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executive compensation
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Securities Law Prof Blog
Tung on Banker Pay for Performance
Pay for Banker Performance: Structuring Executive Compensation for Risk Regulation, by Frederick Tung, Emory University - School of Law, was recently posted on SSRN. Here is the abstract:Excessive risk taking…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Cheffins on Corporate Governance and the 2008 Meltdown
Did Corporate Governance 'Fail' during the 2008 Stock Market Meltdown? The Case of the S&P 500, by Brian R. Cheffins, University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law; European Corporate Governance…
InsureReinsure
PLUS D&O Symposium Day 2: Luncheon Speaker Kenneth Feinberg
During a candid discussion about his role as the federal government's compensation czar, keynote speaker Kenneth Feinberg described his role in setting executive compensation for institutions that received substantial TARP…
Securities Law Prof Blog
AIG Plans to Pay $100 Million in Bonuses
WPost, AIG plans to pay about $100 million in bonuses WednesdayHere we go again! Prepare for lots of Congressional righteous anger.
Securities Law Prof Blog
SEC and UK FSA Heads Meet to Discuss Cooperative Regulation
SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro and UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) Chairman Adair Turner and Chief Executive Hector Sants met in London today as part of the SEC-FSA Strategic Dialogue. The…
InsureReinsure
UK: ABI Position Paper on Executive Remuneration
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has published a paper on executive remuneration, to help remuneration committees understand how shareholders expect companies to apply the ABI's influential guidelines on executive…
Compensation Committee Corner
Mitigating Factors Could Negate Risk Assessment Disclosure
New SEC rules require narrative disclosure of compensation policies and practices that are "reasonably likely" to have a "material adverse effect" on the company. The purpose of this Post is…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Interesting Take on Executive Compensation
Dan Pallotta, who blogs forthe Harvard Business Review, has an interesting take on the recent up-tick in scandals over executive compensation in the nonprofit sector. In his post, entitled Executive Compensation,…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Bebchuk & Fried on Paying for Long-Term Performance
Paying for Long-Term Performance, by Lucian A. Bebchuk, Harvard University - Harvard Law School; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI), and Jesse M. Fried, Harvard…
Compensation Committee Corner
Should Shareholders Re-approve Performance Goals at the Upcoming Annual Meeting?
As publicly held companies prepare for their annual meetings, consideration should be given to whether or not performance goals within certain incentive compensation arrangements should be re-approved by their shareholders. This…