Citigroup Investment Brokers Have Unanswered ...       October 9, 2009
News: Citigroup's recent announcement that it will convert most of the brokers in its bank-based network into fee-based advisors has many of them wondering how they will be compensated and what they will be selling.
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Pay and Prestige Still Closely Linked on Wall ...       October 8, 2009
News: There is a saying on Wall Street that only two things really matter: how much you get paid and how others regard your firm. A new survey finds the best-paying firms also happen to be the most highly regarded.
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Granting Equity Incentives to Employees       September 14, 2009
Feature: The grant of equity to employees implicates issues across several areas of the law, including tax, securities, corporate and contract law. Although an entire book could easily be written on the subject of employee equity grants, here ...
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Getting Ahead of the Market: Compensation Issues ...       July 30, 2009
Feature: When preparing for a public offering, companies need to ensure their compensation programs are consistent with public-company standards. Here are some key compensation issues companies should consider before they issue that IPO. (7/30/2
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10 (or More) Things I Hate About Compensation ...       May 29, 2009
Feature: Commentary: The compensation function is unwilling to be held accountable for anything, even though the combined employee compensation budget is generally the largest single variable corporate expense. Here is what comp departments do wr...
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The Great Pay Freeze       April 16, 2009
Feature: Most companies will freeze or cut salaries in 2009 while quietly funneling money to a small group of essential employees. (4/16/2009)
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Quick Takes -- December 23, 2008       December 22, 2008
Quick Takes: A digest of Workforce (12/22/2008)
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Merit Pay, Differentiation and the Tragedy of the ...       December 8, 2008
Feature: Commentary: Merit pay cannot succeed when the short-term interests of individuals (such as managers protecting the interests of their direct reports) are at odds with the long-term interests of the group (such as an organization ...
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Financial Services in the Eye of the Storm       November 25, 2008
Feature: Commentary: Every industry faces challenges in human capital leadership during unprecedented times, but perhaps none more so than the financial services firms that are on the bleeding edge of today's economic crisis. While financial ...
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