Published in Daily Finance February 26, 2010 By Sheryl Nance-Nash
If you want to stir up a hornet’s nest, just mutter two words: executive compensation. From the White House to Wall Street to Every Street USA, who gets paid how much is a topic of heated debate. Earlier this week came the announcement that Wall Street employees saw their bonuses increase by 17% to a collective $20.3 billion in 2009: During an economic downturn, a disparity in pay like that gets extra attention.
Published in The New York Times February 26, 2010 by Reed Abelson
“Hands off my health care,” goes one strain of populist sentiment. But what if? Suppose Congress and President Obama fail to overhaul the system now, or just tinker around the edges, or start over, as the Republicans propose — despite the Democrats’ latest and possibly last big push that began last week at a marathon televised forum in Washington.
Published in Business Week February 25, 2010
What fueled public outrage wasn’t how much execs got but how little the rest of us did, says Camelia Kuhnen of the Kellogg School of Management. The upside: increased shareholder activism Bonus season is well under way, and the public outrage that last year boiled over into protests at execs’ homes, criticism from the President, and demand for reform from an angry public seems to be at a low simmer now.
Published in Business Week February 25, 2010 By Patrick McGurn
Many people can recite the first half of Louis D. Brandeis’ quote about the cleansing qualities of disclosure—”Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants….” Few bother with the rest of the sentence, in which Brandeis calls “electric light the most efficient policeman.” To her credit, Securities & Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro seems to have both sides committed to memory.
Published in The New York Times February 24, 2010
It’s about as official as it gets: the big money is back on Wall Street, Graham Bowley writes in The New York Times. Flush with record profits in 2009, investment banks and securities firms paid employees in New York City an estimated $20.3 billion in annual bonuses, according to a report released Tuesday by the New York State Comptroller. That was up from $17.4 billion for 2008. The tally, which is based largely on personal income tax receipts, provides a signpost for what has been one of the most controversial bonus seasons in Wall Street history.
Published in The Wall Street Journal February 23, 2010by Gina Chon
As financial firms rebounded last year, Wall Street bonuses for employees in the New York City securities industry rose almost 17% to $20.3 billion in 2009, according to a report released Tuesday by the New York State comptroller. That is compared to $17.4 billion paid in bonuses in 2008 after a record $42.6 billion loss in the securities industry. The 2008 figure reflected a 47% drop from what was paid in 2007, when securities industry employees received $32.9 billion.
Published in Market Watch February 23, 2010
Prudential Retirement announced today that its Total Retirement Solutions (TRS) offering has been enhanced to include a new non-qualified product that provides a wide variety of benefits for retirement-plan sponsors and their participants.
