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CEO Pay Trends in the S&P 500 – 2011 Update & Reactions
Equilar has just released their latest report, on CEO pay trends in the S&P 500 in 2010… and with the report the findings quoted below.
“After pay declines in 2008 and 2009, CEOs saw their Read More
Alan Mulally Reaps Big Rewards for Ford’s Revival: Market Watch
Managing Director, Paul McConnell, quoted by Wall Street Journal’s Market Watch on Ford CEO Alan Mulally’s stock award of $56.5 million.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/mulally-reaps-big-rewards-for-fords-revival-2011-03-08 Read More
Dodd Frank: Another Chance for the SEC to Get Pay For Performance Right
The Dodd-Frank bill contains two new disclosure requirements regarding executive pay: the ratio between the CEO’s compensation and that of the median employee, and the relationship between compensation actually “paid” to executives and company stock Read More
CEO Succession: An Interview with Board Advisory & Bank Director Magazine
Originially Published in Board Member Magazine
BD: Jack Milligan, associate publisher, Bank Director magazine
McCutcheon: Jeff McCutcheon, managing director and founder, Board Advisory LLC
McConnell: Paul McConnell, managing director and founder, Board Advisory LLC
BD: Read More
Aligning Executive Pay with Risk Management in Banking
Originally published in Bank Director magazine.
Recent board director surveys indicate bank directors find current legislative and regulatory actions unwarranted, and that existing bank executive compensation plans do not encourage imprudent behavior or excessive Read More
Executive Compensation: “Heads We Win, Tails You Lose”
[Originally published in Board Member Magazine.]
It is not surprising the public perceives that executive compensation is a “heads we win, tails you lose” proposition. For the past three decades, executive pay plans have Read More
Executive Transitions: Treacherous Waters That Don’t Have to Be
Executive transitions into new roles and succession planning continue to be one of the greatest challenges organizations face. Regardless of the reason for the transition or the source of the executive, executive transitions fail at Read More
Aligning Tax Policy with Sound Executive Compensation Practices
If we want executives to act and be rewarded like investors, we should tax them like investors.
As the chorus of public outrage over executive compensation rises to a new crescendo, it is understandable why Read More
Reconsidering Executive Rewards: Separating Equity from Annual Compensation
For the past three decades CEOs, Boards of Directors and compensation committees have allocated stock options and numerous other equity-based incentive rewards to executives based primarily on the annual competitive practice of peer companies. In Read More
Will Executive Incentives Keep the “Bailout” from Working?
The infusion of hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayer funds into the domestic financial system has created a fundamental change in the ownership structure of most banks. By establishing the U.S. government as the Read More