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Tag: executive compensation

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12 Years Later, the SEC Has Its Pay Versus Performance Rules

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When the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was signed into law in 2010, it put publicly traded companies on notice that they would need to justify executive pay rates. It took 12 years, but the Securities and Exchang...

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Outdated firepower meets excessive executive salaries

As Executive Compensation Booms, Closer Scrutiny Looms

Outdated firepower meets excessive executive salaries

Stop us if you’ve heard this one before, but corporate CEOs made a lot of money last year. According to a new report from the AFL-CIO, the chief executives of companies in the S&P 500 earned an average of $18.3 million in total compensa...

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Light Bulb Hanging: Shining Light on CEO Pay Compensation

Shareholders Go on Offense Against CEO Pay Raises

Light Bulb Hanging: Shining Light on CEO Pay Compensation

In an industry where top leaders routinely angle for lavish new contracts, the University of Michigan and its head football coach reached an unusual deal in early 2021. After the Wolverines stumbled to a 2-4 record in a 2020 season shortene...

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SEC Proposes New Pay vs. Performance Rule

Cat playing with a ruler, measuring financial performance

How should a public company define success? It’s the kind of abstract question that might appear on a college economics exam. But for more than a decade, it has also been a very real question plaguing the Securities and Exchange Commission....

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SEC Looking Out for Abuses of ‘Spring-Loaded Compensation’

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“Spring-loaded compensation awards.” It just sounds cool, right? And if you’re a corporate executive, it is indeed. Spring-loaded awards refer to executive pay sweeteners in which companies provide the recipients with stock options in the b...

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