Executive pay

Firms listed in the UK should pay their leaders the same salary levels as those based in the US, says head of stock exchange.

The average FTSE 100 CEO pay package increased by 12% last year, but increases in salary are likely to be more subdued in 2023.

Research by the High Pay Centre shows that at 2pm today (5 Jan) FTSE 100 chief execs will have already earned an average of £33,000 – the same as the median salary for a UK worker.

Investment managers have urged FTSE 350 businesses to rein in executive pay packets during the cost-of-living crisis, in order to...

The average total pay for FTSE 100 CEOs rose to a record £3.9m in 2021-22 as record bonuses were paid out.

According to Mercer, executive pay in the FTSE 350 has returned back to near pre-pandemic levels, but investor activism and inflation suggest a tough year ahead.

The Prime Minister has announced plans to exempt tens of thousands of employers from reporting requirements such as gender pay gap reporting.

FTSE 100 chief executives’ pay rose by 39% to a median of £3.4 million in 2021, according to research by...

Partners at PwC are in line for seven-figure pay-outs for the last financial year after exceptional trading saw its profit...

A think-tank finds that the pay gap between CEOs and employees is set to grow in 2022, following a reduction in the pay ratio in 2020/21.

Six in 10 people think top UK company CEOs should be paid no more than 10 times the salary of their typical employee, a think tank has found.

Companies with high levels of female representation on boards were more likely to cut executive pay during the pandemic, research has found.

Average pay for female directors stands at £235,000 compared with £689,000 for men, a new analysis has shown.

New trends are emerging in new contractual provisions for senior executives, as skills shortages and hybrid working becomes the norm.

Shareholder returns that go into UK workers’ pensions are “very unequally allocated” and “disproportionately benefit a wealthy minority”.