Compensation

Compensation

CFOs’ Lower Bonuses Cut Into Compensation Growth

Growth in CFOs' total compensation was off nearly three percentage points last year.

Vincent Ryan
June 15, 2020
Compensation

High Fees for Exec-Comp Consultants a Tipoff to Sumptuous CEO Pay: Study

How effective is a continuing regulatory focus on cross-selling by exec-comp consultants?
Disclosure

Argo Group Fined Over Perks to ‘Bon Vivant’ CEO

The SEC says the insurer failed to disclose more than $5.3 million in perks that it provided to former CEO Mark Watson from 2014 through 2018.
Compensation

Companies Help Hourly Workers Get Through COVID-19

Eight in 10 CFOs say they'll offer benefits and/or monetary compensation that exceed their contractual obligations to hourly employees.
Compensation

More CEOs Must Retain Equity Awards Post-Vesting

If current trends hold, eventually stock-retention requirements for CEOs may be almost as universal as equity ownership requirements.
Compensation

To Make More Money, Find a New Job

Last year was a banner one, pay-wise, for executives who switched employers, but still a less-lucrative one than job-hoppers enjoyed a few years back.
Hiring

CA’s Gig Law Sparks New Need for Business Agility

Following in California's footsteps, every state could potentially adopt its own law regulating companies' use of gig workers.
Compensation

Wells Fargo Cancels Ex-CEO’s $15M Stock Award

The bank indicated Tim Sloan did not do enough to resolve the regulatory problems it faced in the wake of its fake-accounts scandal.
Compensation

Do Clawback Policies Accomplish Their Desired Purpose?

They may, but new research surprisingly suggests that clawbacks may also prompt managers to drive down their companies' effective tax rates.
Compensation

CEO Pay Is Higher When the CFO Is Newly Hired

Research suggests finance chiefs are prone in early years on the job to "manage earnings," perhaps because of compensation-motivated pressure from the boss.
Compensation

Goldman Workers Feel Pinch of Digital Shift

The bank set aside 35% of its revenue for staff compensation and benefits so far this year, the lowest since at least 2009.
Compensation

Clorox Links Executive Pay to Sustainability

Compensation awards for Clorox's CEO, CFO, and other executives will be tied to meeting environmental, social and governance goals.
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