Board of Director Liability, Executive Compensation & Corporate Governance

August 2017

• Executive Compensation: “Britain looks to address inequality with executive pay measures” (NYT, 8/29/17)
• Female CEOs:
  • [TOP TEN]“Even after the class ceiling yields, female executives find shaky ground” (NYT, 8/3/17)
  • “The ranks of women CEO’s get even smaller” (WSJ, 8/3/17)

July 2017

• Activist Investors: “Passive investors are the new shareholder activists” (Barron’s, 7/8/17)
• Bank Executive Clawbacks: [TOP TEN]“Former Deutsche Bank bosses agree to waive €38m in back pay” (FT, 7/27/17)
• Bank Executive Compensation:
  • [TOP TEN]“Investors strive to keep European bank CEO pay below US levels” (FT, 7/23/17)
  • “Two Wall Street chiefs celebrate $314m share bonanza” (FT, 7/23/17)
• CEO Compensation and Longevity:
  • “The CEOs who didn’t deserve the boot” (WSJ, 7/12/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“The angst of endangered CEOs: ‘how much time do I have?’” (WSJ, 7/6/17)
  • “Volvo gives Tesla a shock, as others plan electric push” (WSJ, 7/5/17)
• Executive Compensation: “How to solve problems of misaligned executive pay” (WSJ, 7/5/17)
• Female CEOs: [TOP TEN]“Why women aren’t C.E.O.s, according to women who almost were” (NYT, 7/21/17)
• Female Directors: “State Street falls short in bid for women directors” (WSJ, 7/27/17)

June 2017

• CEO Compensation:
  • “How badly must a C.E.O. behave before his pay is clawed back?” (FT, 6/9/17)
  • “Alphabet set to face down shareholder dissent” (FT, 6/4/17)
• Female and Minority Board Members: “Europe’s financial industry boosts women on boards” (FT, 6/6/17)
• Female Directors: “The number of new female board members dropped last year” (LAT, 6/23/17)

May 2017

• Activist Investors: [TOP TEN]“Activist investors have a new bloodlust: CEOs” (WSJ, 5/16/17)
• CEO Compensation:
  • [TOP TEN]“Though outnumbered, female CEOs earn more than male chiefs” (WSJ, 5/31/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“CEOs of big companies get the biggest raises in 3 years” (LAT, 5/26/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“The Trump effect on C.E.O. pay” (NYT, 5/26/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“As C.E.O. pay packages grow, top executives have the President’s ear” (NYT, 5/26/17)
• Female CEOs: “Salaries for female CEOs are rising, but the number of women in top jobs has barely budged” (LAT, 5/24/17)

April 2017

• Activist Investors:[TOP TEN]“The activist and the CEO” (WSJ, 4/21/17)
• Bank Executive Compensation:
  •  [TOP TEN]“Credit Suisse to cut executive bonuses by 40%” (WSJ, 4/14/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“Credit Suisse executives agree 40% cut to their bonuses” (FT, 4/13/17)
• CEOs and Toxic Corporate Culture: [TOP TEN]“At United Airlines and Wells Fargo, toxic corporate culture starts with the CEO” (LAT, 4/11/17)
• Gender Diversity in Executives and Boards: [TOP TEN]“Closing the gender gap needs support from the boss” (FT, 4/8/17)

March 2017

• Bank Executive Compensation: “Credit Suisse pays out SFr250m to retain top bankers and traders” (FT, 3/26/17)
• CEO Compensation: 
  • [TOP TEN]“Standard Chartered and Barclays face investor ire over CEO pay” (FT, 3/26/17)
  • [TOP TEN]“It’s Good to Be a CEO, Again: Stocks Rise, and So Does Pay” (FT, 3/20/17)
• Executive Compensation and Shareholder Activism: [TOP TEN]“Shareholders ready to show their hand over executive pay” (FT, 3/30/17)
• Goldman Executives:
  • “Goldman chief Blankfein took 4% pay cut for 2016” (WSJ, 3/17/17)
  • “Goldman links Lloyd Blankfein’s pay to outperforming rivals” (FT, 3/17/17)
• USSC to Consider “Corporate Omissions” Case: [TOP TEN]“Supreme Court to hear case that could limit lawsuits against companies for disclosure failures” (WSJ, 3/27/17)

February 2017

• CEO Compensation:[TOP TEN]“How paying chief executives less can help corporate performance” (FT, 2/12/17)
• Executive Compensation and Shareholder Activism:
  • [TOP TEN]“Investors plan tougher action to tackle excessive corporate pay” (FT, 2/13/17)
• Women on Big Bank Boards: [TOP TEN]“Big banks have more female directors than other US industries” (FT, 2/23/17)

January 2017

• CEO Stock Sales: [TOP TEN]“Big-bank executives have sold $100 million in shares since election” (WSJ, 1/24/17)
• CEO Succession: “Looking for a new chief? Let the office ‘Hunger Games’ begin” (FT, 1/29/17)
• Corporate Governance and Women: [TOP TEN]“A rare corner of finance where women dominate” (NYT, 1/16/17)
• Female CEOs: “Women make gains toward winning CEO job” (WSJ, 1/17/17)
• SEC Settlements and Dissemination of Funds: [TOP TEN]“S.E.C. inertia on paybacks adds to investor harm” (NYT, 1/13/17)

December 2016

• Executive Compensation: “‘Negligible’ link found between executive pay and performance” (FT, 12/27/16)
• Minorities and Women on Boards of Directors:
  • “Join our board: companies hotly pursue new wave of women in tech” (NYT, 12/30/16)
  • “Dozens of boards excluded women for years” (WSJ, 12/27/16)

November 2016

• Bank Execs Compensation and “Clawbacks”: “Deutsche Bank eyes bonus clawback for former bosses” (FT, 11/17/16)
• Executive Compensation: “A strong case for tougher scrutiny of executive pay” (FT, 11/29/16)
• Female CEOs: “Female CEOs get blamed more than male counterparts” (WSJ, 11/1/16)
• Goldman Sachs:
  • “Goldman Sachs selects 84 new partners” (NYT, 11/9/16)
  • “Goldman promotes record number of women to top tier” (FT, 11/9/16)
• Minorities and Women on Boards of Directors:
  • “A gentle touch is too feeble to transform the C-suite” (FT, 11/15/16)
  • “Can business schools propel women to the C-suite?” (FT, 11/11/16)
• Wall Street Compensation:
  • “Wall Street bonuses to decline” (WSJ, 11/6/16)
  • “Wall Street bonuses are expected to sink for 3rd straight year” (NYT, 11/6/16)

October 2016

• Activist Investors and Shareholders:
  • “Boards learn to listen to investors” (FT, 10/31/16)
  • “Activist funds change tack to fill up board seats” (FT, 10/9/16)
  • “Activists push their agenda on boards with place holders” (FT, 10/3/16)
• CEO Compensation and Board: [TOP TEN]“Lobbyists as directors test rules for corporate boards” (WSJ, 10/4/16)
• CEOs and Corporate Culture:
  • “What went awry at Wells Fargo? The beaten path of a toxic culture” (NYT, 10/8/16)
  • “The culture ate our corporate reputation” (WSJ, 10/2/16)
• Minorities and Women on Boards of Directors: “Women still struggle to join boards where targets are absent” (FT, 10/31/16)

September 2016

• Bank Execs Compensation and “Clawbacks”: [TOP TEN]“Executive pay clawbacks are gratifying, but not particularly effective” (NYT, 9/30/16)
• Female CEOs: “Women make slow progress in CEO ranks” (FT, 9/27/16)

August 2016

• Activist Investors and Shareholders: “US banks in activists’ sights as lenders struggle to hit targets” (FT, 8/29/16)
• Board of Directors Overhaul: “Former director unveils disputed plan for Williams board” (NYT, 8/24/16)
• Board Diversity:
  • “The diversity police raid the boardroom” (WSJ, 8/17/16)
  • [TOP TEN]“US board composition: male, stale and frail?” (FT, 8/16/16)
  • “Shake-up calls mount as lack of diversity on US boards laid bare” (FT, 8/15/16)
• Female CEOs: “Female CEOs, still a rarity, face extra pressures” (WSJ, 8/9/16)
• Minorities and Women on Boards of Directors: “Some firms intensify push for gender parity at board level” (WSJ, 8/16/16)

July 2016

• Executive Compensation:
  • “How executive pay hurts shareholders” (NYT, 7/14/16)
  • “Report warns over binding shareholder votes on pay” (FT, 7/13/16)
  • “Pay for big bank chief executives jumps nearly 8%” (FT, 7/12/16)
  • “Investors alert to surge in chief executive pay” (FT, 7/12/16)

June 2016

• CEOs and Corporate Culture: [TOP TEN]“Standard Chartered chief ‘angry’ over ethics transgressions” (FT, 6/13/16)
• Corporate Governance “Best Practices” code: “Fidelity snubs Jamie Dimon’s ‘code of best practice’ group” (FT, 6/8/16)
• Executive Compensation:
  • “How to gauge a C.E.O.’s value? Hint: it’s not the share price” (NYT, 6/17/16)
  • “CEO pay shrinks 4.6% but offers weak reflection of performance” (WSJ, 6/2/16)
• Independent Directors: “Europe prepares to pick who can run Greece’s banks” (WSJ, 6/8/16)
• Minorities and Women on Boards of Directors: “‘Dismal’ progress on women joining US boards” (FT, 6/13/16)

May 2016

• Activist Investors and Shareholders:
  • “Activist William Ackman, Valeant investor, tries life as an inside man” (WSJ, 5/26/16)
  • “Big shot activists start stalking small-cap quarry” (FT, 5/13/16)
• Executive Compensation:
  • “Valeant’s former C.E.O. to receive $9 million severance” (NYT, 5/31/16)
  • “Valeant hands ex-chief more than $10m payout” (FT, 5/31/16)
  • “Top C.E.O. pay fell – yes, fell – in 2015” (NYT, 5/27/16)
  • “Goldman investors revolt over executive pay” (FT, 5/20/16)
  • “Norway’s oil fund to target high executive pay votes” (FT, 5/1/16)
  • “Expedia CEO’s total pay jumps to almost $95 million with stock-option award” (WSJ, 5/1/16)
• Minorities and Women on Boards of Directors:
  • “Where more women are on boards, executive pay is higher” (NYT, 5/27/16)
  • “Barriers to board positions persist for minorities and women, report shows” (NYT, 5/16/16)

April 2016

• Anti-CEO Sentiment: “Campaign’s populist tone rankles America’s CEOs” (WSJ, 4/24/16)
• Bank Execs Compensation and “Clawbacks”:
  • “How regulators plan to use pay rules to rein in risk-taking by big banks” (LAT, 4/22/16)
  • “US finance professionals face fresh pay crackdown” (FT, 4/21/16)
  • [TOP TEN]“Are you in the Wall Street clawback club?” (WSJ, 4/21/16)
• Executive Compensation:
  • “L.A. billionaire Soon-Schiong gets $148-million payday even as his firm’s stock tanks” (LAT, 4/27/16)
  • “Anglo American braced for revolt over pay” (FT, 4/20/16)
  • “Companies wind up in the ‘penalty box’ on executive pay” (WSJ, 4/20/16)
  • “Four ways to bring galactic executive pay back down to earth” (FT, 4/18/16)
  • “Boards are responsible for limiting excess pay” (FT, 4/17/16)
  • “BP shareholders send ‘a message’ protesting chief’s pay” (NYT, 4/14/16)
  • “BP investors revolt over chief Bob Dudley’s 20% pay rise” (FT, 4/14/16)
  • “BP revives investor fury on executive pay” (FT, 4/14/16)
  • “BP shareholders reject oil giant’s pay policy” (WSJ, 4/14/16)
  • [TOP TEN]“CEO pay shrank most since financial crisis” (WSJ, 4/7/16)
• Shareholder Activism: “An activism-shy BlackRock throws a surprise punch” (NYT, 4/5/16)

March 2016

• Bankers’ Bonuses Cap: “Fears over impact of cap on bankers’ bonuses ‘unfounded’” (WSJ, 3/30/16)
• Big Bank Compensation: “Deutsche Bank cut overall 2015 bonus pool by 17%” (WSJ, 3/11/16)
• Italian Bank Boards of Directors: “Italian banks weighed down by overpaid directors” (FT, 3/30/16)
• Wall Street Compensation:
  • “Banks urged to beef up bonus clawbacks” (FT, 3/20/16)
  • “Barclays cuts share awards to top executives” (FT, 3/15/16)
  • “The warning in Wall Street paydays” (NYT, 3/9/16)
  • “Average Wall Street bonus drops by 9%” (WSJ, 3/8/16)
  • “Wall Street bonuses fell in 2015, and 2016 isn’t looking rosy” (NYT, 3/7/16)
  • “New regulations take toll on Wall Street bonuses” (FT, 3/7/16)

February 2016

• Directors’ Compensation: [TOP TEN]“Corporate directors’ pay ratchets higher as risks grow” (WSJ, 2/24/16)
• Executive Compensation:
  • “Standard Chartered eyes bonus clawbacks after loss” (FT, 2/24/16)
  • “HSBC cuts pay for top staff amid investor dissatisfaction” (FT, 2/21/16)
  • “Brian Moynihan, Bank of America chief, got 23% pay raise in 2015” (NYT, 2/12/16)
  • “Tidjane Thiam asks Credit Suisse board to slash his bonus” (FT, 2/7/16)
• Shareholder Activism: “Boardroom Brawlers” (WSJ, 2/29/16)
• Wall Street Compensation: “Bank-stock rout ripples to bonuses” (WSJ, 2/18/16)

January 2016

• Activist Investors and Shareholders:
  • “Declining markets mete out stiff punishments to activist investors” (NYT, 1/27/16)
  • “AIG to return $25bn after activist siege” (FT, 1/27/16)
  • “Activists beware: huge investors debut new long-term index” (WSJ, 1/22/16)
  • “Investors gain more clout over boards” (WSJ, 1/11/16)
• Corporate Governance: “Three, four, five? How many board seats are too many?” (WSJ, 1/21/16)
• Executive Compensation:
  • “Poorer results, richer bonuses” (LAT, 1/30/16)
  • “Goldman and Morgan Stanley cut chiefs’ pay” (NYT, 1/23/16)
  • “Top bankers’ total pay falls” (WSJ, 1/23/16)
  • “Greater love has no Deutsche banker than to lay down bonus for a junior” ( FT, 1/19/16)
  • “Bonuses cut to retain next generation” (FT, 1/19/16)
• Wall Street Restrictive Covenants (Perella-Kramer Lawsuit): [TOP TEN]“Wall Street’s battle of the bankers” (FT, 1/25/16)

December 2015

• Activist Investors and Shareholders:“Activists long road from corporate raiding to banner year” (WSJ, 12/26/15)
• Women on Boards:
  • “Boards with more women to 36% better” (FT, 12/7/15)
  • “The 30% Club: how women have taken on the old boys’ network” (FT, 12/5/15)

November 2015

• Activist Investors and Shareholders:“Activist investors keep shadow banking lenders in their sights” (FT, 11/19/15)
• Bank Corruption:“Big pay packages will not make bankers work any harder, says Deutsche’s Cryan” (FT, 11/25/15)
• Director Compensation:[TOP TEN]“How much to pay a director? There’s no clear answer” (NYT, 11/11/15)
• Directors and Insurance: “Regulatory pressure leaves directors exposed on costs” (FT, 11/9/15)
• Executive Compensation:
  • “Cryan is right: banking pay needs to come down even further” (FT, 11/30/15)
  • “Creating a feasible bank bonus system is no simple feat” (FT, 11/28/15)
  • “Bonuses key to keeping top bank performers” (FT, 11/27/15)

October 2015

• Activist Investors and Shareholders:“Activists hit block on German boards” (WSJ, 10/27/15)
• Corporate Governance:“Shareholder notch gain in SEC’s new ballot rules” (WSJ, 10/23/15)
• VW Scandal and Corporate Governance: “Boardroom politics at heart of VW scandal” (FT, 10/5/15)
• Women on Boards: “Why boards need women“(LAT, 10/11/15)

September 2015

• Activist Shareholders:“Attention shareholders: beware of the board” (WSJ, 9/15/15)
• CEO Compensation:
  • “Safety suffers in executive pay packages” (NYT, 9/13/15)
  • “Bears target BofA amid governance row” (FT, 9/15/15)
• Corporate Governance:“A lack of consensus on corporate governance” (NYT, 9/30/15)

August 2015

• Activist Shareholders:
  • “The imaginary problem of corporate short-termism” (WSJ, 8/18/15)
  • “More companies deal with multiple activists” (WSJ, 8/11/15)
  • “Activists’ secret ally: big mutual funds” (WSJ, 8/10/15)
  • “Shortsighted complaints about short-term capitalism” (FT, 8/6/15)
  • “Activist investors shake up B-schools” (WSJ, 8/6/15)
  • “Investor group challenges access to companies’ boards” (WSJ, 8/5/15)
• CEO Compensation:
  • “CFOs outpace their bosses in pay increases” (WSJ, 8/18/15)
  • “A misbegotten political jab at CEO pay” (WSJ, 8/11/15)
  • “Cause of optimism in curbing CEO pay” (NYT, 8/9/15)

July 2015

• Activist Shareholders:
  • “As vote nears, Samsung pulls out all the stops” (WSJ, 7/16/15)
  • “Activist knocks on Macy’s door” (WSJ, 7/16/15)
• CEO Compensation:
  • “Meet Wall Street’s highest-paid CEOs” (WSJ, 7/30/15)
  • “CFOs prep for pay ratio rules” (WSJ, 7/21/15)
  • “Misguided political attacks on CEO pay” (WSJ, 7/20/15)
  • “DImon regains bank pay top slot” (FT, 7/3/15)
  • “Banker pay rebounds but only for a few” (FT, 7/3/15)
• Independent Directors: “Dish suit shows close ties between executive and board members” (NYT, 7/12/15)
• Women on Boards: “A target has been met for women on boards, but it is only a start” (FT, 7/16/15)

June 2015

• Activist Shareholders:“Dimon has a point about proxy advisers” (FT, 6/1/15)
• CEO Compensation:
  • “Parsing the pay and performance of top CEOs” (WSJ, 6/25/15)
  • “Executive ay has become dysfunctional” (FT, 6/1/15)
  • “WPP faces another revolt over Sir Martin Sorrell’s pay” (FT, 6/1/15)
• CEO Stock Sales: “Top US bankers abandon share sale taboo” (FT, 6/17/15)
• Executive Compensation and Stock Buybacks: “Buybacks that hurt shareholders” (NYT, 6/7/15)

May 2015

• Activist Investors:
  • “Dimon vs ‘lazy’ investors” (WSJ, 5/29/15)
  • “Firms send more cash back to shareholders” (WSJ, 5/27/15)
  • “Outside auditors get asked in” (WSJ, 5/12/15)
• Activist Shareholders:
  • “DuPont fends off activist in tight vote” (WSJ, 5/14/15)
  • “DuPont wins showdown with activist” (NYT, 5/14/15)
  • “Capitalism wins at DuPont” (WSJ, 5/14/15)
  • “Peltz defeated in DuPont board bid” (FT, 5/13/15)
  • “Activist shareholders lead new French revolution on pay excess” (FT, 5/11/15)
  • “The battle over DuPont” (NYT, 5/9/15)
  • “BofA shareholders rebuke a key director” (WSJ, 5/8/15)
  • “Don’t dote on BofA CEO vote” (WSJ, 5/5/15)
  • “BofA relents on vote over chief” (WSJ, 5/5/15)
  • “Three steps to becoming an activist shareholder” (WSJ, 5/4/15)
• CEO Compensation:
  • “For the highest paid CEOs, the party goes on” (NYT, 5/17/15)
  • “Lagarde calls for shake-up of bankers’ bonus-led pay” (FT, 5/7/15)
  • “The right way to measure CEO pay has nothing to do with ‘shareholder value’” (LAT, 5/6/15)
• Wall Street Compensation:“Wall Street puts crisis behind, and prospers” (NYT, 5/19/15)

April 2015

• Activist Investors:
  • “BlackRock denies its investors proxy rights it demands as a shareholder” (FT, 4/29/15)
  • “Activists ramp up, and boardroom rifts ensue” (WSJ, 4/17/15)
  • “Norway oil fund to disclose voting” (FT, 4/15/15)
  • “A CEO urges others to stop being so nice to investors” ( NYT, 4/14/15)
• Activist Shareholders:
  • “ISS backs DuPont board seat for Peltz” (WSJ, 4/28/15)
  • “Clamoring for a seat at the table” (NYT, 4/26/15)
  • “After defeats at the hands of activists, the boardroom strikes back” (NYT, 4/22/15)
  • “Qualcomm profit-driver pressured after setback” (WSJ, 4/14/15)
  • [TOP TEN]“Despite federal regulation, CEO-worker pay gap data remains hidden” (NYT, 4/12/15)
  • “Goldman packages tied to profitability targets” (WSJ, 4/11/15)
  • “Media executives’ pay packages still in stratosphere” (LAT, 4/11/15)
  • “Gorman receives 25% raise” (WSJ, 4/2/15)
  • “UBS shareholders to vote on top executive’s $60m in bonuses” (FT, 4/2/15)
• Wall Street Compensation“Wall Street’s pay gap slims” (WSJ, 4/6/15)
• Women as CEO’s: “We need women as chief executives, not just non-executives” (FT, 4/30/15)

March 2015

• Activist Investors:“Activists win ground in major boardrooms” (WSJ, 3/17/15)
• Activist Shareholders:
  • “Time to coax the directors into talking” (NYT, 3/29/15)
  • “Taking sides on activists” (WSJ, 3/20/15)
  • “Activist investors shaking up banks” (LAT, 3/19/15)
  • “Vanguard and BlackRock raise voices” (WSJ, 3/4/15)
• CEO Compensation:
  • “Citi cites failed test, Banamex in Corbat pay cut” (WSJ, 3/19/15)
  • “Wells CEO sees pay stay at $19.3 million” (WSJ, 3/18/15)
• Corporate Governance and Pension Funds (CalPERS “Global Governance” Policy): [TOP TEN]“The thorny task of advocating good corporate behavior” (NYT, 3/25/15)
• Wall Street Compensation:
  • “Banker bonuses grow, but at a slower rate” (WSJ, 3/13/15)
  • “Average Wall Street bonus is $172,860” (LAT, 3/12/15)
• Women on Boards:
  • “UK set to miss target for women board members” (FT, 3/9/15)
  • “Germany sets gender quota in boardrooms” (NYT, 3/7/15)

February 2015

• Activist Investors:
  • “Airing out stagnant boardrooms” (NYT, 2/22/15)
• Activist Investors and Stagnanant Boardrooms: “Airing out stagnant boardrooms” (NYT, 2/22/15)
• Activist Shareholders:
  • “Bailout architect presses GM” (WSJ, 2/11/15)
  • “Hedge fund-backed investor puts himself up for GM board” (NYT, 2/11/15)
  • “Stock sales by DuPont CEO trigger concerns” (WSJ, 2/10/15)
• Board’s Audit Committee: “The board’s fire department” (WSJ, 2/3/15)
• CEO Accountability and ‘Too-Big-To-Manage?’: [TOP TEN]“When is a company too big to manage?” (FT, 2/28/15)
• CEO Compensation: “Are CEOs that talented, or just lucky?” (NYT, 2/7/15)
• Revolving Door and Golden Parachutes: [TOP TEN]“The paratroopers of crony capitalism” (WSJ, 2/11/15)
• “Say on Pay” Shareholder Votes: “Study finds trends in votes about ‘say on pay’” (WSJ, 2/12/15)
• Wall Street Compensation:“Work on incentive pay rules revs up” (WSJ, 2/17/15)
• Women CEOs and Investor Activism: [TOP TEN]“Do activist investors target female CEOs?” (NYT, 2/10/15)

January 2015

• Big Bank Compensation: “Big banks look set to trim bonuses” (WSJ, 1/10/15)
• CEO Compensation:
  • [TOP TEN]“Tricky ratio of chief’s pay to workers’” (NYT, 1/27/15)
  • “Cash is king in CEO bonuses” (WSJ, 1/23/15)
  • “2 Wall St. chiefs to get a sweeter pay package in 2015” (NYT, 1/23/15)
  • [TOP TEN]“Golden parachutes are lead balloon for investors” (FT, 1/15/15)
• Executive Compensation and Shareholder Activism: “Oracle shareholders pile pressure on Ellison over his ‘excessive’ pay” (FT, 1/26/15)
• Shareholder Proposed Directors:
  • “An unusual boardroom battle, in academia” (NYT, 1/6/15)
  • “Whole Foods’ high hurdle for investors” (NYT, 1/4/15)
• Women on Boards of Directors:
  • “Census finds targets boost women’s share of board seats” (FT, 1/14/15)
  • “Are changes in store for women in the boardroom?” (WSJ, 1/13/15)

December 2014

• Activist Investors and CEO’s:“Shareholder rights and responsibilities” (FT, 12/07/14)
• Board “Longtimers”: “For older board members, the pressure ot move on” (WSJ, 12/24/14)
• Corporate Governance: “SEC official says Harvard exposed by rights project” (WSJ, 12/11/14)
• Shareholder Activism: “Banks find niche in puzzling out activist attacks” (WSJ, 12/18/14)

November 2014

• Activist Investors and CEO’s:“CEOs’ test: contending with activist investors” (WSJ, 11/26/14)
• Combined CEO/Chairman Position:
  • “A hope and a prayer for reforms at BofA” (WSJ, 11/25/14)
  • “Faith-based shareholders prepare day of reckoning for Bank of America” (WSJ, 11/24/14)

October 2014

• Activist Investors and CEO’s:“As activist investors gain strength, boards surrender” (NYT, 10/15/14)
• CEO Compensation: “About that CEO/employee pay gap” (WSJ, 10/13/14)
• CEO “Tone from the Top”: “Outsiders will struggle to control hidden CEO risks” (FT, 10/14/14)
• Combined CEO/Chairman Position:
  • “Investors push back at BofA’s reversal” (WSJ, 10/31/14)
  • “Bank of America Chief Moynihan to add chairman role” (NYT, 10/2/14)
  • “Bank of America board gives chairman job to Brian Moynihan” (WSJ, 10/2/14)
• Executive Compensation: “Deutsche Bank withholds bonuses as it seeks to hold executives to account” (FT, 10/1/14)
• No CFO?: “Some big firms survive just fine without a CFO” (WSJ, 10/14/14)

September 2014

• Shareholder Activism:
  • “The big dangers of fighting bad press” (NYT, 9/30/14)
  • “Activist scores a win at Walgreen” (WSJ, 9/8/14)
• Wall Street Compensation: “Top rung more distant for Wall Street bankers“(FT, 9/9/14)
• Women on Boards: “Boardroom success of women hides trouble below” (FT, 9/18/14)

August 2014

• Shareholder Activism:
  • “Companies say ‘no way’ to ‘say on pay’” (WSJ, 8/26/14)
  • “Grappling with the cost of corporate gadflies” (NYT, 8/20/14)

July 2014

• Audit and Risk Committees of Boards: “Audit is no longer the chore the board dreads most” (FT, 7/29/14)
• Auditor “Inappropriate Personal Relationship”: “Ventas auditor, accounting chief out” (WSJ, 7/10/14)
• Corporate Governance:  “Investors ask boards, ‘Can we talk?‘” (NYT, 7/22/14)
• CEO Compensation:“Oracle cuts its stock grants to CEO Ellison” (WSJ7/29/14)
• Pension Funds and Board Seats: “Calstrs pushes for PepsiCo board seat” (FT, 7/24/14)

June 2014

• Bank Executive Compensation: 
  • “Street is bullish on pay raises” (WSJ, 6/27/14)
  • “Atlantic gap opens in bank chiefs’ pay” (FT, 6/3/14)
  • “Top bankers pay rises hit 10% as US extends its lead over Europe” (FT, 6/3/14)
• CEO Compensation:
  

   

  • “An elusive jackpot” (NYT, 6/8/14)
  • “More scrutiny, still spectacular” (NYT, 6/8/14)
• Executive Compensation:“Investors close golden parachutes” (WSJ, 6/6/14)
• Women on Boards:  “Women on the Board: Quotas have limited success” (NYT, 6/20/14)

May 2014

• Activist Investors:
  • “Wal-Mart Board draws broadside from ISS” (WSJ, 5/27/14)
  • “Clash over board will be measure of activist clout” (WSJ, 5/23/14)
  • “‘Poison Pill’ gets a bot more toxic” (WSJ, 5/8/14)
  • “A truce at Sotheby’s after a costly and avoidable battle” (NYT, 5/6/14)
  • “Sotheby’s yields to Hedge Fund Mogul and allies” (NYT, 5/6/14)
  • “Sotheby’s and Loeb settle on a ‘rescue’” (WSJ, 5/6/14)
• Bank Chairman of Boards:  “Top banking hot seats are becoming too hot to handle” (FT, 5/13/14)
• Bank Executive Compensation:
  • “HSBC chairman’s bonus cut fails to stall shareholder dissent on pay” (FT, 5/24/14)
  • “CEO Pay: Bank size trumps results” (WSJ, 5/13/14)
  • “Standard Chartered Pay, nominees face fire” (WSJ, 5/9/14)
  • “‘NO’ Vote urged on J/P/ Morgan pay” (WSJ, 5/8/14)
• CEO Compensation:
  

   

  • “CEO pay rises moderately; a few reap huge rewards” (WSJ, 5/28/14)
  • “CEO’s median pay rises above $10 million” (LAT, 5/28/14)
  • “Many CEOs’ pay is an insult to working families” (LAT, 5/27/14)
  • “Tepid approval for JP Morgan pay” (WSJ, 5/21/14)
  • “Investors reject Chipotle Chief’s’ pay plan” (NYT, 5/16/14)
  • “Chipotle holders reject pay plan” (WSJ, 5/16/14)
  • “Chipotle investors vote against executive pay plan” (FT, 5/16/14)
• Corporate Governance and Shareholder Votes: “Where majority doesn’t rule” (WSJ, 5/12/14)
• Corporate Governance Warren Buffet Style:  “Berkshire’s radical strategy: trust” (NYT, 5/6/14)
• Delaware Supreme Court Decision (“Loser Pays is a Law”):  “‘Loser Pays,’ Plaintiffs pause” (WSJ, 5/19/14)
• Executive Compensation:
  • “Nabors feels heat on executive pay” (WSJ, 5/31/14)
  • “StanChart investors revolt on pay policy” (FT, 5/9/14)
  • “Coke’s pay hurts the media’s brain” (WSJ, 5/7/14)
  • “Buffet pressures Coca-Cola over pay” (WSJ, 5/1/14)
• Herbalife:  “Three firms boost stakes in Herbalife” (LAT, 5/16/14)
• Shareholder and Hedge Fund Activism ( Ackman / Herbalife):
  • “Bill Ackman documentary shows seamy side of Herbalife” (New York Post, 5/3/14)
  • “US looks into wagers, pro and con, on Herbalife” (NYT, 5/2/14)

April 2014

• Activist Investors:
  • “Advisers search for activists” (WSJ, 4/28/14)
  • “Adversity to bolster Herbalife, CEO says” (LAT, 4/30/14)
  • “Ackman, Icahn make peace” (WSJ, 4/29/14)
  • “The barbarians return to the gate” (FT, 4/25/14)
  • [TOP TEN] “Battle of the boardroom” (FT, 4/24/14)
• Bank Executive Compensation: 
  • “U.K. bars RBS plan on bonus” (WSJ, 4/26/14)
  • “Shareholders in revolt over higher Barclays bonuses” (FT, 4/26/14)
  • “The low politics of bankers’ pay” (FT, 4/26/14)
  • “Barclays backs bigger bonuses despite revolt” (FT, 4/25/14)
  • “Barclays gets an earful over its pay practices” (WSJ, 4/25/14)
• Board of Directors: “10.8 Average Years of service by directors at S&P 1500 companies” (WSJ, 4/1/14)
• CEO Compensation:
  

   

  • “Pay package for Cheniere CEO hits $142 million”  (WSJ, 4/30/14)
  • “Yahoo chief’s pay tied to another company’s performance” (NYT, 4/30/14)
  • “CEO pay goes up up and away” (NYT, 4/15/14)
  • “Invasion of the supersalaries” (NYT, 4/13/14)
  • “CBS chief’s pay increases 8% to $67 million in 2013” (LAT, 4/12/14)
  • “Blankfein’s  pay is tops” (WSJ, 4/5/14)
• Clawbacks and Crisis Cases:  [TOP TEN] “The wallet as ethics enforcer” (NYT, 4/10/14)
• Director Compensation: “‘Say on Pay’ Push” (NYT, 4/10/14)
• Executive Compensation:
  • “Buffets punts on pay” (NYT, 4/26/14)
  • “Telecom bosses dial up big pay” (WSJ, 4/26/14)
  • “Citigroup leaders get vote of confidence” (WSJ, 4/23/14)
  • “Investors back Citi executives on pay” (FT, 4/23/14)
  • “Barclays’ investors plan portest vote over pay” (FT, 4/16/14)
  • “Deutsche Bank seeks salary rises amid bonus cap” (FT, 4/11/14)
  • “Citi pay proposal opposed by 2 proxy firms” (WSJ, 4/9/14)
• Shareholder and Hedge Fund Activism ( Ackman / Herbalife):
  • “Herbalife gets more bad news: Illinois AG investigation” (LAT, 4/18/14)
  • “Daniel Loeb and William Ackman bury the Herbalife hatchet” (WSJ, 4/5/14)

March 2014

• Activist Hedge Funds: “Activist hedge funds increase corporate bond risk, says Moody’s” (FT, 3/11/14)
• Activist Investors:
  • “Olive branch by activist foe” (WSJ, 3/29/14)
  • “The SEC’s corporate proxy rules need a rewrite” (WSJ, 3/27/14)
  • “Activist investors leak their plans to a favored few” (WSJ, 3/27/14)
  • “BlackRock’s Fink sounds the alert” (WSJ, 3/26/14)
  • “Delaware judge calls for end to deluge of activist votes” (FT, 3/25/14)
  • [TOP TEN] “New Alliances in battle for corporate control” (NYT, 3/19/14)
• Board Independent Committee Investigations:  [TOP TEN] “Beware the false reassurance of corporate probes” (FT, 3/7/14)
• CEO Compensation:
  

   

  • “Goldman CEO payback on top” (WSJ, 3/19/14)
  • “Bankers hit stock-award jackpot” (WSJ, 3/13/14)
  • “Barclays sparks bonus outrage” (FT, 3/6/14)
  • “McKesson changes executive compensation plan” (WSJ, 3/1/14)
• Director Liability under Delaware Law:  [TOP TEN] “Ruling highlights unequal treatment in penalizing corporate wrongdoers” (NYT, 3/19/14)
• Executive Compensation:
  • “A question of what’s a reasonable reward” (NYT, 3/25/14)
  • “Investment bankers’ pay to fall as margins shrink, BNP chief says” (FT, 3/25/14)
• Investor Proposals re Company Proxies: “Break up the bank? It’s not for you to ask” (NYT, 3/2/14)
• “Iger Pay” Proposal:  “Disney CEO wins support of shareholders on his pay” (WSJ, 3/19/14)
• Shareholder and Hedge Fund Activism ( Ackman / Herbalife):
  • “In battle of billionaires, Icahn gains three seats on the Herbalife board” (NYT, 3/25/14)
  • “Icahn gains Herbalife seats” (LAT, 3/25/14)
  • “US wades into Herbalife dust-up” (FT, 3/15/14)
  • “The Senator and the Hedge fund” (WSJ, 3/14/14)
  • “Herbalife attracts FTC’s scrutiny” (WSJ, 3/13/14)
  • “FTC Inquiry into Herbalife prompts big share selloff” (NYT, 3/13/14)
  • [TOP TEN] “Herbalife hit by US pyramid probe” (FT, 3/13/14)
  • [TOP TEN]“After big bet, hedge fund pulls the levers of power” (NYT, 3/9/14)
• Shareholder Activism:
  • “Executives take note: activists are sometimes right” (FT, 3/25/14)
  • “Corporations take swats at a Gadfly” (WSJ, 3/13/14)
  • “Bondholders in activists’ crossfire” (WSJ, 3/11/14)
  • “New form of shareholder activism gains momentum” (NYT, 3/5/14)
• Wall Street Banker Compensation:  “Average Wall St. bonus increased by 15% in 2013” (NYT, 3/13/14)
• Women Board Members: “Female chief numbers increase” (FT, 3/25/14)

February 2014

• Activist Investors (Ichan):  “The obsessive activist investor undeterred by defeat” (FT, 2/24/14)
• CEO Compensation:
  

   

  • “Firms alter bonus playbook” (WSJ, 2/27/14)
  • “Citigroup increases Corbat’s pay 23%” (WSJ, 2/21/14)
  • “BofA raises Moynihan’s compensation” (WSJ, 2/20/14)
  • [TOP TEN]“Accounting for Dimon’s big jump in pay” (NYT, 2/1/14)
• Corporate Governance:
  • “Board to investors: let’s talk” (WSJ, 2/11/14)
  • “Governance watchdog accused of bad governance” (FT, 2/3/14)
• Corporate Governance, Venture Capitalists, and Conflicts of Interest:  “Andreessen fires back after Icahn criticism” (WSJ, 2/28/14)
• European Banks Bonuses: “Banks in London devise way around Europe’s bonus rules” (NYT, 2/14/14)
• Executive Compensation:
  • [TOP TEN] “A Bonus is declined; a problem remains” (NYT, 2/23/14)
  • “Outrage over Wall St. pay, but shrugs for Silicon Valley?” (NYT, 2/19/14)
  • “Credit Suisse replaces radical bonus scheme” (FT, 2/18/14)
  • “Barclays bonuses give the city a say on bonuses” (FT, 2/18/14)
  • “UBS lifts bonus pool after rise in profits” (FT, 2/5/14)
  • “Why pay for corporate high flyers is falling back to earth” (FT, 2/4/14)
  • “Bankers adjust their bonus caps‘” (FT, 2/4/14)
• Shareholder and Hedge Fund Activism ( Ackman / Herbalife):
  • “In yearlong clash over Herbalife, innuendo trumps clarity” (NYT, 2/5/14)
  • “Herbalife lifts forecast amid fresh Ackman run-in” (FT, 2/4/14)
• Women Board Members:
  • “More women and foreign-educated executives enter ranks, study finds” (NYT, 2/19/14)
  • “Dame Alison Carnwath: chairman of Land Securities” (FT, 2/10/14)
  • “Women gain board seats– abroad” (WSJ, 2/5/14)

January 2014

• Activist Investors and Boards: “No barbarians at the gate; instead, a force for change” (NYT, 1/7/14)
• Board of Directors Battles: “A boardroom drama percolates behind a staid steel company” (NYT, 1/24/14)
• CEO Compensation:
  

   

  • “Big raise for JPMorgan chief despite a rough year” (NYT, 1/25/14)
  • “Dimon gets raise after rough year” (WSJ, 1/25/14)
  • “JPMorgan pays its CEO $20 million” (LAT, 1/25/14)
  • “Fined billions, bank will give Dimon a raise” (NYT, 1/24/14)
• Corporate Governance: “The new decision makers” (WSJ, 1/16/14)
• Delaware Supreme Court: “Leo Strine nominated to head Delaware supreme court” (WSJ, 1/9/14)
• European Banks Bonuses: “Banks in London devise way around Europe’s bonus rules” (NYT, 2/14/14)
• Executive Compensation:
  • “Goldman gives chief $14.7 million stock bonus” (NYT, 1/31/14)
  • “Blankfein joins peers with bump in his pay” (WSJ, 1/31/14)
  • “Wary Goldman reduces pay ratio, even as profit rises” (NYT, 1/17/14)
  • “Goldman curbs pay after weak year” (WSJ, 1/17/14)
• Shareholder Activism: “Nader, an Adversary of Capitalism, Now fights as an investor” (NYT, 1/15/14)
• Shareholder and Hedge Fund Activism ( Ackman / Herbalife):
  • “Senator is lobbying for inquiry on Herbalife” (NYT, 1/24/14)
  • “Herbalife’s critics gain ground” (LAT, 1/24/14)
• Women Board Members:
  • “Missing in IPO boom? Female CEOs” (WSJ, 1/25/14)
  • “Want better hedge fund returns? Try one led by a woman” (NYT, 1/16/14)
  • “Quotas for female board members look like a toad too far” (FT, 1/10/14)
  • “Old Mutual appoints two more women to board” (FT, 1/7/14)

December 2013

• Activist Investors and Boards:
  • “Secret buybacks are unfair to shareholders” (WSJ, 12/31/13)
  • “Hedge funds launch bonus fight” (FT, 12/30/13)
  • “Teva faces pressure to revamp its board” (FT, 12/30/13)
  • “Companies, activists declare truce in boardroom battles” (WSJ, 12/10/13)
• Corporate Governance:“The tiny change of shaking boards” (WSJ, 12/27/13)
• Citigroup Low Profile CEO (Corbat): “Quiet boss at Citigroup setting tone for Wall St.” (NYT, 12/2/13)
• Director Resignations: “Two Barrick directors step down in protest” (WSJ, 12/18/13)
• Executive Compensation:
  • “Big rally pumps up Wall Street bonuses” (WSJ, 12/24/13)
  • “Oxy, Irani settle pay dispute” (WSJ, 12/24/13)
  • “Oxy is paying former chief to go away” (NYT, 12/14/13)
  • “RBS denies plan to raise pay to beat EU bonus cap” (FT, 12/23/13)
  • “Down but not out” (FT, 12/3/13)
  • “Global banks to cut pay for third successive year despite profit rise” (FT, 12/3/13)
• Executive Compensation and Severance Pay: “At Freeport-McMoRan, ‘the upfront severance payment’‘” (WSJ, 12/24/13)
• Proxy Firms:
  • “Proxy Advisers don’t help shareholders” (WSJ, 12/9/13)
  • “Lively debate on Proxy firms’ influence” (NYT, 12/6/13)
• Shareholder and Hedge Fund Activism ( Ackman / Herbalife):
  • “Ackman shares Herbalife data” (LAT, 12/24/13)
  • “Herbalife thrives despite attacks” (LAT, 12/18/13)
• Women Board Members:
  • “Twitter Appoints Marjorie Scardino as first female board member” (NYT, 12/6/13)
  • “Twitter appoints Scardino to role on board” (FT, 12/6/13)

November 2013

• Boards and Shareholders:
  • “Provident Financial directors re-elected, despite criticism” (WSJ, 11/29/13)
  • “‘Golden Leash’ payments fuel debate” (WSJ, 11/26/13)
• Board Independence: “The case against too much independence on the board” (NYT, 11/12/13)
• CFO Suicide and Corporate Pressure:
  • “Probe into Zurich CFO’s suicide finds no evidence of under pressure” (FT, 11/5/13)
  • “Probe of suicide clears executive” (WSJ, 11/5/13)
• Delaware Supreme Court Supreme Justice: “Leo Strine seeks top Delaware post” (WSJ, 11/7/13)
• Executive Compensation:
  • “Rise in bank bonuses to clash with cap” (FT, 11/30/13)
  • “Barclays eyes share plan for executives” (FT, 11/29/13)
  • “Swiss voters reject proposal to cap executive salaries” (LAT, 11/26/13)
  • “Swiss voters reject curbs on exec pay” (WSJ, 11/25/13)
  • “Swiss voters decisively reject a measure to put limits on executive pay” (NYT, 11/25/13)
  • “Swiss voters reject wage caps in referendum” (FT, 11/23/13)
  • “Outlawing high pay will cost Switzerland dear” (FT, 11/21/13)
  • “Should Swiss CEO pay be capped? A vote may make it so” (WSJ, 11/15/13)
  • “Swiss poll stirs debate on executive pay” (FT, 11/13/13)
  • “Applying plumbers common sense to fix Europe’s banks” (NYT, 11/8/13)
  • “A vote goes against outsize executive pay, but it’s hardly a blow” (NYT, 11/6/13)
• Hedge Fund Investor Activism: “An activist investor minus the fangs” (WSJ, 11/8/13)
• Shareholder Activism:“Boardrooms rethink tactics to defang activist investors” (NYT, 11/12/13)
• Wall Street Compensation:
  • “Wall Street bonus outlook is mixed” (WSJ, 11/7/13)
  • “Wall Street bonuses overall are predicted to rise 5 to 10% (Bond Traders excluded)” (NYT, 11/7/13)

October 2013

• Boards and Shareholders: “Bridging the chasm between boards and shareholders” (WSJ, 10/10/13)
• Corporate Governance:
  • “The danger of a rush of power to the head” (FT, 10/8/13)
  • “Shareholders suing Dish say Directors aren’t truly independent” (WSJ, 10/7/13)
• Executive Compensation:
  • “Smaller bonuses, but still big pay” (WSJ, 10/31/13)
  • “Oracle directors face pressure on chief’s pay” (WSJ, 10/16/13)
  • “The enormous importance of executive pay” (FT, 10/7/13)
• Hedge Fund Investor Activism:
  • “Carl Icahn and Daniel Loeb can’t be shut out” (FT, 10/15/13)
  • “Third Point urges Sotheby’s chief William Ruprecht to quit” (FT, 10/3/13)
  • “Investor launches attack on Sotheby’s” (WSJ, 10/3/13)
  • “Loeb raises stake in Sotheby’s and seeks board seat” (NYT, 10/3/13)
• Shareholder and Hedge Fund Activism (JC Penney / Ackman): “As J.C. Penney flounders, a lack of control becomes evident” (NYT, 10/2/13)

September 2013

• AIG 2009 Bonuses:
  • “Plutocrats feeling persecuted” (NYT, 9/27/13)
  • “AIG chief censured by regulators and politicians over race remarks” (FT, 9/25/13)
  • “AIG chief’s comments on bonuses are met with blowback” (WSJ, 9/25/13)
• Board Special Committee and Conflicts of Interest: “Dish director quit amid flap” (WSJ, 9/11/13)
• CEO Hubris: “Science can help to spot symptoms of executive hubris” (FT, 9/24/13)
• CEO Compensation (Ellison/Oracle): “Pay at oracle under fire” (WSJ, 9/26/13)
• CFO Suicide and Corporate Pressure:
  • “Ackerman dealt fresh blow by Siemens” (FT, 9/13/13)
  • “Friction at Zurich built in months before suicide” (WSJ, 9/4/13)
• Corporate Governance (Dell): “Challenging the imperial boardroom” (WSJ, 9/19/13)
• Executive Compensation:
  • “George Osborne takes EU to court over bank bonus cap” (FT, 9/26/13)
  • “Exposing the pay gap” (NYT, 9/25/13)
  • “Mobile executives” (FT, 9/23/13)
  • “Fidelity challenges companies on long-term incentives” (FT, 9/23/13)
  • “A better way to compare CEO pay” (NYT, 9/22/13)
  • “Finish fury over Elop’s £18.8m award” (FT, 9/21/13)
  • “It’s hard to slice and dice CEO paychecks” (WSJ, 9/21/13)
  • “CEO pay more closely matches firms’ results” (WSJ, 9/12/13)
• JP Morgan New Outside Directors:
  • “JP Morgan juices up Director job” (WSJ, 9/10/3)
  • “JP Morgan acts to curb Dimon’s board power” (FT, 9/10/13)
• New CEO and old CFO: “New bosses often clean house” (WSJ, 9/17/13)
• Outside Directors: “The big number”  (WSJ, 9/17/13)
• SEC new disclosure rules re CEO compensation:
  • “SEC proposes greater disclosure on pay for CEO’s” (NYT, 9/19/13)
  • “Player of the week” (WSJ, 9/19/13)
  • “SEC wants boss-employee pay gap on display” (WSJ, 9/19/13)
  • “SEC calls for pay ratio disclosure” (FT, 9/19/13)
• Shareholder Activism:“Nokia chairman asked Elop if he would give back €18.8 pay-off” (FT, 9/26/13)
• Shareholder and Hedge Fund Activism (JC Penney / Ackman):
  • “Hedge funds load up on J. C. Penney shares” (WSJ, 9/4/13)
  • “Two more hedge funds scoop up stakes in J. C. Penney” (NYT, 9/4/13)
• Women as Directors: “‘Glacial’ rate of progress brings calls for quotas” (FT, 9/19/13)

August 2013

• CFO Suicide and Corporate Pressure:
  • “Insurer looks into suicide” (WSJ, 8/31/13)
  • “Zurich to launch probe into death of finance chief” (FT, 8/31/13)
  • “A top banker’s image, clouded” (NYT, 8/31/13)
• Corporate Governance and Splitting CDO and Board of Director/Chairman Position (JP Morgon/Dimon): “Dimon role raises questions over where corporate power lies” (FT, 8/5/13)
• Executive Compensation:
  • “SEC is set to propose new rule on CEO pay” (WSJ, 8/22/13)
  • “Pay deferrals for bankers are tougher in Europe” (NYT, 8/6/13)
  • “Incoming RBS chief waives bonus to head off ‘pay drama’” (FT, 8/3/13)
• Institutional Investors and Proxy Advisory Firms: “The proxy advisory racket” (WSJ, 8/21/13)
• Shareholder Activism:
  • “Activist storms Microsoft board” (WSJ, 8/31/13)
  • “Activist investment is no mere niche” (FT, 8/28/13)
  • “Political Investing harms public pension funds” (WSJ, 8/26/13)
  • “The limits of shareholder activism” (WSJ, 8/21/13)
  • “Activist investors: a roar or a bark?” (WSJ, 8/20/13)
  • “Activists spur horse trading for seats on corporate boards” (WSJ, 8/20/13)
  • “Sidhu targets Atlantic Coast makeover” (WSJ, 8/19/13)
  • “Activists often more spoilers than saviors” (FT, 8/17/13)
  • [TOP TEN]“Activists keep fighting despite setbacks” (FT, 8/17/13)
• Shareholder and Hedge Fund Activism (JC Penney / Ackman):
  • “Ackman flees Penney stock” (WSJ, 8/27/13)
  • “His ties severed, Ackman moves to sell big stake in JC Penney” (NYT, 8/27/13)
  • “Ackman acknowledges ‘mistakes’ in letter to investors” (NYT, 8/22/13)
  • “Ackman concedes some ‘failures’” (WSJ, 8/22/13)
  • “JC Penney moves to placate Ackman” (WSJ, 8/13/13)
  • “Ackman quits Penney board” (LAT, 8/14/13)
  • “Activist gives up board seat at Penney” (WSJ, 8/14/13)
  • “Ackman quits JC Penney board” (FT, 8/14/13)
  • “The loudest voice fails” (NYT, 8/14/13)
  • “Penney board assails Director” (WSJ, 8/12/13)
  • “Penney’s board battle escalates” (WSJ, 8/11/13)
  • “Charges fly in bitter feud over strategy at Penney’s” (NYT, 8/10/13)
  • “War of attrition at Penney” (WSJ, 8/11/13)
  • “JC Penney falls after its top investor takes aim at board” (FT, 8/11/13)
  • “Investor William Ackman targets JP Penney’s CEO” (WSJ, 8/9/13)
  • “JC Penney shares jump on report of push for permanent chief” (NYT, 8/9/13)

July 2013

• Auditors and Incentives: “Paying auditors for honest appraisals” (WSJ, 7/18/13)
• CEO Re-election and Shareholder Activism (McKesson): “‘No’ votes urged at McKesson” (WSJ, 7/1/13)
• CEOs and Traffic Violations: “Intersection of fraud and traffic violations” (NYT, 7/26/13)
• Corporate Governance: “America’s longest serving directors” (WSJ, 7/17/13)
• Corporate Governance and Spitzer:
  • “The scourge of Wall Street seeks new pulpit” (FT, 7/10/13)
  • “The Spitzer method” (WSJ, 7/9/13)
  • “Spitzer’s new pitch stresses corporate rules” (WSJ, 7/9/13)
• Executive Compensation:
  • “Bonuses shrink for top UK bankers” (FT, 7/16/13)
  • “Thousands earned millions at Europe’s banks” (WSJ, 7/16/13)
  • “Bailed-out bank chiefs face pay curbs of 15-times average salary” (FT, 7/11/13)
  • “Apple takes lead in CFO pay” (WSJ, 7/2/13)
• Female CFOs and Board Membership: “Boards snap up female CFOs” (WSJ, 7/16/13)
• Harvard Shareholder Rights Project: “35 big steps to accountability” (NYT, 7/7/13)
• JP Morgan Board Changes After London Whale Trading Loss: “Exits at JP Morgan’s board” (WSJ, 7/20/13)
• JP Morgan and Independent Directors: “JP Morgan boosts top independent director” (FT, 7/20/13)
• Robert Monks and Corporate Governance: “Courtly, yes, but crusading against corporate excess” (NYT, 7/6/13)
• Severance Pay for Board Chairman: “Novartis cuts exit pay for ex-chairman after outcry” (WSJ, 7/18/13)
• Short-Term Shareholders: “A standard criticism of activist investors that no longer holds up” (NYT, 7/10/13)

June 2013

• Board of Directors Role in CEO Departure (RBS):
  • “Banking must pursue the holy grail of confidence” (FT, 6/25/13)
  • “Doubts raised about direction of Royal Bank of Scotland” (NYT, 6/14/13)
  • “At RBS, ‘a Monstrous Job’” (WSJ, 6/14/13)
  • “Osborne shouldn’t treat RBS like his family business” (FT, 6/14/13)
  • “Fears that Hester’s departure will accelerate defections from RBS” (FT, 6/14/13)
  • “Osborne ‘clear’ on vision for bank” (FT, 6/14/13)
  • “RBS chief is shown door by board” (WSJ, 6/13/13)
  • “Steven Hester to step down as RBS executive” (FT, 6/13/13)
• CEOs and Shareholder Activism: “A $90 million CEO exit” (WSJ, 6/20/13)
• Corporate Governance and Shareholder Activism (Deutsche Bank): “Deutsche shareholders rebel over board” (FT, 6/3/13)
• Executive Compensation:
  • “The unstoppable climb in CEO pay” (NYT, 6/30/13)
  • “McKesson CEO due a pension of $159 million” (WSJ, 6/25/13)
  • “Forces conspire to curb bank chiefs’ pay” (FT, 6/24/13)
  • “Average pay of top bankers drops 10%” (FT, 6/24/13)
• Executive Compensation and Shareholder Activism (WPP): “WPP suffers shareholder revolt over executive pay” (FT, 6/13/13)
• Goldman Sachs’ Number Two (Cohn): [TOP TEN]“Trader covets Goldman office where a friend is sitting tight” (NYT, 6/13/13)
• Shareholder “Say-on-Pay” Votes: “In shareholder say-on-pay votes, whispers, not shouts” (NYT, 6/27/13)
• UK’s Investor Forum and Shareholder Oversight of Boards: “Biggest UK investors plan joint move on excess” (FT, 6/17/13)
• Wal-Mart and Shareholder Activism: “Discontent with chief is seen in votes by Wal-Mart shareholders” (NYT, 6/11/13)

May 2013

• Board of Directors and Corporate Shareholder Activism: “Funds get active over director pay” (WSJ, 5/21/13)
• CEO Burnout: “When the CEO burns out” (WSJ, 5/8/13)
• Corporate Governance and Splitting CEO and Board Chairman Positions (JP Morgan /Dimon):
  • “A flawed system that suits shareholders just fine” (NYT, 5/30/13)
  • “For Dimon, time for renewal is now” (WSJ, 5/28/13)
  • “The CEO triumphant (at least at Apple and Chase)” (NYT, 5/26/13)
  • “For proxy advisers, influence wanes” (WSJ, 5/23/13)
  • “After a vote, Dimon moves to mend bank’s fences” (NYT, 5/23/13
  • “An uneasy peace after Dimon’s war” (WSJ, 5/22/13)
  • “Dimon undaunted” (WSJ, 5/22/13)
  • “Small group held sway in outcome” (WSJ, 5/22/13)
  • [TOP TEN]“Vote strengthens Dimon’s grip” (WSJ, 5/22/13)
  • [TOP TEN]“Strong lobbying helps Dimon thwart a shareholder challenge” (NYT, 5/22/13)
  • “Dimon retains role as chairman” (LAT, 5/22/13)
  • “JP Morgan: Storm blows over” (FT, 5/22/13)
  • “Dimon victory despite investor backlash” (FT, 5/22/13)
  • “Board at JP Morgan in flux” (WSJ, 5/21/13)
  • “Investors vote in Dimon referendum” (FT, 5/21/13)
  • “Stockholder power faces test at Chase” (NYT, 5/20/13)
  • “JP Morgan braced for board protests” (FT, 5/20/13)
  • “Dimon makes his case” (WSJ, 5/19/13)
  • “The last king of Wall Street, defending his two crowns” (FT, 5/19/13)
  • “JP Morgan’s Dimon facing push to strip his chairman title” (LAT, 5/18/13)
  • “JP Morgan marshals support for Dimon” (WSJ, 5/17/13)
  • “Shareholders denied access to Chase vote results” (NYT, 5/16/13)
  • “Making a case for one leader at JP Morgan” (NYT, 5/14/13)
  • [TOP TEN] “Dispute at JPMorgan grows, for all the wrong reasons” (NYT, 5/15/13)
  • “In role reversal, Goldman chief advises Dimon” (NYT, 5/15/13)
  • “Dimon job-split gains pace” (WSJ, 5/15/13)
  • “JPMorgan revenues up ahead of vote” (FT, 5/15/13)
  • “Dimon looks to keep reins” (WSJ, 5/8/13)
  • “Small firm, could turn the vote on Dimon” (NYT, 5/8/13)
  • “JP Morgan chief under mounting pressure” (FT, 5/8/13)
  • “JP Morgan seeks more risk savvy” (WSJ, 5/9/13)
  • “Job split doesn’t always work magic” (WSJ, 5/9/13)
  • “JP Morgan Battle Doesn’t End with Dimon” (WSJ, 5/10/13)
  • “The Jamie Dimon Witch Hunt” (NYT, 5/9/13)
  • “Amid vote, Dimon has considered departure” (WSJ, 5/11/13)
  • “Targeting Jamie Dimon” (WSJ, 5/10/13)
  • “Chase vote may hinge on director” (NYT, 5/13/13)
  • “Dimon Looks to Keep Reins” (WSJ, 5/8/13)
  • “Should banks keep combined the role of CEO and chairman?” (FT, 5/2/13)
• Corporate Governance and Splitting CEO and Board Chairman Positions (Hess):
  • “Hess and hedge fund end proxy fight in compromise” (NYT, 5/17/13)
  • “Hess to settle in board dispute” (FT, 5/17/13)
  • “A Split in Hess’s Armor Amid Proxy Fight” (WSJ, 5/11/13)
  • “Hess Chairman Cedes Title After 18 Years” (WSJ, 5/11/13)
• Corporate Governance: “Directors Disappoint By What They Don’t Do” (NYT, 5/12/13)
• Corporate Governance (BlackRock Analysts): “The giant of shareholders, quietly stirring” (NYT, 5/19/13)
• Corporate Governance (JP Morgan):
  • “JP Morgan seeks more risk savvy” (WSJ, 5/9/13)
  • “JP Morgan’s directors feel heat in a vote” (NYT, 5/4/13)
• Corporate Governance and Shareholder Activism:
  • “Shareholders are speaking up, but who’s listening?” (NYT, 5/26/13)
  • “Shareholder democracy needs people to pay for their votes” (FT, 5/14/13)
  • “Job Split Doesn’t Always Work Magic” (WSJ, 5/9/13)
  • “Ex-CEO Wins Narrow Vote for Chairman Amid Clash” (WSJ, 5/8/13)
  • “Big funds undecided on Dimon” (WSJ, 5/7/13)
  • “Occidental Petroleum Chairman Ray Irani ousted at annual meeting” (LAT, 5/4/13)
• Executive Compensation:
  • “Same sector, but big gap in pay for some CEOs” (WSJ, 5/16/13)
  • “What’s a CEO worth? More companies answer $10 million” (WSJ, 5/16/13)
  • “UBS holders back pay plan” (WSJ, 5/3/13)
• UBS and Shareholder Activism: “UBS to meet with activist investor” (WSJ, 5/24/13)

April 2013

• Chief Risk Officer: “Crisis moves chief risk officers from supporting role to center stage” (FT, 4/29/13)
• Corporate Governance:
  • “Daring to Knock on the Boardroom Door” (NYT, 4/21/13)
  • “New norm on Wall St.: Less Chief” (WSJ, 4/16/13)
  • “When shareholder democracy is sham democracy” (NYT, 4/13/13)
  • “Now you see the risk, now you don’t” (NYT, 4/11/13)
  • “Chesapeake scores win in lawsuit by holders” (WSJ, 4/11/13)
  • “Calpers sets out the case for change” (FT, 4/8/13)
  • “Calpers to awaken zombie boards” (FT, 4/8/13)
  • “Shareholders get another chance” (LAT, 4/5/13)
  • “Investor activism gone wild” (NYT, 4/2/13)
• Corporate Governance: Diversity in the Boardroom: “In push for diversity, breaking down the boardroom door” (NYT, 4/12/13)
• Corporate Governance and Shareholder Activism:“In shareholder fights, activists aim at bigger targets” (NYT, 4/17/13)
• Directors use 10b5-1 Plans: [TOP TEN] “Directors take shelter in trading plans” (WSJ, 4/25/13)
• Executive Compensation:
  • “Executive pay comes under greater scrutiny” (FT, 4/29/13)
  • “Shielding insider pay at busted companies” (WSJ, 4/25/13)
  • “Citigroup fends off executive pay revolt” (FT, 4/25/13)
  • “Regulators Get Banks to Rein in Bonus Pay” (WSJ, 4/23/13)
  • “Deutsche Bank caps executive pay plans” (WSJ, 4/18/13)
  • “Credit Suisse faces revolt on pay” (FT, 4/17/13)
  • “At Goldman, renewed focus” (WSJ, 4/13/13)
  • “The infinity pool of Executive pay” (NYT, 4/7/13)
  • “UK groups limit pay rises at top” (FT, 4/8/13)
  • “Pay for boards at banks soars amid cutbacks” (NYT, 4/1/13)
• Litigation Against Directors: “Directors take action against rising tide of litigation” (FT, 4/29/13)
• Risk traders and tone at the top: “Tighter rules fall short of halting rogue traders pursuit of profit” (FT, 4/29/13)
• Women Executives and Directors: 
  • “Deutsche bank lags on its gender pledge” (WSJ, 4/29/13)
  • “A suite of their own” (NYT, 4/3/13)
  • “Women in a Man’s World” (NYT, 4/3/13)

March 2013

• Bonus Caps:
  • “Europe’s finance chiefs reject British move to ease caps on bank bonuses” (NYT, 3/6/13)
  • “Britain is expected to urge Europe to relax proposed restrictions on bankers’ bonuses” (NYT, 3/5/13)
  • “Could EU’s bonus caps become boon for banks?” (WSJ, 3/5/13)
  • “Britain must do whatever it takes to nix the bonus cap” (FT, 3/5/13)
  • “London banks turn to law on bonus caps” (FT, 3/5/13)
  • “Pay: why brickies and bosses differ” (FT, 3/4/13)
  • “Bonuses are only a symptom of banking’s true problem” (FT, 3/4/113)
  • “The curious case of Brussels and the bankers’ bonuses” (FT, 3/3/13)
• Clawbacks: “Banks bow to New York on clawbacks” (WSJ, 3/14/13)
• Corporate Governance: 
  • “Bad directors and why they aren’t thrown out” (NYT, 3/30/13)
  • “Bank’s board points to a new normal” (WSJ, 3/23/13)
  • “HP shareholders look to the future” (FT, 3/25/13)
  • “HP’s Lane isn’t out of the woods” (WSJ, 3/22/13)
  • “HP directors narrowly survive” (WSJ, 3/21/13)
• Executive Compensation:
  • “BofA’s big earner not CEO” (WSJ, 3/29/13)
  • “Chevron cuts executive pay” (WJS, 3/28/13)
  • “Credit Suisse chief’s rise stokes bank pay controversy” (FT, 3/24/13)
  • “Cut down to size” (FT, 3/25/13)
  • “Bankers’ pay premium is narrowing” (FT, 3/25/13)
  • “France looks to follow Swiss in moves to shackle executive pay” (FT, 3/22/13)
  • “‘Pay for performance’ no longer a punchline” (WSJ, 3/21/13)
  • “Longstanding pay practices under attack by activists” (WSJ, 3/21/13)
  • “The Swiss Miss on executive pay” (WSJ, 3/18/13)
  • “Lazard tightens the reins on pay” (WSJ, 3/17/13)
  • “Walls Fargo lauded over compensation” (LAT, 3/16/13)
  • “Wells’ CEO is top-paid banker” (LAT, 3/15/13)
  • “Wells CEO’s pay tops peers” (WSJ, 3/15/13)
  • “UBS award for Orcel reignites pay debate” (FT, 3/15/13)
  • “UBS awards $26 million to investment chief” (NYT, 3/15/13)
  • “Ermotti lands top pay at UBS with expected package of $8.4m” (FT, 3/14/13)
  • “Banks rush to redraft executive pay deals” (FT, 3/11/13)
  • “A bad year in Britain for banks, not bankers” (NYT, 3/9/13)
  • “AmEx Chief got $28.5 million in ’12” (WSJ, 3/9/13)
  • “Nokia halves chief executive’s pay after group fails to meet targets” (FT, 3/8/13)
  • “The time has come to rehabilitate bankers’ bonuses” (FT, 3/5/13)
  • [TOP TEN]“Swiss voters curb exec pay” (WSJ, 3/4/13)
  • “Swiss voters approve plan to severely limit executive compensation” (NYT, 3/4/13)
  • “Swiss vote for tough executive pay curbs” (FT, 3/4/13)
  • “Bank compliance salaries soar” (FT, 3/4/13)
  • “Showdown on executive pay in Switzerland goes to a vote” (NYT, 3/3/13)
  • “How the ‘bonus snatcher’ secured his prize” (FT, 3/3/13)
  • “Apple required executives to hold triple their salary in stock” (WSJ, 3/1/13)
• Executive Compensation– Revolving Door: “Financial windfalls for Wall St. executives taking government jobs” (NYT, 3/21/13)
• Shareholder Activism:“Investors’ appetite for Apple sours” (LAT, 3/5/13)
• Women Executives and Directors: “Women make better corporate leaders than men, study finds” (LAT, 3/28/13)

February 2013

• Bank CEOs and Corporate Governance: 
  • “Michael Dell outsmarts his shareholders” (WSJ, 2/23/13)
  • “Investors seek to split JP Moran top post” (WSJ, 2/21/13)
  • “Dell special committee in focus” (FT, 2/11/13)
• Clawbacks: “Barclays in 300 million pound bonus grab” (FT, 2/28/13)
• Director’s Sale of Facebook Stock:  “Facebook wins ruling in suits related to disclosures in IPO” (WSJ, 2/14/13)
• Executive Compensation:
  • “Bonus pay on Wall St. rose 9% last year” (NYT, 2/27/13)
  • “Wall Street’s Bonus pool hits $20Bn” (WSJ, 2/27/13)
  • “Citi group toughens executive bonus rules” (NYT, 2/22/13)
  • “Citi awards CEO $11.5 million in pay” (WSJ, 2/21/13)
  • “Top Santander executives see pay drop by a third” (FT, 2/21/13)
  • “BofA rewards CEO for revival in 2012” (WSJ, 2/20/13)
  • “Bonuses slashed as UBS shakes up pay scheme” (FT, 2/9/13)
  • “A tougher stand on CEOs with bad returns” (WSJ, 2/6/13)
  • “Moody’s warns Jefferies on ‘excessive’ pay” (NYT, 2/5/13)
  • “UBS leads way with bonuses shake-up” (FT, 2/5/13)
  • “Europe’s bankers face 20% bonus cut” (FT, 2/4/13)
  • “Salary up for CEO of Morgan Stanley” (NYT, 2/1/13)
• Novartis:
  • “Novartis $78 million pay deal abandoned” (WSJ, 2/20/13)
  • “Novartis board braced for grilling over corporate governance” (FT, 2/20/13)
  • “Novartis scraps scraps chairman’s $78 million payout” (FT, 2/20/13)
  • “Critics of executive pay put pressure on Novartis” (NYT, 2/19/13)
  • “$78 million payout enrages Novartis shareholders” (FT, 2/19/13)
  • “German bank chief will pass on bonus” (WSJ, 2/16/13)
• Lawyers on Board of Directors:  “Get a lawyer in a board room to boost corporate value” (FT, 2/22/13)
• Shareholder Activism:
  • “Apple CEO preaches patience” (WSJ, 2/28/13)
  • “St. Joe Co. Investors lose appeal of a fraud lawsuit” (NYT, 2/26/13)
  • “Court gives investor an edge in a lawsuit against Apple” (NYT, 2/20/13)
  • “Shareholders step up activism against political donations” (FT, 2/4/13)
  • “U-Turn for Apple as it seeks CalPers for voting reform” (FT, 2/4/13)
• Women Executives and Directors: “Fundamental change could take ‘at least a generation‘” (FT, 2/21/13)

January 2013

• Bank CEOs and Corporate Governance: “Goldman Sachs fights proxy plan” (WSJ, 1/24/13)
• Clawbacks: “‘Claw’ claims trader bonus” (WSJ, 1/26/13)
• Director’s Sale of Facebook Stock: “Unease over Facebook Director’s share sale” (FT, 1/12/13)
• Executive Compensation:
  • “Jefferies chief is king of pay again” (WSJ, 1/30/13)
  • “Pay still high at bail-out companies report says” (NYT, 1/29/13)
  • “TARP firms pay unchecked” (WSJ, 1/29/13)
  • “RBS bonus battle” (FT, 1/29/13)
  • “RBS tips UK back into bonus debate” (FT, 1/29/13)
  • “Lawsuits aim at executive salaries” (LA Daily Journal, 1/24/13)
  • “CEO pay cut again at JP Morgan” (WSJ, 1/25/13)
  • “Morgan chief’s pay cut for second consecutive year” (NYT, 1/25/13)
  • “Big payday for Goldman CEO” (WSJ, 1/19/13)
  • “Best paid plans go astray for bankers” (FT, 1/19/13)
  • “Blankfein is awarded $13.3 million in stock” (NYT, 1/19/13)
  • “Wall Street adjusts investor’s demands” (FT, 1/18/13)
  • “Dimon takes a ‘whale’ of a pay cut” (WSJ, 1/17/13)
  • “JP Morgan uses big cut in pay to send signal” (NYT, 1/17/13)
  • “Bankers get IOUs instead of bonus cash” (WSJ, 1/16/13)
  • “Wall Street pay gets tougher look” (WSJ, 1/15/13)
  • “Companies pay heed to investor protests over executive salaries” (FT, 1/7/13)
  • “Goldman rewards ahead of tax rise” (WSJ, 1/3/13)
• Overseas Executives Hired in Irish Banks: “The outsiders inside Irish banks” (FT, 1/31/12)
• Shareholder Activism: “Shareholder activism targets big companies” (LA Daily Journal, 1/9/13)
• Women on Boards of Directors: “Push for gender balance on boards gains steam” (NYT, 1/25/13)

December 2012

• Bank CEOs and Corporate Governance: “Reputation is the crucial currency for bank investors” (FT, 12/22/12)
• Clawbacks:“A banker’s costly cab ride” (WSJ, 12/18/12)

November 2012

• Executive Compensation:
  • “Lucrative consulting fees reach bigger set” (WSJ, 11/20/12)
  • “Bankers gear down on performance pay” (FT, 11/17/12)
• Hewlett-Packard’s $11 Bn Accounting problem: “At HP judgement goes by the Board” (WSJ, 11/27/12)
• Martha Stuart and Board Oversight: “A brand icon in need of some oversight” (NYT, 11/27/12)
• Stronger Chairman of the Board: “Chairman find their voice amid banking clamour” (FT, 11/13/12)
• Women on Boards of Directors: “Brussels plans sacntions to enforce female board quota” (FT, 11/15/12)

October 2012

• Barclays:
  • “Walker lays groundwork for shake-up at Barclays” (FT, 10/26/12)
  • “New head to purge board of Barclays” (FT, 10/25/12)
• CFOs on Boards of Directors: “A ‘waste of a board seat’: In push for more independent directors, few CFOs get a spot” (WSJ, 10/16/12)
• Citigroup CEO (Pandit):
  • “Chorus for change begins to overwhelm deaf directors” (FT, 10/30/12)
  • [TOP TEN] “Citi Chairman is said to have planned Chief’s exit over months” (NYT, 10/26/12)
  • “How not to change a bank CEO” (WSJ, 10/23/12)
  • “Citi’s torch has passed. Now find a knife” (NYT, 10/21/12)
  • [TOP TEN] “Vikram’s Vanishing Act” (FT, 10/20/12)
  • “Citi’s chairman stpes up to a decisive role” (NYT, 10/18/12)
  • “Pandit may have left, but the old risks still remain” (FT, 10/18/12)
  • “Citi’s new chief seeks to reassure stunned bankers after Pandit exit” (FT, 10/18/12)
  • “New Citi chief left holding on to past” (WSJ, 10/18/12)
  • “The naked city” (WSJ, 10/18/12)
  • “Pandit quits Citi after board clash” (FT, 10/17/12)
  • “Investors hope for clarity, quickly” (NYT, 10/17/12)
  • “Citigroup’s chief resigns his post in surprise step” (NYT, 10/17/12)
  • “Adept moves in the financial crisis help clear a path to the top job” (NYT, 10/17/12)
  • “Pandit ousted as CEO of Citi” (WSJ, 10/17/12)
  • “A company man gets his shot to run the whole show” (WSJ, 10/17/12)
  • “The Pandit years” (FT, 10/17/12)
  • “Pandit’s exit restores air of calamity at Citigroup” (FT, 10/17/12)
  • “Unlikely Frontman: balance sheet was rebuilt but shares were still punished” (FT, 10/17/12)
  • “Natural successor: low-profile leader who rose more rapidly than planned” (FT, 10/17/12)
  • “CEO of Citigroup resigns abruptly” (LAT, 10/17/12)
• Corporate Governance: “Governance grows up” (NYT, 10/12/12)
• Directors Compensations: “The big number” (WSJ, 10/23/12)
• Executive Compensation:
  • “Llyod’s eyes shake-up of bankers bonus investors bonuses” (FT, 10/22/12)
  • “In stock market rebound, a windfall for Wall St. executives” (NYT, 10/3/12)
• Morgan Stanley Executive Compensation: “Gorman warns on Wall St. paying jobs” (FT, 10/5/12)

September 2012

• Executive Compensation:
  • “Executive pay gets new spin” (WSJ, 9/25/12)
  • “Pamper ’em or lose ’em? Not so fast” (NYT, 9/23/12)
  • “Banks rethinking pay for executives” (WSJ, 9/10/12)
• Women on Boards of Directors: “Seeking critical mass of gender equality” (NYT, 9/12/12)
• UBS Executive Compensation: “UBS looks to put cap on banker bonuses” (FT, 9/13/12)

August 2012

• Barclays:
  • “Choice of ‘A.J.’ signals a change in Barclay’s culture” (WSJ, 8/31/12)
  • “Barclay’s picks insider for CEO” (WSJ, 8/31/12)
  • “Guarded welcome for new chief executive” (FT, 8/31/12)
  • “Barclay’s names it new CEO” (LAT, 8/31/12)
  • “Barclay’s picks one of its own as Chief” (NYT, 8/31/12)
  • “Barclays names new chairman” (FT, 8/10/12)
  • “Barclays taps Walker as Chairman” (WSJ, 8/10/12)
  • “Longtime banker is named the new chairman of Barclays” (NYT, 8/10/12)
• Executive Compensation: “When firm pays CEOs more than Uncle Sam, the tax system is broken” (LAT, 8/28/12)
• Clawbacks of Investment Banker Bonuses (Deutsche Bank):
  • “Banks ready to claw back more bonuses” (FT, 8/28/12)
  • “Deutsche Bank turns screw on bonuses” (FT, 8/27/12)
• Shareholder Voting Rights: “Boards court shareholders” (WSJ, 8/21/12)

July 2012

• Barclays: “Diamond forgoes bonuses” (WSJ, 7/11/12)
• HP Boardroom Spying: “Detectives sentenced in HP spying case” (LAT, 7/13/12)
• Citigroup Chairman: “Citi’s hands-on chairman” (WSJ, 7/24/12)
• “Imperial CEO”: “The Imperial CEO is dead, long live the Imperial CEO” (FT, 7/26/12)
• Investment Bankers’ Pay: “Shareholders will play a decisive role in bankers pay” (FT, 7/2/12)
• Shareholder Voting Rights: “In Silicon Valley, chieftans rule with few checks and balances” (NYT, 7/5/12)

June 2012

• CEO Compensation:
  • “The never-ending war over CEO pay” (WSJ, 6/27/12)
  • “Outrageous salaries rarely reward shareholders” (FT, 6/14/12)
• CEO/Chairman Role: “More CEO’s sharing control at the top” (WSJ, 6/7/12)
• Corporate Governance: “Governance has come far, sort of” (WSJ, 6/29/12)
• Dodd-Frank Executive Pay Rules: “Frims resist new pay-equity rules” (WSJ, 6/27/12)
• Executive Compensation: “Bank chiefs enjoy 12% pay rises as profits in share prices fall” (FT, 6/25/12)
• Royal Bank of Scotland CEO:
  • “RBS chief: I don’t deserve a bonus” (WSJ, 6/30/12)
  • “RBS chief to forgo bonus after debacle” (FT, 6/30/12)
• WPP Executive Pay:
  • “Investors reject WPP pay deal” (FT, 6/14/12)
  •  “Sorrell’s WPP investor sales pitch falls on deaf ears” (FT, 6/14/12)
  • “WPP chief’s pay package is rejected by shareholders” (NYT, 6/14/12)
  • “Shareholder unrest grows in England, now hits WPP” (WSJ, 6/14/12)
• UK executive Compensation: “UK unveils plan on executive pay” (WSJ, 6/21/12)

May 2012

• CEO Compensation:
  • “A few disconnects in CEO Pay” (WSJ, 5/21/12)
  • “Typical CEO made $9.6m in 2011” (Yahoo Finance, 5/26/12)