Earlier this year, 57% of Disney shareholders approved a compensation package for CEO Bob Iger that will be worth as much as $35 million.
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Company shareholders are well-positioned to address income inequality by clamping down on sky high corporate pay, but new research says they’ll have to put their mouth where their money is.
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Active shareholders are working to make the world a happier, healthier more sustainable world.
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Did you get a 7% raise last year? Congratulations, yours was in line with what CEOs at the biggest companies got.
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Since becoming president and CEO of Discovery Inc. 12 years ago, David Zaslav has consistently ranked near the top among highest-paid CEOs in media and entertainment. In 2014 and again last year, he was the top-paid CEO of a public company in the United States.
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CEO pay figures for 2019 are out, and again they beg the question of what should determine the big boss’s compensation?
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The UK’s messy divorce from the EU has been a source of frustration for fund management executives since the referendum nearly three years ago.
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U.S. companies that use nonstandard numbers to calculate executive compensation are overpaying their top managers, according to a new research report.
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In 2015, As You Sow embarked on a mission to identify and report on the most overpaid CEOs of the S&P 500 and whether or not pension funds and financial managers held companies accountable for such excessive compensation.
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The British Columbia Investment Management Corp. said on April 4, 2019 it will vote against the proposed merger of Goldcorp Inc. and Newmont Mining Corp., highlighting its disapproval of a $US12 million retirement allowance for Goldcorp’s chair.
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Electronic Arts is laying off about 350 of its 9,000-person staff, CEO Andrew Wilson announced in a blog post on its website Tuesday.
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When investing client assets in ESG-focused funds, don’t just consider a fund’s investment strategy and holdings; look also at its proxy voting history and current votes on shareholder resolutions, now that the proxy voting season is underway. What you find may surprise you and/or your clients.
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New York (CNN Business) Disney shareholders on Thursday narrowly approved a compensation package for CEO Bob Iger worth as much as $35 million this year.
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Even if you’re an advisor that doesn’t invest client funds in ESG, SRI or impact assets, you might want to consider these key findings from a new report, The 100 Most Overpaid CEOs 2019.
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As CEO compensation continues to balloon much faster than the rate of the average worker's salary, more people are asking what merits such a big payday for the people at the top.
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OAKLAND, CA: February 28, 2019. Shareholder advocacy non-profit As You Sow has published its latest report on the 100 most overpaid US CEOs as compared to their companies’ median employee compensation.
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For the past five years, non-profit As You Sow has tracked the salaries of S&P 500 CEOs as a way to promote accountability for excessive compensation.
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As You Sow research suggests some market leaders approve ‘almost all’ CEO pay packages Some of the world’s largest fund managers are nodding through excessive pay packages, according to research from As You Sow – though some dispute the data.
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As You Sow research shows BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street approve ‘almost all’ CEO pay packages
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While more shareholders have been putting their foot down on excessive chief executive officer pay, not enough progress has been made, according to a new report by U.S.-based non-profit foundation As You Sow.
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