The demise of stock options continues, according to recently filed information with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The slide in stock options began in 2003 and continued to today. While a large percentage of companies use stock options as a component of their long-term...

Family companies can use public corporations as sources of top executive talent. In order to compete with these firms for key staff, family business owners must be aware of their compensation practices

Golden parachutes and other executive compensation payments triggered by a CIC often are an essential part of an executive's compensation package. The design of these arrangements can save or cost the combining companies' shareholders millions of dollars

The US leads the world in numerous economic indicators, including the levels of executive pay. There is a debate raging in the US and across the world as to the right level of executive compensation with the US being the epi-centre of this argument

Pay for board service is seeing some important shifts — in who sets it, how it is set, and, following two years of little growth, increases in basic fees along with the setting of ‘leadership premiums.'