Executive Compensation Trends - October 2009
New Research Peer Group Webinar
Equilar just released research on Fortune 500 peer group selections and prevalence. In this webinar, we will share some of the research results including:
  • Peer group size prevalence
  • Average peer group sizes by industry
  • Selection of peers based on revenue and market cap multiples, peers of peers
  • Companies with the fewest and largest peer groups
  • And more
2009 Fortune 500 Peer Group Report
An Analysis of Peer Groups at Fortune 500® Companies
2009 Fortune 500 Peer Group Report
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Equilar in the News                                                                                                                

To help you monitor the latest executive compensation headlines, we've selected several recent articles featuring Equilar data and research. Visit the news and publications section of our website to read the complete listing of new media mentions.

Citigroup Sheds Energy Unit and Its $100 Million Trader
October 9, 2009
The New York Times
"Mr. Hall may no longer be the richest employee at his new company. Ray R. Irani, Occidental's chairman, has collected more than $884.8 million over the last 16 years, according to Equilar, an executive compensation research firm."
Why Bank of America's Ken Lewis Will Take Home More Than Peers
October 8, 2009
ABC News
"The $53 million pension and $10.6 million in deferred compensation — previous years' compensation that has been delayed until retirement — for which Lewis is eligible make his exit pay second only to the $161.5 million collected by former Merrill Lynch CEO Stanley O'Neal, according to compensation analysis performed for ABCNews.com by Equilar, a California-based executive compensation firm."
Is Lavish CEO Pay on the Way Out?
October 1, 2009
MSN Money
"'It's not easy being on the compensation committee these days. It ranks up there with the cable guy,' quipped Doug Friske, a compensation consultant with Towers Perrin, at an Equilarconference on executive comp in New York last week."
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