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11.02.15

Fawning over the wisdom of business executives feels a bit pre-2007

HPC Deputy Director Luke Hildyard's column for Left Foot Forward asks whether business leaders are as wise as they think Funnily enough, it was Boris Johnson who inadvertently had one of the most sensible things…

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10.02.15

Lunch with the Authors: Eva Tutchell and John Edmonds and Their Book Man-Made

Monday 20 April 201512:30pm 32-36 Loman StreetLower ground conference roomLondon SE1 0EH Why are so few women in positions of power? Why are government, business, the institutions, and so much of British life dominated by…

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05.02.15

Executive Pay Performance Metrics

Tuesday 7 April 201512:30pm 32-36 Loman StreetLower ground conference roomLondon SE1 0EH Income inequality has reached the top of the public policy agenda. Given that long term incentive schemes have been the principal driver of…

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04.02.15

How Executive Pay damages the economy

Friday 6 March 201512:30pm 32-36 Loman StreetLower ground conference roomLondon SE1 0EH The Perverse Incentives of Modern Management and Remuneration with Andrew Smithers Please join the High Pay Centre and Andrew Smithers to discuss his…

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04.02.15

Made to Measure: How Opinion about Executive Performance Becomes Fact

Wednesday 18 March 20156:30pm The Wesley Hotel81-103 Euston StreetLondon NW1 2EZ We frequently hear that well-paid executives are 'wealth creators' and that massive executive pay packages are necessary to attract and retain 'top talent'. Critics…

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Blog

12.01.15

Fatcat Tuesday: Executive pay has already overtaken your earnings for the entire year

High Pay Centre Deputy Director Luke Hildyard's column for Left Foot Forward Today (tuesday 6 January) is ‘Fatcat Tuesday’, the day on which the amount of money made by Britain’s top executives will surpass the…

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05.01.15

Top bosses have already made more money in 2015 than most UK workers will earn all year

Now it’s Fatcat TUESDAY! Top bosses pay will surpass the average full-time UK worker's annual salary after just TWO DAYS! By the end of today, Britain’s top bosses will have made more money in 2015…

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17.12.14

The Future of Executive Remuneration: The State of Pay and What Future Business Leaders Think

Wednesday 4 February 20155:30pm Queen Mary, University of London, Arts Two BuildingMile End RoadLondon E1 4NS Please join Queen Mary, University of London and High Pay Centre for a student-led event examining executive pay and…

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15.12.14

High Pay Centre – 2014 in Review

January:Our research found that by 'fatcat Wednesday’, the third working day of the year, Britain's top bosses have already made more money than than the average worker will earn in the whole year. The High…

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08.12.14

An Evening with the Author: Professor Colin Mayer and his book Firm Commitment

Thursday 22 January 20156:00pm 32-36 Loman StreetLower ground conference roomLondon SE1 0EH Join the High Pay Centre and Professor Colin Mayer to discuss his book Firm Commitment: Why the Corporation is Failing and How to…

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Blog

01.12.14

High Pay Centre comment on revised BG Group CEO pay deal

News that Helge Lund's pay award is to be reduced is welcome, but the sums of money involved remain astonishing Commenting on news that the pay package for incoming BG Group Chief Executive Helge Lund…

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27.11.14

Video: Whoever you vote for, big business gets in

In this short film we explore the influence of big business on the policies that affect our lives. Many people think big business has too much power to influence policies that have an effect on…

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26.11.14

Corporate power has become a governing institution in its own right

Corporations once lobbied politicians to win approval for their pet policies – now it is the other way round. HPC Deputy Director Luke Hildyard blogs for Left Foot Forward Political parties now operate within parameters…

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Publications

25.11.14

Whoever you vote for, big business gets in

New essay collection on the political power wielded by big business Our latest publication details the extent of corporate power. The publication contains a foreword by High Pay Centre Deputy Director Luke Hildyard, as well…

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20.11.14

Whoever you vote for, big business gets in

We should keep business out of politics, Professor John Kay, told a High pay Centre event to launch our collection of essays on Corporate Power. "The business of business is business," said Prof Kay. We…

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12.11.14

Can pay be too high?

HPC Deputy Director Luke Hildyard, blogs for HR Magazine Research from Incomes Data Services found that FTSE 100 directors’ pay increased by 21% over the past year, to an average of £2.4 million annually –…

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04.11.14

If you can’t value it, don’t pay it

A collection of discussion papers exploring new ideas around performance-related pay, including Peter Montagnon's plan that execs should be paid in cash and required to buy shares that they hold for 10 years Prof Sandy…

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29.10.14

Is performance pay a 15-year experiment that has failed?

Performance-related pay does not work and in fact, could be counter-productive. The launch of our new report on performance pay last week prompted a lively discussion about whether bonuses and long-term incentives can produce the…

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