The founder of the Easy group of companies, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, used his 49% stake in easyHotel, to vote against the company’s directors’ remuneration report leading to a majority opposing the resolution to approve the report at its recent AGM. …
Read MoreAs the global rich and powerful gathered for the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting, Oxfam released a report which it claimed showed 62 people own as much as the poorest half of the world’s population.
Read MoreDespite recent policy changes by the last UK Coalition Government chief executive (CEO) pay has still been rising and, according to a recent report by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, current executive reward practice is based on misplaced …
Read MoreThe Bank of England is proposing to strengthen the remuneration requirements on buy-outs of variable remuneration for those regarded as material risk takers at banks, building societies and designated investment firms regulated by the Prudential Regulatory Authority. These proposals are, …
Read MoreBy the first Tuesday of 2016 (5th January) the UK’s top bosses made more money in 2016 than the average UK worker earns in an entire year, according to think tank, The High Pay Centre.
FTSE 100 chief executives …
Read MoreNearly $A30 million in payouts to departing chief executives (CEOs) helped to increase the pay of the 300 highest-earning Australian CEOs by 5%, who for the first time will receive an average pay packet of more than $3 million a …
Read MoreThe shares of UK sports clothes and equipment retailer, Sports Direct, took a hit this week, despite reporting increased profits, following an investigation by the Guardian newspaper which it said revealed that workers at its new Shirebrook warehouse are receiving …
Read MoreThe Manifest Executive Total Remuneration Report 2015 tells the story
After recent years of falling pay awards for CEOs, the annual Manifest remuneration survey suggests that top pay awards are going up again, especially the awards of long-term incentive grants. …
Read MoreThe recent decision by the SEC to adopt a CEO-to-median pay ratio disclosure rule in the US was a near run thing. The SEC commissioners were split on the issue. The vehement opposition to ratio disclosure expressed in the 5 …
Read MoreThe UK’s asset management trade association, The Investment Association (IA) last week released a statement of principles which they believe should determine directors’ remuneration in the UK – although if you were not aware of this you can be forgiven.…
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