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The 30 Fastest Growing Salaries for Banks in 2023
BalancedComp compiled the top 30 positions with pay increases that were 150% to 500%...
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The Changing Landscape for Incentive Pay
Mike Blanchard of Blanchard Consulting Group writes about ways banks are changing incentive pay to reflect a pay-for-performance culture.
The Board’s Role in Succession Planning
Attorneys at Barack Ferrazzano discuss the board’s fiduciary duty in succession planning, questions to ask management, and how to address board succession.
Succession at the Top: Lessons Learned from CEO Transitions
Alan Kaplan of Kaplan & Associates, Inc., draws on his experiences with succession planning to offer advice for boards.
Designing Annual Incentives to Improve Pay for Performance
Pearl Meyer & Partners looks at what banks do to reward performance of executives, and how to structure incentive plans well.
Part I: Best Practices of Bank Boards
Jim McAlpin of Bryan Cave LLP offers the top 10 best practices for bank boards, culled from his and his partners’ experiences attending hundreds of board meetings during the past several decades.
Banks Pay Higher Salaries, But There is More Turnover
Crowe Horwath LLP reports on its annual Financial Institutions Compensation Survey.
How Mergers Can Impact Deferred Compensation Plans: Part I
What if a bank being sold has a Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (SERP)? Could that trigger a so-called golden parachute clause with tax consequences for the acquiring bank? The answer is yes.
Changing the Way We Pay
Bank Director asks compensation committee members and CEOs what innovative changes they have made to compensation plans recently.
The FASB’s Proposal on Credit Losses: What’s the Status?
Crowe Horwath LLP describes the latest proposal from the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
The Role of the Audit Committee
John Palmer of ICS Consulting Partners reviews the basic skills and requirements that every audit committee needs be successful today.