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92% of CFOs Say They’re Fully Prepared for a Recession: Weekly Stat
CFO self-assurance around their performance, the economy, and their ability to ride out a recession are high, per recent CFO research.
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Adam Zaki
| February 8, 2023
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CEO Stock Options Drive Income Smoothing
Smoothing tends to serve a good purpose where the CEO's pay mix leans toward stock grants, but not where option grants predominate, a new study finds.
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David McCann
| April 15, 2019
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Human Capital & Careers
Female Pay Discount Doesn’t Go to the Very Top
At large companies, male CFOs tend to earn more money than their female counterparts. The opposite is true for chief executives.
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David McCann
| January 30, 2019
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Risk & Compliance
Proposals to Separate Joint CEO-Board Chair Roles Go Nowhere
Each year dozens of shareholder proposals seek to quash potential conflicts of interest by calling for an independent chair. But they hardly ever pass.
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Joseph Kieffer
| July 12, 2018
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Risk & Compliance
To Make More Money, CEOs Harm Company Value
Quarters when CEO equity awards vest coincide with corporate actions that pump up stock prices briefly while damaging the company's long-term value.
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David McCann
| January 9, 2018
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Human Capital & Careers
CEO Pay Rose by 6% in 2016
It was the biggest gain in compensation for chief executives in three years, Equilar reports.
By
William Sprouse
| June 21, 2017
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Human Capital & Careers
High CEO Pay Is Bad for Investors and Companies
At its worst, high pay may incentivize wrongdoing by executives to meet performance benchmarks, the AFL-CIO contends.
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Brandon Rees
| April 18, 2017
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Human Capital & Careers
CEO Pay Ratio: Tricky to Calculate, Communicate
Companies can expect a lot of questions from employees when the requirement to disclose the ratio takes effect in 2018.
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Dan Marcec
| August 10, 2016
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Risk & Compliance
Companies With “Insider” Chairperson Pay CEOs 42% More
In addition, S&P 500 CEOs who held both the chairperson and CEO slots were paid 29% more on average, says Institutional Shareholder Services.
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Katie Kuehner-Hebert
| March 10, 2016
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Human Capital & Careers
CFOs Outpace CEOs in Pay Gains — Sort Of
Finance chiefs got higher-percentage raises in 2014, yet fell further behind on a raw-dollar basis.
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David McCann
| July 9, 2015
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