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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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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Incentive Plan Design Begins With Good Questions       October 14, 2008
Feature: Commentary: If there is one thing I have learned in many years of designing, implementing, reviewing and--yes-- fixing incentive plans, it is this: Incentives can be a powerful force for the positive, but they also have the potential to ...
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Wall Street Turmoil Tainting Stock Option Plans       September 17, 2008
News: According to published reports, Lehman employees received much of their pay in stock options and shares. In some cases, stock could have made up 10 percent to 60 percent of employee compensation.
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Pay Raises Next Year Unchanged for Most, but ...       September 8, 2008
News: Those who work at accounting firms should see above-average salary increases of about 4.6 percent. Other industries likely to offer bigger-than-average raises include energy and construction/engineering, both with 4.5 percent base pay incre
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