Executive compensation

What happened to curbing CEO pay?

Companies may be dropping some of their more embarrassing perks, but executives are on track to make even more money this year.

By Elizabeth G. Olson, contributor

The departure of a top executive always ignites a feverish guessing game about exactly how many millions of dollars he or she is walking away with -- especially when there is a very public shove out of the executive suite.

Leo Apotheker's hurried exit from MORE

How to get paid like a U.S. CEO

While millions are still out of work, U.S. CEOs received a 28% pay raise this past year. A lot of factors are driving the increases. Job performance isn't one of them. By Eleanor Bloxham

Will Bank of America execs get to keep their bonuses?

The bank's proposed $8.5 billion settlement with investors will not lead to a financial restatement, so executives will not likely be required to give back their bonuses. By Eleanor Bloxham

A $1 CEO isn't a bargain

Corporate chiefs who pay themselves skimpy salaries may not be doing it for the right reasons, according to a recent study. By Mina Kimes

How can we address excessive CEO pay?

Corporate boards and companies desperately need to rethink how they evaluate the way they pay their CEOs, and a few new methods just might help them do the trick.

By Eleanor Bloxham, contributor

FORTUNE -- CEO pay is headed skyward once again, leaving their non-executive minions far behind. Median CEO salaries jumped 27% in 2010 while overall worker pay increased by just 2.1% according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA Today MORE

Blankfein vs. Dougan -- Compensation Smackdown!

Word comes from Credit Suisse that Brady Dougan, the Chief Executive of that fine fiduciary institution, earned $17.9 million in 2009, which is six times more than he made in 2008. This makes good sense. 2009 was a much better year than 2008, and any fair evaluation of compensation should account for that. Also, Mr. Dougan's comp is pretty much consonant with the nuts and berries that were paid to execs MORE

Why we should applaud the banking industry

I'm all for employees making a lot of money. Some of you get me wrong about that. I think that the people who have to go to work every day, deal with the vicissitudes of both success and failure, squeeze themselves into one costume or other to achieve maximum credibility, and worry about maintaining their standard of living in this tough economy deserve to be paid and paid well for what they MORE

How Green Are Our Bankers

An analysis by the Wall Street Journal today reveals that the pay received by bankers for the horrible year of 2009 -- the year of bailouts and foreclosures and bankruptcies -- will be up 18% to $145 billion. This factoid will be a double thumb in the eye for the gang in Washington now trying to figure out how to re-regulate the greedy little mothers and fathers of our economy.

President MORE

Wanted: AIG Management (Must work for cheap)

I would suggest that compensation czar Ken Feinberg place the following ad in all the appropriate entities immediately:

WANTED: Bright, dedicated corporate professionals for key posts at massive insurance entity now essentially owned by the federal government. Positions open in finance and operations. Must be willing to work for only $500,000 per year, although compensation could increase with success (or not -- who really knows if Congress will have a problem MORE

Plea$e Mr. Feinberg! $ay it ain't $o!

So it's finally coming down. The pay czar has studied the situation. Thought about it. And declared his intention to send a message. Pay for the top 175 executives at the financial institutions that took a bailout are to have their base pay cut by as much as 90%, and total comp by 50%.  Seven companies will be affected. Of course, we don't know precisely which executives are on the hook, MORE