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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.
| Blue Chips' Ties to Pay Advisers Under Spotlight March 10, 2010 |
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| "Currently, big companies like Towers Watson, Hewitt Associates Inc and Mercer, a subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc, are compensation consultants for about half of the major U.S. companies, according to data by Equilar, which tracks executive compensation." | |
| CEO Bonuses Fall 22% in 2009: Study March 9, 2010 |
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| "In a report to be released on Wednesday, the executive compensation firm Equilar looked at the proxies filed by 180 firms with revenue of more than $1 billion. The study found that in 2009 the median bonus payout fell 22 percent to $689,000 from $882,000 in 2008." | |
| Stock Options Still Popular With Tech Firms March 4, 2010 |
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| "Silicon Valley firms such as Oracle Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc. continued to give out big options packages to executives during the recession last year, according to an analysis from executive-compensation research firm Equilar Inc. Some companies handed out option grants that were similar in scope to what they gave in 2008, while others raised such grants substantially from 2008, when they didn't hand out any stock options to executives." | |
| Companies' Claws May Have Limited Reach March 3, 2010 |
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| "According to executive compensation research firm Equilar Inc., 80% of Fortune 100 clawback provisions allow 'for the recovery of compensation in the event of a financial restatement.' Additionally, 85% had provisions to recover compensation when the "executive behaves unethically." | |
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