11 November 2008 | Damon Kitney, Annabel Hepworth and Alex Bosnell | The Australian Financial Review
Though the top end of corporate Australia remains relatively unscathed, salary caps are likely to be the norm for executives this year and next.
11 November 2008 | Alan Jury | The Australian Financial Review
There's such a hue and cry going on at the moment over the vexed issue of executive remuneration that one could be excused for thinking that David Jones and Myer are about to start running specials on hair shirts and sackcloth and ashes.
11 November 2008 | Damon Kitney, Brett Clegg, Annabel Hepworth. | The Australian Financial Review
Boards are copping it from shareholders over remuneration plans set in better times. We ask the experts whether boards are doing enough to explain themselves to shareholders.
11 November 2008 | Alex Boxsell and Annabel Hepworth | The Australian Financial Review
Companies are looking again at short-term incentives to sweeten pay packets, but there may be more targets to reach.
11 November 2008 | Neil Chenoweth | The Australian Financial Review
Companies that decouple executive performance from remuneration have the most amazing thing in common.
11 November 2008 | Anthony Hughes New York | The Australian Financial Review
Both US presidential candidates made noise about curbing high wages, but solid plans seem unclear.
11 November 2008 | Geoff Kitney | The Australian Financial Review
What might be called a "salary siege" has taken hold across corporate Europe, as the most conspicuous symbol of the boom years in financial services - booming executive salaries - comes under attack from every direction.
11 November 2008 | Ingrid Mansell | The Australian Financial Review
After months of losing other people's money, investment bankers around the world started to lose their own this year.
11 November 2008 | Katrina Nicholas | The Australian Financial Review
A new conservatism has entered financial markets, bringing with it lower expectations of pay and incentives.
11 November 2008 | Damon Kitney | The Australian Financial Review
The multimillion-dollar bonus is a thing of the past in the world of stockbroking. Unless you work for Perth-based broker Euroz Securities.
11 November 2008 | Luke Forrestal | The Australian Financial Review
Some junior miners dole out packages that incorporate inadvisedly sweet options deals.
11 November 2008 | Damon Kitney and John Stensholt | The Australian Financial Review
There are a lot of big pay packets at the small end of the market, regardless of performance.
11 November 2008 | Andrew White | The Australian Financial Review
It hardly seems fair. You run a bigger company with more far-flung operations, spend your spare time doing due diligence on your nearest rival, lob a bid and, hey presto, your opposite number is getting twice the pay that you earn.
11 November 2008 | Damon Kitney and Ingrid Mansell | The Australian Financial Review
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd might still be feeling his way with parts of the business community, but he knows a vote winner when he sees one.
11 November 2008 | Brendan Swift | The Australian Financial Review
It pays to be in a hot area of the global economy. Literally.
11 November 2008 | Annabel Hepworth | The Australian Financial Review
Leighton Holdings chief executive Wal King has 5 million reasons to keep his executive team happy.
11 November 2008 | Damon Kitney | The Australian Financial Review
If you are a shareholder of Perth civil and mining contractor Brierty, changes could be in the wings. Especially if the track record of chairman WA businessman Dalton Gooding is anything to go by.
11 November 2008 | Tracy Lee | The Australian Financial Review
Anti-cancer drug developer Novogen clearly hasn't learned its lesson.
11 November 2008 | Katrina Nicholas, Michael Smith, Ingrid Mansell, Annabel Hepworth | The Australian Financial Review
· Chairman: Mark Johnson.· REM committee: Max Ould (chair), Johnson, Sandra McPhee and Graham Reaney.· The issue: Coming to terms with life after the departure of celebrity. · CEO: Paul Anthony.
