US pay czar Kenneth Feinberg has announced that a number of the highest-paid executives at bailed out companies will have their remuneration cut by an average of 15 percent this year.
Cash salaries will be set at $500,000 or less …
Read MoreJapan’s Financial Services Agency has announced draft regulations aimed at improving corporate governance disclosures.
With effect from March 31st 2010, companies will be required to disclose a detailed breakdown of individual pay for each executive earning more than ¥100 million …
Read MoreThe Say on Pay continues to play out at US annual meetings this year – both in terms of management and shareholder proposals. Here are a few highlights prepared by Allie Monaco of ProxyGovernance:
- Two management say on pay proposals
The market for US compensation consultants is looking increasingly concentrated according to new research by ProxyGovernance.
Based on data for annual meetings held between Jan. 1, 2009 and July 1, 2009, five consulting firms – Towers Perrinand Watson Wyatt (now …
Read MoreThe NAPF has written to the Chairmen of all FTSE 350 companies urging executive pay restraint and making it clear that company remuneration should be aligned with the long-term interests of shareholders, including pension funds. The letter suggests that a …
Read MoreMergers frequently result in large one-time payouts to executives of the acquired company, through change-in-control payments and acceleration of equity awards. Several recent mergers, however, have highlighted how significant those deferred costs can be for shareholders.
Executives at oilfield-services company …
Read MoreEuropean companies fail to link executive pay to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance according to new research published by Eurosif (European Sustainable Investment Forum).
The report, produced in association with an investor-led steering committee including Groupama Asset Management, Henderson …
Read MoreXstrata may find that its remuneration report resolution hits the headlines yet again on May 5th. Against a backdrop of general public hostility towards high director bonuses and greater shareholder scrutiny on remuneration reports resolutions, resulting in higher …
Read MoreThirty US investors representing assets over $1 billion to have written to 17 financial companies asking for a say on pay this proxy season. The letter, addressed to addressed to the CEO and Chairs of the Compensation and Governance Committees …
Read MoreUS pay czar Kenneth Feinberg has waded into the bankers’ bonus debate with a range of sweeping cuts and demands for corporate governance reforms.
On the pay front the proposals are to cut the packages of the top 25 executives …
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