Since its enactment, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 has required that financial institutions participating in TARP accept certain conditions for executive compensation and corporate governance...
It was a big week in Washington—lots of hoopla and press and plenty of opportunity to take pot shots at the “fat cats” on Wall Street. But, it’s a new week and calmer heads must rationally get down to the business of saving our financial system.
Regulatory bodies and industry associations across the world have been focused on incentive compensation practices in order to assess their impact on the recent financial crisis and more importantly to identify ways to prevent future problems.
To reward, to retain and to motivate – it is a phrase that often sits at the core of a compensation program philosophy. To achieve these goals, companies use a wide array of compensation vehicles. Among them, incentive programs are the most relied upon component of total reward used to motivate and encourage alignment of individual and organizational goals.
The latest remuneration governance principles set out by authorities in Bahrain, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have specifically addressed the issue of Remuneration Governance.
The Dodd‐Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is likely to usher in a transformation of the wealth management industry with implications not only for the brokerage firms that will be most affected by new regulations, but also for private banks and investment advisors who already operate under a fiduciary standard of care.
The long awaited guidance from the Committee for European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) was published 8 October 2010. This McLagan Alert reviews these guidelines and their implications based on our discussions with institutions and regulators.
On 10 December 2010, the Committee of European banking Supervisors (CEBS) published the final guidelines on implementation of the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD)III remuneration regulations in the EU and on 17 December, the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) published the associated Revised Remuneration Code.
