By Paul Hodgson – CCO and Senior Research Associate Yesterday, the SEC announced new rules governing the use of compensation advisers and the independence and role of the compensation committee of the board. Falling short of mandating the complete independence of such advisers by requiring the compensation committee to hire only those advisers that do [...]
Tag Archives | compensation consultant
SEC Issues Compensation Consultant Rules
June 21, 2012 in Daily Viewpoint, News and Opinions, Regulation
Perrin Wyatt… Pay Governance, OK, I got the name wrong
May 5, 2010 in Executive Pay
The news that Towers Watson is spinning off an independent executive pay consultancy is no news at all to readers of this blog, since I predicted it back at the beginning of February. I just got the name wrong. It’s not going to be called Perrin Wyatt, which is probably a good job, since that [...]
Consider the Source — “Independent” Judges of Pay and Ethics
March 21, 2010 in Executive Pay
Slate's Will Evans warns that the "World's Most Ethical Companies" list issued by Ethisphere may have some validity and credibility issues. The Ethisphere Insitute, which describes itself as"a leading international think-tank dedicated to the creation, advancement and sharing of best practices in business ethics, corporate social responsibility, anti-corruption and sustainability," is actually a for-profit company. [...]
Compensation consultants following in the footsteps of auditors
February 2, 2010 in Executive Pay
The news that Hewitt has spun off its compensation consultancy business, the news that Ira Kay left Watson Wyatt to start his own compensation boutique seem to be at odds with the fact that Towers Perrin and Watson Wyatt have joined forces to form some kind of super-consultancy. One thing is sure. This is all [...]