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13.03.13

Barclays deserves some credit for coming clean on pay bands

The bank has created 428 new millionaires. But the new bosses have started a process of pay reform, which is important to follow through By Deborah Hargreaves After Bob Diamond, former boss of Barclays, became…

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12.03.13

Stock markets serve the users more than anyone else

Performance-related pay should be scrapped says leading Government adviser “As a source of funds for investment in industry, equity markets in the UK don’t even feature on the radar screen.” John Kay, visiting professor of…

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12.03.13

High Pay is inextricably linked to poverty

Luke Hildyard blogs about our new report on wealth redistribution, for the Shifting Grounds website The EU bankers bonus cap, the Swiss Referendum on executive pay and the colossal bonuses awarded to the senior staff…

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01.03.13

Europe’s bonuses no longer endless

Luke Hildyard writes for the Shifting Grounds website on the EU bonus cap The timing of the EU’s announcement of a cap on bankers’ bonuses could not have been better. On a day that RBS…

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14.02.13

Event Presentation: Global CEO Mobility

Presentation from The High Pay Centre Seminar on Global CEO Mobility, 12th February 2013 On the 12th February 2013, The High Pay Centre hosted a seminar to launch a groundbreaking new research project which dispelled…

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04.02.13

Seven Reasons to Feel Good about Yourself When Your Bonus is Zero

Luke Hildyard writes for eFinance on the damage caused by excessive bonuses in the banking and finance sectors 1. There’s nothing unusual about not getting a bonusThe bonus culture in the financial services industry is…

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24.01.13

How the bonus culture is holding UK businesses back

High Pay Centre Head of Research Luke Hildyard details the findings of our recent report on performance-related pay for the Shifting Grounds website The debate around high pay is characterised by emotional language. Terms like…

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22.01.13

Paid to Perform Seminar – Presentation Slides

Slides of the presentations gives at The High Pay Centre seminar 'Paid to Perform' On Monday 17th January, The High Pay Centre held a well-attended and lively discussion on the new report 'Paid to Perform?…

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08.01.13

Wider economic change critical to Labour’s response on social security

Why does the Labour Party get more fired up about the narrow issue of specific spending cuts than the prospect of more radical economic reform? Luke Hildyard writes for Labour List George Osborne’s decision to…

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24.12.12

The Bank of England’s governor’s huge salary is bolstered by amazing perks

Average earnings stay strangled but still a corporate elite is getting richer while society pays the price. Deborah Hargreaves writes for the Guardian One of the problems for our economy, as the Bank of England…

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19.12.12

Back to reality: Why pay in the banking sector still needs urgent reform

High Pay Centre Head of Research Luke Hildyard writes for efinance For the past three decades, jobs in the Banking and Financial Services sectors have been prized – and rewarded – above all others. But…

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18.12.12

Event Report: State of Pay

Report on the launch event for the State of Pay Report held on the 17th December 2012 We’ve heard a lot about the need to tackle top pay in the past year and yet has…

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13.12.12

Event report: Women on Boards – An International Conference

On the 12th of December, The High Pay Centre held an international conference in partnership with The Guardian and The Friedrich Ebert Stiftung to debate the issue of gener diversity on boards and mandatory quotas…

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03.12.12

‘Unjustifiable’ CEO pay rises continue to soar in face of weak Government response

New report from the High Pay Centre reveals executive pay increases slipping under the radar Independent think tank the High Pay Centre today claims that the Government’s inaction on executive pay has allowed the UK’s…

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19.11.12

Event: Fabian Society Annual Conference 2013

The High Pay Centre are pleased to announce the Fabian Society Annual Conference: Next State Fabian Annual Conference 2013: Next State featuring Ed Miliband Event starts: 12th January 2013 The Institute of Education, 20 Bedford…

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09.11.12

High Pay Centre commentary on Executive pay increases

A summary of our recent press coverage following publication of the IDS research on executive pay While much attention was focused this week on the US election, new research from Income Data Services revealed that…

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30.10.12

Seminar Report – Is France leading the way on pay?

Report on The High Pay Centre seminar Is France leading the way on pay? held on the 29th of October 2012 Soon after François Hollande’s election victory in May 2012, the French finance minister Pierre…

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16.10.12

The Swiss turn against foreign tax exiles

Luke Hildyard writes for Shifting Grounds on why Switzerland looks a less appealing destination for the super-rich (this article originally appeared on the Shifting Grounds website) Switzerland is frequently cited as the destination of choice…

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