Former New Hampshire Senator Judd Gregg has been named CEO of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, while former Rep. Ken Bentsen will become president.

Executives pledging stock as collateral for loans are gaining attention, with 107 companies mentioning the term "pledging policy" in proxy statements in 2013, up from eight in 2012.

A growing number of mutual funds are supporting activist investors' efforts to use incentive pay packages for directors they nominate in proxy fights.

Former U.S. Bancorp Vice Chairman and Head of Consumer and Small Business Banking Richard C. Hartnack joined the Freddie Mac board of directors. Blue Nile added Mindy Meads, former co-CEO of Aeropostale, to the board of directors.

Compensation Advisory Partners Senior Founding Partner Rose Marie Orens predicts what issues compensation committees should be prepared for in the coming years.

Golden parachute pay packages may face greater shareholder scrutiny in the EU if proposals to stem excessive rewards are enacted.

Glass Lewis & Co. urged Charles Schwab shareholders to vote against the company's executive-compensation plan, which they say is not sufficiently linked to performance.

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Washington, D.C., May 16, 2013 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a father and son and their Chicago-area investment advisory firm with defrauding clients through a cherry-picking scheme th...

Corporate directors kept CEO pay largely flat in 2012, for a second consecutive year. The compensation of CEOs at 300 big U.S. companies rose a median 3.6% to $10.1 million, a Hay Group/WSJ analysis found.

The number of alternative compensation definitions is growing as investors scrutinize pay and performance.

A slew of new books offer valuable looks at issues as diverse as what makes Mayo Clinic great to how the social technology revolution should be embraced.

Corporate governance, NACD, and Directorship magazine have changed a great deal in recent years, and will continue to do so as we approach 2020.

Nash, who coined the boardroom adage “NIFO: nose in, fingers out,” built NACD membership to 3,000.

A sample of highlights from Marty Lipton's annual address, Some Thoughts for Boards of Directors in 2013.

Many of the leadership skills and training military officers possess can be repurposed for service in corporate boardrooms.

The hardest, and sometimes most important, questions to answer when considering joining a board are often the least measurable.

A wide range of potential practices exist for compensating an external CEO hire to incentivize efforts and align interests with shareholders.

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Washington, D.C., May 15, 2013 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today named Keith F. Higgins as the new director of the agency’s Division of Corporation Finance.

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Morgan Stanley shareholders backed the bank's executive compensation package after CEO James Gorman's pay decreased by 7 percent.

Five of last year's ten best-paid CFOs work in the technology industry, where stock awards fueled strong pay packages.