Opinion
Season of investor discontent
The increasing value to investors of good corporate governance is reflected in the number of ‘no’ votes at AGMS writes ACSI.
Louise DavidsonDecember 19, 2018
remuneration
Governance
Finance isn’t evil but incentives can be
Incentive schemes are at the heart of problems in finance and need an overhaul, says Mihir Desai of Harvard.
Amanda WhiteMay 15, 2018
Pay Survey
2018 Super Fund Salary Survey
Bonuses, long the norm in the highly paid for-profit funds sector, are now commonplace at industry funds. Getting the settings right is key.
Simon HoyleFebruary 19, 2018
Featured Homepage Posts
Incentives must build culture, not ruin it
Profit-to-member super funds need culturally aligned remuneration to lure talent from banks without repeating their retail rivals' mistakes.
Michael SwinsburgNovember 17, 2017
Governance
Money corrupts; learn to tame your inner psychopath
People working in financial services need to accept that “proximity to money” makes them more likely to engage in poor ethical behaviour.
Sally RoseMay 24, 2017
Hedge Funds
What the ‘Phi’ is wrong with the investments industry?
The lead author of a major study into the motivations of asset managers has argued that annual bonuses should be dumped.
Sally RoseDecember 12, 2016
Governance
Shared fund objectives are the key to setting salaries
The practice of benchmarking the salaries of senior executives of institutional funds with reference to external financial services firms, instead of the shared objectives of the fund, is a major barrier to their success, according to Professor Gordon Clark of Oxford University and director of Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment. Clark sees the […]
David RowleyDecember 3, 2015
Investment Strategy
The glass jar and the black box
For most of January, myself and my colleague Dan Purves compiled a survey of the pay disclosure of superannuation CEOs, CIOs and chairs. It would have been an easier job if funds had not often placed this information in the darkest recesses of their websites. Such secrecy partly explains why the subsequent articles have been […]
David RowleyFebruary 23, 2015