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  • Featherstone The growing REM headache

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 May 2010

    Tony Featherstone reports on how problematic executive remuneration is becoming for directors. The growing REM headache The executive pay debate has focused mostly on the link between CEO pay and performance and board effectiveness in setting appropriate remu...

  • Opinion Making exec pay PC

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Dec 2009

    The Productivity Commission is due to submit its final report on executive remuneration to the Government later this month. Paul Quinn explains why he believes some of its recommendations need to be reworked. Making exec pay PC The reaction to the Productivity Commission’s (PC) disc...

  • Opinion Factors to consider when setting NED pay

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Jun 2009

    Allan Feinberg reviews the factors to consider, and the complexities encountered, when setting non-executive director fees. Factors to consider when setting NED pay Setting fair fees for non-executive directors (NEDs) is a challenge and because these fees are often published and open to pub...

  • Feature The great divide Oct 08

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Oct 2008

    Executive pay is likely to be a tense topic this AGM season. Tony Featherstone details the dilemmas boards face as they seek to attract and motivate top executives in a tough business climate while, at the same time, risking a backlash from some shareholders. The great divide ...

  • Feature Reeling them in and keeping them Oct 08

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Oct 2008

    With so many choices available, why would anyone opt to work for your organisation? Domini Stuart provides an update on how to win the war for talent. Reeling them in – and keeping them There’s no question that the economic downturn is having an impact on recruitment. Experts are...

  • Perspective

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Oct 2006

    Robert Elstone, Elizabeth Johnstone and Charles Macek argue that directors need to be courageous in encouraging management to adopt a long term strategic focus – and not focus entirely on short-term financial performance. Some challenges for directors in short termism In previous articles we c...

  • spoken word the tone at the top

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Mar 2006

    The Tone at the Top Michael Wilson questions whether good corporate governance has a direct impact on a company’s value and provides guidelines for effective governance risk management. Is there a direct link between good corporate governance and valuation? The answer really isn’t clear. There are t...

  • Corporate Social Responsibility To the Editor

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 May 2005

    The Economist Survey of Corporate Social Responsibility (reprinted in the March 2005 CDJ) provides a welcome reminder of the basic tenets of business, and a long overdue caution against some of the more excessive expectations of the CSR movement. Corporate Social Responsibility The Economist Surve...