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Monday February 8, 2010

SEC Compliance Survival Guide for 2010

The SEC continues to hit the reset button on executive compensation and corporate governance. In its latest rule changes, issued in mid-December, the Commission mandated that public companies make more disclosures on a wide range of practices involving management and directors. Among the new disclosure requirements: the >>>

Recruiters Confirm Executive Job Growth

Five Tips on Climate Change and Tax

Climate change has moved from the fringe of business to the mainstream. Far from a monolithic issue, it is a set of complex challenges that companies face on a strategic level and in day-to-day activities. Climate change has spawned new regulations and taxes, with more than 300   introduced worldwide last year. However, >>>

Amicus Therapeutics Names New Chairman

John F. Crowley was elected chairman of the board at Amicus Therapeutics. Crowley is also CEO of the company. Hutchinson Technology named  >>>

Davos Debrief: Debt, Disparity Top Issues

Aside from continued vilification of bankers, key issues coming out of the World Economic Forum included the question of which country has the capacity to lead us out of the global economic crisis and the palpable but unspoken tension between the U.S. and China. Just days after the conclusion of the 2010 annual economic >>>

Creating CEO Succession Processes

Ensuring that a company has the right CEO is one of the most important responsibilities a public board of directors faces. It requires an ongoing process of succession planning, not a once-every-few-years decision. Boards need to prepare for the unexpected resignation or termination of a CEO, and institute this planning as >>>

NACD Defines Board’s Objectives for Risk Oversight

Editor’s note: The National Association of Corporate Directors’ newly published Blue Ribbon Commission Report on Risk Governance examines the objectives of the board’s risk oversight activities, the link between strategy and risk, and the board’s role concerning risk. The BRC report considers how boards might >>>

Managing Turnarounds in Times of Crisis

The process of turning around a troubled entity is complex.  This is made more difficult and compounded by the multiple constituencies involved, all of whom have different agendas.  Directors want to avoid risk and litigation. Lenders want a return of their invested capital, preferably with interest.  Creditors want >>>

A Challenge to Board Leadership: Get Culture Right

The 2009 Spencer Stuart Board Index was released in October and while there are no huge surprises, I believe the data signals a shifting center of gravity in corporate governance--a move toward independence, commitment, and accountability. Consider these highlights from the Spencer Stuart study of the S&P 500 companies for 2009.

• Classified board elections have been almost completely >>>

Directorship’s Compensation Advisory Council is standing by to answer your questions about compensation regulation, best practices, and SEC developments. Please click here to ask your question >>>

Boardroom News >>>

• SAP Chief Quits; Co-CEOs Step In
• GOP cool to Obama call for two-party health talks
• What MBAs can learn from Wall Street
• Geithner: Global bank reform still needed
• Finance officials work to stress economic unity
• Missed signs in Toyota recalls
• Some See Restraint in Goldman Chief’s Bonus
• Blaming Bank of America
• Air Products offers $5.1B for rival Airgas
• JPMorgan’s Dimon gets $16M in stock, options
• Limited Brands sets dividend of .15/share
• CEOs Remain Hesitant to Hire
• Interview with WellPoint’s CEO: ‘A Wasted Opportunity’
• Mystery men of the financial crisis

Business News >>>

• Euro zone debt woes weigh on Wall Street
• CIT sets John Thain’s salary at $6M a year
• SMFG Q3 profit surges, keeps forecast
• Xstrata reinstates dividend, upbeat on outlook
• Alongside gags, Super Bowl ads plumb male psyche
• G7 Greece fails to soothe investors, euro dips
• IBM begins Power server upgrade to battle HP, Sun
• CEO exit puts SAP shares under pressure
• Toyota readies global Prius recall
• CVS Caremark profit tops view; sales fall short
• Stock futures rise as earnings offset debt woes
• JAL to stay with American, end Delta talks
• Recovery, debt woes to hound
• U.S. won’t renegotiate UBS tax deal: report

“Executives typically cash out their options, thereby removing the link between them
and the shareholders. It’s refreshing to see a chief executive acting like an owner
and not a hired gun.”

–Bruce R. Ellig, author,
The Complete Guide to Executive
Compensation, commenting
on JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon’s
pay package.

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