to see some pension fund managers and the SEC taking action on pay for performance among top executives, but shareholder shouldn't get too happy. |
BusinessWeek
April 5, 2004
Louis Lavelle |
The CEOs' Gravy Train May Be Drying Up Finally, boards are reining in executive pay and tying it more to performance. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Re-examining Stock Options as a Way to Compensate Executives Now that an underperforming stock market and the excesses of Enron have focused new attention on the use and abuse of stock options as a way to incentivize senior managers, what changes, if any, should companies make in their design of compensation packages? |
CFO
June 1, 2009
Russ Banham |
Fray on Pay The battle over executive compensation and what it means for you. |
The Motley Fool
May 10, 2005
Selena Maranjian |
Retire Like a CEO Many CEOs got a 12% raise this year -- didn't you? While you keep an eye on the retirement packages of executives, keep an eye on your own, too. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2005
Ann Therese Palmer |
Activist Capitalists Today, corporate governance analysts are legion. Here's what two key corporate governance experts say about nuances on corporate governance analysis. |
CFO
December 1, 2006
Don Durfee |
Pay Daze Linking pay to performance is harder than it looks. Companies that consider linking equity awards to performance should prepare to dig in for deeper computations of the compensation's fair value. |
BusinessWeek
September 22, 2003
Nanette Byrnes |
Reform: Who's Making the Grade A performance review for CEOs, boards, analysts, and others |
CFO
July 1, 2004
Don Durfee |
Better Carrots? Big changes are under way in long-term incentive compensation, a new survey finds. But they may not be big enough. |
HBS Working Knowledge
December 6, 2004
Mallory Stark |
Executive Comp: Pay Without Performance Out-of-control executive compensation schemes are "widespread, persistent, and systemic," and new reforms won't clean up the mess, argue two law professors in this Q&A and book excerpt. |
IndustryWeek
July 1, 2005
John S. McClenahen |
CEO Pay: The New Rules For CEOs and other senior executives in manufacturing, performance-related bonuses are up and performance-tied long-term incentives are more common. But will they make for better management decisions? That's not yet clear. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2003
James B. Wright |
Governing REIT Compensation As recent well-publicized REIT proxy/management battles have demonstrated, REIT governance issues are no longer under the radar. In time, shareholder concerns (and any REIT vulnerabilities) relative to independent compensation decisions will also receive scrutiny. |
The Motley Fool
January 8, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Is CEO Pay Really Out of Whack? Their companies' performance may be faltering, but CEOs' pay packages sure aren't. Is this a new era of corporate greed? What does it mean to shareholders? |
BusinessWeek
October 16, 2006
Roben Farzad |
Fidelity's Divided Loyalties Fidelity Investments could be the king of shareholder rights. But do its corporate interests get in the way? |
CFO
November 1, 2009
Russ Banham |
Losing Altitude CFO pay in 2008 fell for the first time in years as the recession dragged down corporate performance. |
BusinessWeek
April 18, 2005
Louis Lavelle |
A Payday For Performance Compensation is less outrageous this year, except for CEOs who delivered. Our survey of 367 CEO pay packages showed that: Total CEO pay was up smartly, to an average $9.6 million... CEO raises and total pay once again dwarfed those of the average worker... etc. |
The Motley Fool
April 2, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
The Truth About CEO Compensation While CEOs fulfill very important roles, they should remember that they are employees, too. They must answer to shareholders, instead of their own greed and hubris. |
The Motley Fool
February 6, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
Carrots, Sticks, and CEOs That proposed $500,000 compensation cap makes even more sense than you think. |
U.S. Banker
April 2009
Michael Sisk |
The Compensation Conundrum Healthy banks that agreed to take money from the Troubled Asset Relief Program are beginning to rue their decision. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Sep/Oct 2000
Schonbraun & Schindler |
Hitting the Grand Slam! Top producing executives, like the sultans of swat in baseball, can be expensive, but they are vital to a successful management team. The market for top executives is tight with the private real estate sector and other industries competing for the same talent pool as REITs and REOCs. |
The Motley Fool
April 6, 2009
Matt Koppenheffer |
Those Poor, Unfortunate Financial CEOs Financial executives banked far less in 2008. Did they get what they deserved? |
BusinessWeek
November 27, 2006
Epstein & Javers |
How Bill Clinton Helped Boost CEO Pay A law Bill Clinton championed to curb compensation has backfired - and pay packages have exploded. |
BusinessWeek
February 28, 2005
Amy Borrus |
Donaldson's Balancing Act The SEC chairman plans further reforms -- mixed with business-friendly flexibility. |
U.S. Banker
August 2006
Karen Krebsbach |
Exit Strategy One-third of banks surveyed by the ABA don't have a formal workable succession strategy. Boards' and CEOs' reluctance to anoint successors worries shareholders and jeopardizes long-term profits. What are they waiting for? |
The Motley Fool
July 20, 2007
Nathan Parmelee |
Board Members With Backbones at TNCC Three of 13 members quit over executive compensation issues. Then there is the suspicious timing of the release of those resignations, and a Nasdaq notification of compliance problems. What's going on at Tennessee Commerce Banking anyway? |
