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Australian federal budget 2008: employee share plans and FBT changes
02/06/2008

Two measures announced in the Federal Budget on Tuesday 13 May 2008 affect the tax treatment of shares or rights...Read more read more

Research verifies that good remuneration governance correlates strongly with investment returns in both good times and not so good times
02/06/2008

Goldman Sachs J B Were (GSJBW) recently updated their analysis of the correlation between governance ratings and share...Read more read more

Corporations Act and AASB changes to executive remuneration reporting requirements to apply for 30 June 2008 financial year
02/06/2008

While several recent issues of our newsletter have flagged that the government’s and Treasury’s review of executive...Read more read more

Remuneration Forum communique released
02/06/2008

On Tuesday 12 February 2008, some 80 representatives from the four main governance constituencies – major...Read more read more

Prospective regulatory changes for executive compensation consultant disclosure requirements
02/06/2008

As we flagged in our March 2008 newsletter, the federal government is committed to executive remuneration regulatory...Read more read more

Are forces gathering to regulate banker pay?
05/05/2008

The ingredients for the “perfect storm” may be gathering as a result of the global financial fallout and local...Read more read more

Alternative remuneration methods – accelerated options
05/05/2008

In this article we like to push the executive pay envelope a little further to breakout of cloistered thinking and...Read more read more

Remuneration reports and votes – a primer
05/05/2008

Some newly nominated directors may not be familiar with remuneration report requirements. This article points the way...Read more read more

What is an option or right really worth?
05/04/2008

Almost everyone engaged in reviewing executive remuneration is dissatisfied with how options and performance rights are...Read more read more

As harder times loom, pay targets may be too difficult – a checklist for boards on reviewing incentive targets
31/03/2008

As more uncertainties about the economic outlook for 2008 emerge, management, boards and shareholders should be bracing...Read more read more