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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. |
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Pay Dirt As the SEC shines a light on executive compensation, will companies clean up their acts or find new ways to hide excess? |
U.S. Banker November 2005 |
Executive Compensation & The Boardroom Dilemma Investors shouldn't have to sift through every number on a proxy statement to determine total executive compensation. Now the SEC wants all payouts and perks -- including costs for corporate jets and housing -- out in plainer view. |
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. |
Bank Director 4th Quarter 2010 Kimberly Crowe |
2010 Director Compensation Review The results of the latest compensation survey offer an in-depth review of industry pay practices and reveal how the latest issues and trends in compensation are affecting banks and directors nationwide. |
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. |
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 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. |
CFO August 1, 2006 Roy Harris |
Delaware Rules Heated debates over Disney's governance, director independence, and executive pay will likely be resolved in Delaware's Chancery Court. |
CFO June 1, 2009 Russ Banham |
Fray on Pay The battle over executive compensation and what it means for you. |
Bank Director 1st Quarter 2011 Mika Moser |
Embracing a Broader Mandate in Bank Compensation Four new regulatory factors that have changed the responsibilities of compensation committees -- making their role one of the most challenging on bank boards. |
CFO November 1, 2002 Andrew Osterland |
Board Games Boards are supposed to monitor top executives, but too often give them carte blanche. That's why regulators are writing stricter rules for the corporate-governance game. |
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? |
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 |
Real Estate Portfolio Sep/Oct 2000 |
Corporate Governance Roundtable At this year's NAREIT Law and Accounting Conference, one of the most talked about panel discussions was on the topic of corporate governance... |
BusinessWeek February 23, 2004 Lavelle & Arndt |
Living Large In The Corner Office CEOs are raking it in again, even as boards keep a closer eye on performance. |
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 February 2011 Katie Kuehner-Hebert |
More Say on Pay Bank directors are often bystanders in developing compensation policies, but new guidelines will require them to play a more active role. |
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 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. |
The Motley Fool August 11, 2005 Tom Taulli |
The Lessons of Ovitz Does the shareholder lawsuit decision regarding former Disney executive Michael Ovitz give boards a free pass? Not likely. |
CFO November 1, 2003 David M. Katz |
The Price They're Paid Even without stock options, top finance chiefs are changing in hefty pay packages. |
BusinessWeek April 25, 2005 Henry et al. |
The Boss on the Sidelines Auditors, directors, and lawyers are asserting their new-age power, and the reason for their defiance is no great mystery. The watchdogs are finally facing genuine liability for their failures. |
Bank Director 3rd Quarter 2009 |
Compensation at the Fore In this sampling of bank directors' opinions on the hot topics of the day, we look at issues related to executive compensation. |
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. |
Entrepreneur February 2009 Chris Penttila |
CEO Salaries in the Crosshairs Pay-for-performance structures are enjoying a resurgence. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
CFO December 1, 2006 Julia Homer |
Frankly Speaking An open letter to Congressman Barney Frank: Executive compensation should be high on your list of priorities as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee. |
CFO October 1, 2004 Tim Reason |
Changing Fortunes: The 2004 Compensation Survey To be sure, stock options are not going away. But with those options tainted, pay packages grow more diverse -- and smaller. |
Knowledge@Wharton |
CEOs Are Ridiculed for Huge Salaries: Why Aren't Athletes and Entertainers? Why is it that corporate executives are coming under fire for excessive pay when athletes like Michael Jordan and entertainers like Oprah Winfrey seem to stir no such feelings of resentment? |
BusinessWeek February 28, 2005 Amy Borrus |
Donaldson's Balancing Act The SEC chairman plans further reforms -- mixed with business-friendly flexibility. |
BusinessWeek September 22, 2003 Nanette Byrnes |
Reform: Who's Making the Grade A performance review for CEOs, boards, analysts, and others |
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. |
CFO January 30, 2004 Scott Leibs |
New Terrain Post-Enron reforms have made dramatic alterations to the landscape of corporate governance. Boards, their committees, and internal auditors now have greater responsibilities and powers. How will these reforms change the CFO's job? |
The Motley Fool June 6, 2007 Anders Bylund |
All Aboard: Google The only time we hear about a board of directors is when its members are up to no good. Investors, take a peek behind the curtain at the Googleplex. Who runs the show at Google, and how are they organized? |
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? |
CFO August 1, 2002 |
TGIM A funny name for the erstwhile PwC Consulting... WorldCom gets caught in a storm... executives are asked to swear; securities suits target nontechs... etc. |
Bio-IT World August 13, 2002 Jack Dolmat-Connell |
Cracking the Compensation Code The media and institutional shareholders have been jumping on the excessive executive compensation and stock options usage bandwagon as of late. Is executive pay in the life sciences out of control or too high? |
Bank Director 4th Quarter 2010 John R. Engen |
Welcome to the Great Unknown The ink is dry on Dodd-Frank, and now bank executives and board members are cracking open the 2,300-page rulebook to try to discern what it all means for the industry going forward. |
Bank Director 2nd Quarter 2011 Naomi Snyder |
A New Mandate for Risk Management The financial crisis revealed serious risk management deficiencies throughout the banking industry, and now the feds are forcing boards to accept direct responsibility for the risks their institutions take. |
BusinessWeek June 14, 2004 Louis Lavelle |
Governance: Backlash In The Executive Suite Many in America's business community say reform is going too far, as activists dig in. |
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? |
Bank Director 3rd Quarter 2010 Charles Keenan |
Front-burner Issues for the Audit Committee The audit committee's roles and responsibilities continue to broaden as evolving regulation and increasing demands for risk oversight turn up the heat on bank boards. |
CFO May 1, 2003 Arthur Levitt |
You Are the Guardians Former SEC chairman Arthur Levitt offers some pointed advice on how to restore confidence in corporate accounting. |
U.S. Banker April 2010 Michael Sisk |
Boardroom Burdens Bank directors must be more hands-on than ever, exercising tighter control over management and setting strategic direction. Here are five issues that need attention now. |
HBS Working Knowledge August 8, 2005 |
Readers Respond: Is There an "Efficient Market" in CEO Compensation? Readers offer varying viewpoints and solutions on the topic of CEO compensation. |