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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. |
CFO May 1, 2003 Kris Frieswick |
Better Options Disillusioned investors are demanding stronger links between executive pay and long-term performance. |
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 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? |
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? |
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. |
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. |
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 |
New Ways to Retain and Reward Employees (Hint: We're Not Talking Stock Options) A handful of technology companies are heading in alternative directions when it comes to giving employees incentives to stay and perform well. |
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. |
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. |
CFO October 1, 2011 Russ Banham |
Enjoy the Ride CFO compensation made headway last year, but the sailing may not be so smooth in 2011. |
CFO August 1, 2002 Andrew Osterland |
Pay for Nonperformance? Executive compensation practices won't change until accounting rules for options are fixed. |
CFO June 1, 2009 Russ Banham |
Fray on Pay The battle over executive compensation and what it means for you. |
Knowledge@Wharton January 29, 2003 |
Are Stock Options In Your Future? Given the recent turmoil surrounding stock options -- including well-publicized abuses of executive stock options, the depressed market, and anticipated new rules on the expensing of options -- has this once-popular form of compensation lost its appeal? |
BusinessWeek July 28, 2003 Nanette Byrnes |
Beyond Options However you slice it, the new mix will cost companies more |
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. |
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. |
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. |
CFO February 1, 2007 Roy Harris |
Just Rewards Pressured by the tight labor market, companies are redesigning nonexecutive pay to attract -- and keep -- top performers. |
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? |
The Motley Fool March 30, 2005 Richard Gibbons |
Executive Compensation Evolves Why Omnicare's restricted stock compensation may become the standard. |
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. |
CFO December 1, 2008 Alix Stuart |
Beyond the Bailout Are limits on executive compensation for banks that accept federal funds just the first wave in a future sea of pay measures? |
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 |
CIO August 30, 2012 Kim S. Nash |
CIO Pay Tied to Overall Business Success Our exclusive research reveals how much top-tier CIOs' compensation rises and falls with their companies' fortunes. |
The Motley Fool November 17, 2005 Bill Mann |
An Open Letter to CryptoLogic In an effort to open a dialogue with this stock pick about its compensation policies, the author sends this letter to the company's board of directors on the heels of a discussion he had with the company's director of communications. |
Investment Advisor June 2010 Inveen & DePardo |
Paying to Fail The third of our quarterly features drawing on the 2009 FA Insight Study of Advisory Firms: People and Pay. |
HBS Working Knowledge November 8, 2012 James Heskett |
Should Pay-for-Performance Compensation be Replaced? Pay for performance is almost universally employed in the US and increasingly elsewhere, even though the forms it takes ebb and flow. But now questions are being raised about whether pay for performance at its core is fatally flawed or at least misused. |
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. |
CFO October 1, 2003 Lori Calabro |
Above Board Regulators and shareholders want compensation committees to explain why CEOs make so much. |
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. |
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 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 |
HBS Working Knowledge October 25, 2006 Desai & Margolis |
Fixing Executive Options: The Veil of Ignorance The latest corporate governance crisis is buried in the details of executive compensation contracts, where the practice of backdating options for top executives is only part of the problem. |
Financial Advisor September 2009 David Lawrence |
Costly Mistakes As financial advisors create their own team practices or go independent and set up independent RIA firms, one of the biggest challenges they face is designing a compensation plan for themselves and those who work with them and for them. |
The Motley Fool April 8, 2011 Alyce Lomax |
A Major Risk Starts Rising Again Defying common sense, CEO pay once again begins to increase. |
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 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. |
The Motley Fool July 14, 2010 Julie Clarenbach |
Why Compensation Should Matter to You If you're an investor looking into a possible stock buy, what should you take note of regarding compensation? |
CFO June 1, 2004 Ronald Fink |
New Carrots, Old Yardsticks? Cash is back in incentive compensation for executives, but companies are struggling to set the right performance targets. |
Bio-IT World November 14, 2003 Michael Greeley |
Show You the Money Venture capitalists need to balance two, at times conflicting, parameters when considering compensation for the executives at biotech companies in their portfolios: cash and long-term equity incentives. |
BusinessWeek May 1, 2006 Diane Brady |
No Hair Shirts, But Still... The uproar over CEO pay hits home as some chiefs take less than they could. |
Knowledge@Wharton |
Hedging Their Risk: Creating a Market for Managerial Stock Options Given the recent volatility in the stock market and the amount of equity top managers often hold, it's not surprising that executives are taking steps to minimize their risk, say Wharton researchers... |
CFO April 1, 2008 Alix Stuart |
Keeping It to Themselves Companies are dragging their feet on adhering to the SEC's expanded compensation-disclosure requirements. |
Knowledge@Wharton |
One Way to Settle the Controversy over Stock Options: Eliminate Them Some Wharton professors question this approach, warning that abandoning stock options altogether could ultimately hurt a company's performance. They say that despite recent allegations of abuse, stock options remain a valuable way to get managers to perform at their peak level. |
The Motley Fool April 5, 2005 Alyce Lomax |
Plenty of Options at Yahoo! The Financial Accounting Standards Board has decreed that companies must begin expensing options this June -- a move that will make many of us watch the options-friendly tech giants such as Yahoo!, where there may be some chilling impacts to earnings. |
Knowledge@Wharton July 30, 2003 |
Stock Options: The End of the Affair? For whatever reasons, more and more companies seem to be backing off of their love affair with options. |
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. |
HBS Working Knowledge September 21, 2009 Roger Thompson |
Excessive Executive Pay: What's the Solution? In the search for culprits in the global financial meltdown, bloated executive pay and the excessive risk-taking behavior it fueled stand out as prime suspects. |