Recent Articles from Executive Compensation Consultants | Compensation Experts
Keeping Dodd-Frank in Perspective: Lame Duck Session for the SEC
As the election approaches and candidates swap jibes at each other, we’re curious to see how the results affect executive compensation regulations. Up to now, the SEC has been sluggish—to the point of inertia—to adopt Read More
Recommended Business Books : October “Board Break”
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg
Duhigg divides the book into three sections: The Habits of Individuals, The Habits of Successful Organizations, and The Read More
The Risks of Accelerating Executive Bonus Payments for Tax Benefit
With continuing uncertainty regarding the nation’s finances fueled by current 2012 election banter, executives are faced with the temptation to accelerate executive bonus payments to be paid in 2012 to avoid increasing income tax liabilities. Read More
Board of Director Compensation Trends: “Follow That Bandwagon”
Originally published in Board Member Magazine (2012 Q4).
Board Director compensation continues to evolve. We have seen director pension arrangements arrive and depart (1980s), board compensation using stock options have had their time in the Read More
Independent Compensation Advisors & Compensation Committees
The SEC recently published new rules on Compensation Committee Independence and Outside Advisers (17 CFR Parts 229 and 240), including specific factors to be used by the national exchanges in determining compensation advisor independence. The Read More
“Say on Pay”: Paul McConnell interviewed by Marketplace Morning Report
“Citigroup Investors Push Back on Exec Pay Packages”
Board Advisory’s own Paul McConnell, Managing Director, was interviewed by Marketplace Morning Report on April 18, 2012.
For Full Story & Audio/Video see the Marketplace website: https://www.marketplace.org/topics/business/citigroup-investors-push-back-exec-pay-packages Read More
Corporate Governance and Board Behavior : The Highs & Lows of 2011
Paul McConnell of Board Advisory was quoted in Agenda Week Online’s newsletter on corporate governance.
Original Article By: Amanda Gerut (January 3, 2012)
Last year’s hot corporate governance stories tended to describe how boards led Read More
Designing Long-Term Incentive Plans in Joint Ventures
Originally published in The Joint Venture Exchange in April 2011
The CEO of a relatively new joint venture (JV) was struggling with his long-term incentive program (LTIP). His problem? The JV didn’t have one – Read More
Interim CEOs Make Sense For Unexpected CEO Departures & Succession
In response to Equilar Article “CEO Succession in Bunches – An In-Depth Look at S&P 1500 Companies with Multiple CEO Turnovers between 2007 and 2010“
On the topic of using Interim CEOs for Read More
ISS Urges Vote Against Exxon Executive Pay Plan
A recent WSJ article noted that Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has recommended a vote against Exxon’s executive pay plan. Their key objections were that Exxon’s pay is not suitably correlated with Total Shareholder Return (TSR) Read More