Bloomberg: Apple, Oracle Pay Their CFOs the Most as Cash Hoards Grow   | By Adam Satariano & Brian Womack - May 8, 2013 11:05 AM ET Excerpt: Stock makes up the bulk of CFO compensation at technology companies. That is a tactic favored by many shareholders because it keeps the executives’ interests aligned with those of investors, said Steven Hall, a managing director [read more]

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: CEO pay soars, but it’s mostly tied to performance   | By David Nicklaus May 06, 2013 Excerpt: Steven Hall & Partners, a consulting firm based in New York, says a preliminary survey of 100 large companies shows CEO pay up about 7 percent in 2012. Nearly all of the increase came in long-term incentive pay. [read more]

Bloomberg: Apple Dominates Best-Paid as Board Retains Jobs Deputies   | By Adam Satariano & Hideki Suzuki - Apr 15, 2013 4:05 PM ET Excerpt: Since Jobs relinquished control, the only senior executive to leave voluntarily has been retail head Ron Johnson, who served as CEO at J.C. Penney Co. until his ouster this month. Two others, mobile-software head Scott Forstall and Johnson’s successor John [read more]

Directorship: Key Issues for REIT Directors in an Uncertain Market   | By Cheryl Soltis Martel Excerpt: Influence of Say on Pay and Peer Groups While the number of companies failing to pass say on pay has risen on a macro level, votes at only four REITs failed in 2012, noted Joseph Sorrentino, managing director of Steven Hall [read more]