Retirement & Benefits

• Pay Votes In Line with Last Year’s

  By Susan Kelly  |  May 16, 2012

  Companies average 89% support on say-on-pay votes this year, vs. 90% in 2011.

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  Ford’s Innovative Pension Play

  By Susan Kelly  |  May 1, 2012

  Automaker offers lump sums to retirees, ex-employees. (Mike Archer of Towers Watson)

• Chesapeake CEO No Longer Chair

  By Joe Carroll, Bloomberg  |  May 1, 2012

  Company also halts CEO McClendon’s well deals.

• ISS OKs Two Banks' Exec Pay

  By Michael J. Moore, Bloomberg  |  May 1, 2012

  Proxy firm endorses compensation packages at JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley.

• Average 401(k) 62% Above Low

  By Margaret Collins, Bloomberg  |  May 1, 2012

  Fidelity says average account balance has risen to $74,600, from $46,200 in Q1 2009.

• The Great Divide

  By Staff Writer  |  May 1, 2012

  Treasury & Risk’s 2012 Women In Finance Survey

• Workers Comp Worries

  By Susan Kelly  |  May 1, 2012

  A hands-on approach to workers compensation helps; so does lobbying state legislatures.

• Audit Eye on Exec Pay

  By Dave Lindorff  |  May 1, 2012

  Accounting regulators want auditors to assess the risks in executive pay.

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  CFO Pay Package Survey Exclusive

  By Anne Field  |  May 1, 2012

  CFO pay packages return to normal in 2011 as boards focus on aligning pay with performance.

• Sealy Directors Lose 30% of Votes

  April 25, 2012

  The three members of the compensation committee faced governance criticism.