Executive Compensation 

 

Watch Jim Allen, CFA discuss the executive compensation manual

Investors are well served when they know about the methods and rationale for executive and director compensation. Pay packages and certain perquisites may dilute shareowners’ holdings or have other direct and substantial affects on their interests.

 

Creating a link between executive compensation and fundamental performance will better align executive and shareowner interests.

 

Learn more about our research on executive compensation. Read our further recommendations on corporate governance and shareowner rights in The Corporate Governance of Listed Companies: A Manual for Investors.

 

See our official positions on executive compensation. 

 

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Publication

• It Pays to Disclose: Bridging the Information Gap in Executive Compensation Disclosures in Asia

 

Comment Letters 

• Compensation Discussion and Analysis Letter to the SEC, 20 December 2007 

• Executive Compensation and Related Party Disclosure Supplement to SEC, 30 May 2006

• Executive Compensation and Related Party Disclosure Letter to SEC, 13 April 2006 

• Proposed Revisions on Corporate Governance Principles to OECD, 5 February 2004

 

Articles    

• "Executive Compensation Front and Center," CFA Magazine
• "CFA Institute Calls for Considered Approach to New Regulations," Investment Executive
• "Lost in the Maze," CFA Magazine
• "Golden Parachutes, Lead Balloons, and Silver Linings," CFA Magazine
• "Asia Needs to Improve Executive Compensation Disclosure," AsiaOne Business
• "Asia Lagging in Disclosure of Executive Compensation," The China Post