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Board Chairman Remuneration Trends – Take Care With Those Statistics
04/09/2006

Would you believe 14% of non-executive chairmen had their remuneration cut from 2004 to 2005?Read more read more

Director Share Ownership – Is It Time For The Rules To Change?
04/09/2006

Yesterday it was reported that Treasury was reviewing director penalties that serve to increase directors’ risk...Read more read more

Earnings results suggest a wild ride for executive pay
04/09/2006

Up until a few days ago, overall earnings growth for Australian listed companies disclosed so far for the year ended...Read more read more

Remuneration abuse and whistleblowers
04/09/2006

On August 9 the second set of criminal charges was laid against US executives for option backdating.Read more read more

Remuneration Disclosure Changes - Hedging Your Bets, And More
31/07/2006

As we reported a couple of months ago, the Australian Treasury is considering reducing the compliance burden associated...Read more read more

US Catching Up To Australia On Disclosures
31/07/2006

Last Wednesday, July 26, the SEC voted publicly to adopt new disclosure standards that, in many ways, are similar to...Read more read more

Searching Offshore For A CEO? Now The Near Impossible Is Only Just Hard Work
31/07/2006

900,000 Australians have decamped to take up employment far from this country’s sunny shores.Read more read more

Option Fair Market Value – This May Be An Alternative That Reduces The Impact On Your Bottom Line
31/07/2006

Under IFRS, employee share options are required to be expensed at fair market value.Read more read more

Option Expensing Errors A Big Deal
31/07/2006

Recently an Australian mining company announced that it had undervalued the expense of executive and director share...Read more read more

Springloaded Options? We Thought You Would Never Ask
31/07/2006

Options backdating refers to the practice of selecting (in retrospect) the most advantageous or lowest share price...Read more read more