The Council of Institutional Investors and prominent compensation consultant Farient Advisors both question the wisdom of awarding performance shares.
Law firm promotes a method for corporations to structure restricted stock awards so they are taxed at capital gains rates rather than ordinary income.
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.
Changes in executive pay, the departure of its CFO, and almost $30 billion of cash obligations may be warning signs for Netflix's valuation outlook.
On the back of stronger revenue and operating income, both finance chiefs and CEOs saw their personal incomes leap by about 10% last year.
It was the biggest gain in compensation for chief executives in three years, Equilar reports.
With rising market values, employees are getting more value from equity grants even as the number of shares granted dwindles.
Are short-term restricted stock compensation programs missing the mark?
Underperforming companies are using new measures of executive compensation to appease proxy readers.
Collectively, CFOs of U.S. banks and thrifts received their fourth straight increase in annual compensation in 2012, according to SNL Financial.
A collection of gotcha’s, pitfalls, red flags and respectful reminders to help keep executives out of trouble with the IRS over their compensation.
With shareholders opposing outsized enrichment for executives, stock options are gradually giving way to restricted stock in compensation packages.
