SEC considering disclosure rules for executive pay
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In the flood of corporate reform unleashed by recent business scandals, one issue has been largely ignored, shareholder activists say: the stratospheric level of executive pay and
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The S.E.C. has sent 300 letters to companies asking for details on executive salaries, hoping to help shareholders compare pay practices at publicly traded companies.
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In the flood of corporate reform unleashed by recent business scandals, one issue has been largely ignored, shareholder activists say: the stratospheric level of executive pay and the nearly impossible task investors face in trying to figure out who is getting how much.
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The S.E.C. is now considering whether a different kind of auction will be allowed to set values on company income statements.
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Now that other forms of compensation are simpler for shareholders to scrutinize, chief executives may be quietly bundling potential riches in outsized retirement plans.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission is looking into the accounting practices six companies&#39; use in calculating pension and other post-retirement benefit costs, according to published reports.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission unanimously proposed  rules yesterday that would require a majority of board members at the nation's stock exchanges to be independent from management, and compel exchanges to disclose how much they pay their  five top executives.
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Executives at Walt Disney Co. will have some of their stock benefits subject to performance-based requirements as part of changes to its long-term compensation plan, the entertainment company announced on Thursday.
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The government's move to curb executive compensation has public support, but the real onus may lie with shareholders.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission launched an interactive tool on Friday that gives investors and the public an easier way to compare executive pay and benefits at 500 of the largest U.S. companies.
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Shareholders can expect a clearer picture of how much top executives are paid as new rules go into effect today, requiring companies to clearly explain their compensation practices.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission launched an interactive tool on Friday that gives investors and the public an easier way to compare executive pay and benefits at 500 of the largest U.S. companies.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday took a step toward allowing foreign public companies to choose between filing data under international accounting standards and U.S. rules.
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Every year, public companies put a number of questions before their stockholders for a vote. Investors weigh in on whether to reelect company directors, reappoint auditors, and approve or kill plans to give big stock option packages to senior executives.
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Cisco Systems Inc., Genentech Inc., and Qualcomm Inc. will present accounting rule makers with a revised method to expense stock options that would
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The role of the executive assistant has drawn scrutiny after the disclosure that the former New York Stock Exchange chairman's assistant was paid $240,000 a year.
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Here's something to ponder over Labor Day weekend: Chief executives of large US companies last year averaged $10.8 million in total compensation, more than 364 times the pay of the average US worker, according to a study by two advocacy groups, one of them from Boston.