Bloomberg: Blankfein Leads Pay List Amid 7.7% Increase for Bank CEOs   | By Elizabeth Dexheimer Excerpt: “Before, there was a tremendous amount of discretion and flexibility in how banks paid executives,” says Joseph Sorrentino, a managing director at Steven Hall & Partners, a New York-based compensation consulting firm. “Now, there is a trend of banks aligning with shareholder [read more]

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]

New York Nonprofit Press: Capping Compensation   | by Fred Scaglione Monday, 29 April 2013 Excerpt: It’s been almost two years since Governor Andrew Cuomo declared war on “excessive” compensation for nonprofit agency executives following a front-page, New York Times article exposing million-dollar-plus pay packages for YAI’s Joel and Phillip Levy. The Governor [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]