Why Misstatements Happen: A Compensation Explanation
BLOG: A new study from the Kellogg School suggests that risk-taking related to the pay of CEOs, CFOs and other top executives plays a major role.read more
View ArticleAdobe CEO's Pay More than Doubles to $12.2m
2010 was a good year for Shantanu Narayen, whose compensation package compares with $5m in 2009.read more
View ArticleEMC Chief Tucci Nets 37% Pay Raise to $12.4m
Company's performance in 2010 was the 'best in company history,' says Tucci.read more
View ArticleSprint CEO's Pay Drops 26% to $9.1M
Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse received compensation worth $9.1 million in 2010, down from $12.3 million in 2009, according to documents filed with the SEC this week.read more
View ArticleYahoo CEO Carol Bartz Gets $11.9M after 75% Pay Cut
A year earlier, Bartz received compensation valued at $47.2m.read more
View ArticleBasel Group Wants Banks to Reveal Pay Details
Committee on Banking Supervision of the 27-nation region seeks to end excessive risk-taking by those in pursuit of bonuses.read more
View ArticleJA Solar Finance Chief Quits After Shares Sink to One-Year Low
Declining stock-option worth the likely reasonread more
View ArticleDaredevil Execs? Why Stock Options Lead to More Risk
BLOG: Options-laden compensation packages boost risk-taking, a Wharton, Kellogg and Olin study shows.read more
View ArticleCatfight Over Clawing Back Banker Pay
Argument flares over the FDIC’s new Dodd-Frank power: to retrieve compensation from execs of financial institutions if they’re shown to have acted recklessly. read more
View ArticleFormer H-P CEO Apotheker to Get More Than $9.6M
A regulatory filing shows what H-P will pay its outgoing and incoming CEOs.read more
View ArticleCEO Steve Ballmer 'Underpaid,' Microsoft Says
CEOs in his peer group make up to $15.8m on average, it estimates. And by comparison, Ballmer's total compensation opportunity is just over $2m.read more
View ArticleFinance Execs Lack HR's Optimism on Bonuses
Survey among managers in various areas shows only 21% in finance and accounting expecting higher incentive pay for 2011, compared with 42% in human resources.read more
View ArticleConsidering the Clawback
Few companies now have strong executive pay clawback policies for cases involving false financial reports, a Harvard Law study shows. Under Dodd-Frank, expect more.read more
View ArticleThe Perils of High CFO Incentive Pay
Negatives like future lawsuits are greater for high CFO bonuses even than for high CEO incentives, a Harvard Business School study says.read more
View ArticleThe Growing Backlash Over CEO ‘Pay Ratios’
Controversy over this Dodd-Frank element rises, as business groups as the SEC to “expand public outreach.”read more
View ArticleHow Will Foxconn's Pay Impact Apple's Prices?
The new global balance that’s taking shape will be far-reaching among consumers, investors, and voters.read more
View ArticleFor a Big CFO Bonus, Beat the Street -– But Just Barely
Managing earnings or analyst expectations to achieve such a “small beat” brings rewards, a new paper says.read more
View ArticleIs Buffett's Ire Over High-Paid Bankers Reflected at Berkshire?
It doesn't seem to be, as three top CEOs there get $17.4m, $12.4m, and $9.26m, according to new Berkshire filings. "Buffett or Dimon: They all pay a lot."read more
View ArticleSwiss Must Save UBS Bonus Pool or Die Trying
JONATHAN WEIL: From the inside, pay is the real question there, despite rogue trader scandal. Some advice for the Swiss.read more
View ArticleCFO-CEO Pay Chasm Grows
Finance chiefs at middle-market companies, making 40% the CEO average, also find pay rising more slowly –- reflecting less comp being tied to performance, says BDO.read more
View ArticleThe New Pressures on Executive Comp
How the impact of say-on-pay, and heightened scrutiny in general, is being felt in Corporate America, even as compensation trends up at the highest levels.read more
View ArticleRisk Officer Rises to $10M Job After Meltdown
Derivatives mess that sparked 2008 Lehman Bros. collapse and 18-month recession catapulted the job from obscurity to contention for CFO and CEO roles. read more
View ArticleBig Bonuses that Make Yours Seem Like Chump Change
Gigantic payouts are back, and these nine tech CEOs got cash bonuses of $3m or more in 2010; another 13 netted at least $1 million.read more
View ArticleCFOs' Salary Rises Outpace CEOs'
Finance chiefs were even more likely than their bosses to get salary increases last year, according to a recently released study.read more
View ArticleSalaries Get Stuck
BLOG: The Robert Walters annual finance pay survey, though, does record that legal and compliance-related jobs are an exception.read more
View ArticleGoogle's Schmidt Gets Raise to Go with $100m Stock
Nice boost from a $1-a-year CEO salary; as exec chairman his $1.25m salary, $6m bonus, come before the share award.read more
View ArticleGE Ties CEO Options to Performance as Investor Meeting Nears
Immelt’s 2m 2010 options will now be linked to cash flow and stock performance.read more
View ArticleBorders, in Bankruptcy, Plans to Pay $8.3M in Bonuses
FROM THE WIRES: President Michael Edwards, CEO of Borders Inc. chain, would get as much as $1.7m.read more
View ArticleUAW’s King Calls Mulally’s $56.5 Million Award ‘Outrageous’
FROM THE WIRES: It’s unfair to auto workers, even though he’s “a great CEO,” the union leader says.read more
View ArticleMorgan Stanley Sued by Employees for Stock-Plan Losses
FROM THE WIRES: They say company invested too heavily in its own shares, creating big 2008 losses.read more
View ArticlePay Spikes for Motorola CEOs as Company Splits
Motorola Solutions CEO Greg Brown netted a 62% pay increase in 2010, while Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha more than tripled his compensation.read more
View ArticleIBM CEO's Compensation Jumps 30% to $31.7M
Sam Palmisano's pay rose from $24.3million in 2009, according to documents filed with the SEC. Bonus of $9m was nearly double.read more
View ArticleFord Awards Mulally $56.5M in Stock for Turnaround
FROM THE WIRES: Chairman Bill Ford received $42.4m in shares as his reward for the automaker’s turnaround. That's before salary and other benefits, to be disclosed later.read more
View ArticleLots of Law Firms Have a 'Say on Pay'
BLOG: The SEC has spoken on the Dodd-Frank provision; now the attorneys speak.read more
View ArticleWells Fargo CFO Atkins Due $22M after Resigning
FROM THE WIRES: Amount includes $9.25m deferred comp and pension benefits, the proxy says, with another $13.2m in restricted stock and options vesting in the next few years.read more
View ArticleWhen the CEO Gets Fired: A Finance View
BLOG: It can cost the company a lot more than just severance -- and board members know it. A new study shows why so few chiefs get canned.read more
View ArticleBofA Investment Bank Chief’s Bonus Topped CEO’s
FROM THE WIRES: Montag’s $15.2m was 68% higher than Brian Moynihan’s; also topped that for Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein.read more
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