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Family Business Compensation: The Advantages and the Challenges
                                            Family businesses have unique challenges in attracting, retaining, and motivating outside executive talent—here are some strategies to consider.
                                    
             
IRS Updates its Golden Parachute Audit Techniques Guide
                                            The IRS has updated its Audit Techniques Guide (ATG) on golden parachutes. We outline what it does and doesn’t mean for executive compensation.
                                    
             
How to Select a Great Salary Survey
                                            A four-point checklist for ensuring you have selected the highest quality salary survey.
                                    
             
How Industry and Business Lifecycle Influence Executive Compensation Design
                                            Why key business factors need to be taken into account when designing a strategy-driving compensation plan.
                                    
             
Dodd-Frank Section 956 Redux: Incentive Compensation at Financial Institutions Subject to Yet Another Set of Proposed Rules
                                            A new set of proposed rules under Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act affects certain banking institutions and replaces an earlier 2011 proposal.
                                    
             
The Myth and Reality of TSR as an Incentive Metric
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                                            Research from Pearl Meyer and Cornell on the links between use of total shareholder return (TSR) as an incentive and subsequent company performance.
                                    
             
Total Shareholder Return: It's Not the Magic Metric
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                                            Analysis of a landmark study exploring whether or not the use of TSR as an incentive metric improves corporate performance.
                                    
             
Compensation as a Catalyst
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                                            A complete look at how boards can use compensation as a tool for long-term value creation.
                                    
             
Long-Awaited Final CEO Pay Ratio Rule Issued
                                            Final rules from the SEC include modifications from the proposal.
                                    
            
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