Tag: Executive pay
What are your investors thinking?
The 2023 AGM season revealed that executive pay and long-term incentive awards are hot issues for European company shareholders.
CEO pay is rarely cut
But constraints such as shareholder guidelines can make board directors lower the pay offered to chief executives, research shows.
Proxy adviser warns LSE over governance
Abolishing the public register of shareholder revolts ‘won’t stop capital providers exercising their democratic rights’, letter states.
‘Golden parachute’ concerns take flight in the US
The number of shareholder proposals calling for a vote on severance packages has skyrocketed, finds proxy adviser ISS.
Financial watchdog highlights reporting issues
Ongoing economic uncertainty has seen some companies struggle to provide useful financial data, the FRC finds.
Say-on-pay votes lack link to sustainability
Very few investors use their AGM votes on executive pay as a spur to improve the company’s ESG performance, research shows.
Average pay for top CEOs rises to £3.91m
FTSE 100 saw median pay for chief executives up 16% from 2021 to 2022, High Pay Centre think tank research shows.
Research highlights pay gap between UK and US CEOs
Total compensation for chief executives in the US far outstrips that of CEOs in the UK, ISS analysis reveals.
Corporate ethics fail to win people’s confidence
Public trust in UK businesses is six points down on last year, research by the Institute of Business Ethics finds.
Proxy advisers hold less sway over AGM votes than thought
But shareholder revolts are more likely when both ISS and Glass Lewis make the same voting recommendation, finds FRC research.