Regulators Unveil New Disclosure Rules On Executive Pay

Posted on Saturday, February 23 at 11:02 by N Say
The current rules don't require that level of disclosure. "Executive compensation has become much more complex so it was definitely time for an update,"said David Wilson, chair of the Ontario Securities Commission. "When an investor is looking at buying or selling [a company's shares], this is an important input." The new rules largely mirror changes already adopted in the United States, where critics have lashed out at skyrocketing executive pay. ... http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=327901

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  1. by RPW
    Sun Feb 24, 2008 6:53 pm
    The only effective way for this to work would be to make it compulsory front page news. I wonder how many Canadians know that the average salary in this country only took a day and a half to be made by Canada's top execs..........

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