Potential director candidates should reflect on the specific industries, business situations and types of companies where their experience will be relevant.

The 6.5 percent increase from a year earlier that was aided by an improving stock market.

NACD Board of Directors Names Dr. Reatha Clark King Chairman,  KeyCorp Names Donald R. Kimble CFO

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

Mr. Higgins comes to the SEC fro...

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.

A nonbinding proposal to break Timken into two separate businesses passed Tuesday at the company's annual meeting, spearheaded by CalSTRS and Relational Investors.

Risk is a more important concern than incentives when managers are reporting financial performance, a new research paper finds.

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Washington, D.C., May 7, 2013 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the panelists for its Credit Ratings Roundtable, which will be held on May 14.

As previously announced, the roundtable wi...