For "compensation consultants, prostitution would be a step up," said Charlie Munger during Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholder conference. Hired by corporate boards of directors, these advisors ...

As the first quarter of 2011 is in full swing, and proxy season is around the corner, many compensation committees are considering whether they should take another look at who their compensation ...

NEW YORK & LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Compensation Advisory Partners (CAP), a premier independent executive compensation consulting firm, today announced the acquisition of Vivient Consulting, a ...

Every CEO is different, as is every company. So why does one executive compensation package tend to look just like another? The answer lies in the prevalence of interlocking directorates and the use ...

Companies that use compensation consultants end up paying more for their CEOs, according to a new study that peers into the 'black box' of CEO pay at a time when boards are under pressure to justify ...

A Houston consulting firm alleges in a lawsuit that two former top executives who quit to work for a competitor used their knowledge of trade secrets to benefit their new bosses. Longnecker & ...

Compensation hikes for construction staff remain at a historically high pace, even as some sectors could see a future slowdown in project starts. In 2022, staff base salary increases averaged 5.13%, ...

Buffett says that compensation committees rely much more on consultants today than they did in the past in order to determine how much to pay their executives. In theory, this allows an independent ...