Compensation: Supplemental Retirement Benefits Gain Popularity

US Banker, October, 2004 by Lee Conrad

While CEOs at the 50 largest U.S. banks earned an average of $6.1 million in fiscal 2003, a 12 percent increase over 2002, banks are being advised to reevaluate executive pay policies as new stock-options rules take effect and supplemental retirement plans become more popular.

During that same period, total cash compensation rose over 20 percent, and long-term incentive pay went up four percent, according to The Todd Organization, an executive-benefits consulting firm.

In addition to anticipated rule changes from the Financial Accounting Standards Board, heightened shareholder scrutiny also is forcing banks to put pay polices under the microscope, says Ron Roth, evp at The Todd Organization.

Stock options have been the linchpin of CEO pay for several...

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