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44Remuneration Profile Review
Dec 2012
Remuneration profiles reflect the proportions of remuneration that are expected to arise for different elements of remuneration at different levels of performance. These proportions may vary for different categories of employees. We canvass the main types of Remuneration Profiles and discuss when they may be relevant.
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41CEO Remuneration Trends
Aug 2012
We analyse median remuneration practice for CEOs of ASX listed companies with market capitalisations of between $25 million and $10 billion at the end of June 2011, and remark on any trends that can be observed on a whole of market basis.
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39Annual KMP Remuneration Review
Jun 2012
It is around this time of year that most Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) listed companies review the market competitiveness of remuneration for key management personnel (KMP) who are broadly the non-executive directors (NEDs) and top executives. We discuss recent developments and approaches that may be taken to the review process. Due to regulatory changes it is now essential that reviews of KMP remuneration be clearly separated from reviews of remuneration for other employees.
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38“First Strikes” Analysis of S&P/ASX300 Companies
May 2012
As foreshadowed in GRG Remuneration Review 35 "Preliminary Observations on First Strikes", we have undertaken analysis of voting on Remuneration Reports for companies in the S&P/ASX300. Most companies with December 2011 year-ends have now had their AGMs, thus it was timely to undertake this analysis.
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37Incentive Reporting Review, Two Strikes and TSR Alpha’s Advantages
Apr 2012
Section 300A of the Corporations Act specifies the minimum disclosure requirements for Remuneration Reports of ASX listed companies in relation to key management personnel (KMP). However, these are seen as not sufficient by many and some companies have gone further, pre-empting proposed Corporations Act amendments...
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35Preliminary Observations on First Strikes
Jan 2012
The recent round of annual general meetings (AGMs) saw a number of companies receive their "first strikes" (25% or more negative votes on the Remuneration Reports...
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34Righting Some Wrong in the Executive Pay Debate
Jan 2012
GRG is of the view that the TSR Alpha concept represents a significant step forward in the executive remuneration debate and ofers a way to address problems associated with traditional long term incentive plans particularly the use of relative TSR as a performance measure...
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33STI Plans – alignment and disclosure
Nov 2011
Recent press articles on key management personnel (KMP) remuneration disclosures in Remuneration Reports seem to expect that disclosed remuneration levels from one year to the next should be lower if shareholder value has declined. Boards are often criticised and remuneration strategies tagged as not working when disclosed remuneration levels have not fallen in line wiht falls in shareholder value. The rationale for such views seems to be that there is only one measure of performance over the short term...
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31Governance changes regarding remuneration consultancy (post passing of bill)
Sep 2011
External remuneration recommendations for key management personnel (KMP) are now a major issue to be addressed by all companies that are listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) ...
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30A first look at TSR Alpha
Aug 2011
The article provides an introduction to a new concept that may be used in relation to vesting of executive long term incentives ...