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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…

Alan Johnson, an executive pay consultant who is no fan of excessive compensation plans, says $1 pay schemes for CEOs sound nice, but they rarely work for shareholders. They tend to have a chilling affect on what a company will pay for other top talent. “Was Whole Foods able to get the best talent possible…

The new rule is intended to create a level playing for “bad negotiators” who’ve been paid less (women in particular) and who will in future be liberated from the shackles of their historic low pay. However, by encouraging banks to come in with incredibly low offers in an attempt to flush out pay levels, Johnson…

Ford’s board may have decided to leave out the cash base pay (which, prorated, would’ve been a little over $1 million) because unlike stock, a direct cash payment could make for poorer optics, said Alan Johnson of the executive compensation consulting firm Johnson Associates. Fortune / May 25, 2017 READ ARTICLE

After the first quarter, Wall Street compensation consulting firm Johnson Associates is projecting mixed incentive pay across financial services, with a generally more upbeat business environment and compensation outlook compared to recent years. There’s a long way to go until the end of the year, though, with political and regulatory uncertainty, rising interest rates and…

Pressure on asset management profit margins is driving these pay cuts, the firm notes. “The reality is that compensation is not likely to recover to recent market highs and might even fall further in coming years,” says Johnson Associates managing director Francine McKenzie. FinancialPlanning / April 25, 2017 READ ARTICLE