Executive Compensation 

 

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 and recommendations on corporate governance and shareowner rights in The Corporate Governance of Listed Companies: A Manual for Investors.

 

 

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Publications 

• The Compensation of Senior Executives at Listed Companies: A Manual for Investors
• 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 (PDF)

• Executive Compensation and Related Party Disclosure Supplement to SEC - 30 May 2006 (PDF)

• Executive Compensation and Related Party Disclosure Letter to SEC - 13 April 2006 (PDF)

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

 

Webcasts and Podcasts 

• Executive Compensation: An Investor's Guide to Appropriate Disclosures (Take 15 Series)

 

Articles    

• CFA Institute warns against a rushed, patchwork reaction to subprime issues
• Lost in the Maze (PDF)
• Golden Parachutes, Lead Balloons, and Silver Linings (PDF)
• Asia needs to improve executive compensation disclosure: study
• Asia lagging in disclosure of executive compensation