Corporate Governance: Compensation & Board

Available through WRDS - select COMPUTSTAT on the left column and then Execucomp. Tracks executive compensation in S&P 1000 firms. Top executives' salary, bonus, and stock option data since 1992 is available. The database also has company-specific financial statement information to supplement the compensation data.

Published by KPMG UK, looks at market practice for executive pay and incentives plus non-executive directors' fees in FTSE 350 companies.

A list of booklets entitled “20 Questions Directors Should Ask…”, address subjects of importance to directors through twenty questions that they might ask management, advisors or themselves.

International coverage, type in "Canada" in the keyword search box to locate the Canadian Board Index report.

"CCBE has been compiling the Board Shareholder Confidence Index since 2002, considering corporations listed on the S&P/TSX Composite Index in regards to their Director independence, board structure and board output."