30 Nov, 2018
Executive pay storms back onto corporate agenda
The media has just been through another executive pay frenzy. The Investment Association (IA), a body for investment managers, has issued new guidelines on pay which it wants implemented by companies;...
29 Aug, 2018
Shareholder revolts against remuneration reports rise
Revolts against remuneration reports look on course to increase significantly, according to figures from the Investment Association. By the end of July the Public Register of shareholder resolution...
17 Aug, 2018
US chief executive pay surges 17.6%
Chief executive pay in the US has surged significantly, growing by 17.6% from 2016–17, according to figures from a think-tank. The rise takes the average CEO-to-worker pay ratio to 312 to 1, risi...
15 Aug, 2018
Chief executive pay up 11%, despite rising opposition
Median pay for a FTSE 100 chief executive rose 11% in 2017, according to new research. The median pay for a CEO in the top 100 companies has now reached £3.93m per year, according to
5 Jan, 2018
Fat Cat Thursday renews pressure over executive pay
The pressure on boards over executive pay was renewed yesterday when the day was declared "Fat Cat Thursday" by the UK's High Pay Centre, the day when the average pay of a FTSE 100 chief executive rea...
8 December, 2017
UK’s draft new governance code has a social mission
There were no big condemnations, no one cried foul; the release of the F...
29 Aug, 2017
Publishing pay ratios is ‘crude’, but are a ‘step in the right direction’
Publishing executive and staff pay ratios under new governance reform rules would be a "crude" measure of valuing remuneration, but it should force boards to consider pay as a whole, experts have s...
22 Jun, 2017
Disquiet after governance reform fails to appear in Queen’s Speech
Advocates of change to the UK's corporate governance code have revealed unease and disappointment after the government failed to include reform as part of its agenda, following the June general electi...
7 Apr, 2017
