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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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28.10.14

Pay at the top has become a self-enriching racket

The relationship between bonus increases and profit growth is virtually non-existent There are a number of difficult questions to grapple with when trying to establish whether or not the increasingly extraordinary sums of money paid…

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28.10.14

New High Pay Centre report: Performance-related Pay is nothing of the sort

Research for High Pay Centre by Incomes Data Services shows that growth in executive pay, bonuses and incentive payments has vastly outpaced performance as measured by every indicator in common use A new report published…

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23.10.14

New High Pay Centre report: Performance-related Pay is nothing of the sort

Research for High Pay Centre by Incomes Data Services shows that growth in executive pay, bonuses and incentive payments has vastly outpaced performance as measured by every indicator in common use A new report published…

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02.10.14

Performance Review: A Collection of Essays Examining Performance-Related Pay

Monday 3 November 201412:30pm 32-36 Loman StreetLondon SE1 0EH Remuneration of Britain's top executives has soared in recent years as directors are increasingly benefiting from share awards and bonuses that are linked to their achievements.…

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23.09.14

High Pay Centre responds to Financial Conduct Authority consultation on banking

We argue that it is crucial to consider value and structure of bankers' pay when assessing potential threats to market integrity The Financial Conduct Authority is currently undertaking a review of competition in the wholesale…

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23.09.14

Article: Is Lord Hill’s European Commission appointment really a victory for Britain?

A British European Commissioner with a remit to stick up for the interests of the City won't necessarily serve the interests of the country as a whole. HPC Deputy Director Luke Hildyard writes for Left…

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Past Event

16.09.14

Executive Pay: Evolution and Links to Performance

Thursday 23 October 20146:30pm The Wesley Hotel81-103 Euston StreetLondon NW1 2EZ Remuneration of Britain's top executives has soared in recent years as directors are increasingly benefiting from share awards and bonuses that are linked to…

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16.09.14

Whoever you vote for, big business gets in…

Wednesday 19 November 20146:30pm The Wesley Hotel81-103 Euston StreetLondon NW1 2EZ Over the course of a six-month project funded by Barrow-Cadbury Trust, the High Pay Centre (HPC) has examined the political power of business in…

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21.08.14

Capitalism not Cronyism

Interview with Simon Walker, head of the Institute of Directors, in the Daily Mail. Simon is on the committee steering our project on performance-related pay. "Over the last decade, it has quadrupled without any clear…

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18.08.14

FTSE 100 bosses now paid an average 130 times as much as their employees

High Pay Centre analysis suggests many top bosses are still paid hundreds of times as much as their staff Correction of error: The Randgold Resources CEO to worker pay ratio was incorrectly calculated by including employees of…

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18.08.14

Luncheon Series Examining Corporate Power – Business Practices

Wednesday 10 September 201412:30pm 32-36 Loman StreetBoardroom DLondon SE1 0EH Over the next several months, the High Pay Centre will be examining the political power of business in the UK, specifically where corporate power many…

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18.08.14

Luncheon Series Examining Corporate Power – Tax Avoidance

Thursday 18 September 201412:30pm 32-36 Loman StreetConference Room BLondon SE1 0EH Over the next several months, the High Pay Centre will be examining the political power of business in the UK, specifically where corporate power…

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18.08.14

Luncheon Series Examining Corporate Power – Lobbying

Tuesday 21 October 201412:30pm 32-36 Loman StreetConference Room BLondon SE1 0EH Over the next several months, the High Pay Centre will be examining the political power of business in the UK, specifically where corporate power…

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28.07.14

The nuclear option: We need to debate the idea of a maximum pay ratio

With gaping differences in pay persisting, is it time discuss the more radical idea of a maximum wage? HPC Deputy Director Luke Hildyard writes for the 'i' newspaper The minimum wage was recently voted the…

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