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And one compensation consultant doesn’t believe the new law will help achieve its intended goal. Mr. Johnson remains unconvinced that the New York law will have the desired impact on the money management industry, but instead will drag out an already belabored recruiting process. “I don’t think it’s going to narrow the gap. But politicians…

“I think at the big programs, that’s a fair estimation,” he says. “They run a pretty big operation. They’re responsible for a lot of money. It’s an extraordinarily competitive business. So, yeah, they certainly look much more like a CEO than they did 20 or 50 years ago, in simpler times when the money was…

That said, Alan Johnson, managing director of compensation consulting firm Johnson Associates, pointed out that the level of director pay is set in a competitive marketplace and has actually grown at a slower pace than that of company executives. “The real issue is the income growth of the middle [class] has been sluggish,” Johnson told…

“It will actually be worse than it was before – the problems that it was intended to cure will get worse,” Johnson says. “[Recruiters] can certainly ask their salary expectations, and the better the negotiator you are, the further you’ll get with that, but the truth is, most candidates don’t really know [how much they…

Another issue to consider is how executives and potential recruits will react if the clawback provisions are viewed as too onerous, unclear or open-ended, says Alan Johnson, a New York–based executive compensation consultant. A potential worry for executives could be that “five years after I’m gone there will be a witch hunt, and they’re going…

“He’s done a great job, but the standards to earn it are way too easy,” says Alan Johnson, managing director of New York-based compensation consultancy Johnson & Associates. “You’re going to get paid an enormous amount of money if you finish in the top third of the race? Really?” MarketWatch / August 16, 2017 READ ARTICLE

“Regulatory and political unknowns continue to spread caution throughout the industry,” Johnson said in the report. “Market activity and interest rates will be key 2017 incentive drivers going forward.” Bloomberg / August 9, 2017 READ ARTICLE

“The rules never really got a full debate, so I don’t think it’s a bad thing that they have been killed, because I think the pendulum has swung too far,” said Alan Johnson, managing director of Johnson Associates, a compensation consulting firm. “But there will be some blowback on this.” American Banker / July 21,…

The fact is that financial services organisations are moving jobs to lower-cost destinations regardless of whether their personnel want to move – largely because they want to cut costs. For employees, this means taking a lower salary in a cheaper location. Alan Johnson, the founder of compensation consulting firm Johnson Associates, says that pay is…