Policy Exchange believes this would help prevent company bosses from excessive risk-taking that may result in fall in share prices and huge losses to the firm.

Gazprom posts a record profit for a second year in a row and becomes the most profitable energy company in the world.

The IBTimes UK investigates the broken trust between banks and customers in the wake of a the industry's "septimana horribilis"

Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney named highest-earning footballers competing at Euro 2012.

Shareholder Spring intensifies as stockholders revolt against WPP's CEO Sir Martin Sorrell 60 percent pay hike.

New report showing the average 10% increase in FTSE 100 CEO wages will likely inflame the shareholders revolt against executive pay

Advertising giant WPP's CEO will be the latest to face shareholder backlash over his increased executive pay

The number of Royal Dutch Shell shareholders opposing company executive pay rises increases.

As yet more rows start over executive pay, IBTimes UK looks at the issues around salary-setting remuneration committees and the calls for their reform.

Andrew Moss, chief executive of Aviva, had turned down a pay rise after shareholders voiced their concerns on executive pay.

Aviva, Britain’s second largest insurance company, is now looking for a new boss, just days after its shareholders staged a revolt at last week’s Annual General Meeting.

Shareholders at British insurer Aviva and Trinity Mirror are the latest in a line of stockholders that vehemently oppose high executive compensation packages

Andrew Moss, chief executive of Aviva, had turned down a pay rise after shareholders voiced their concerns on executive pay.

As Barclays' question CEO Bob Diamond's remuneration package and his colleagues' bonus pool, the debate on executive pay, bankers' bonuses and pay legislation intensifies.

Nearly 73 percent agree to payout despite sharp criticism and slumping Barclays equity returns

Nicolas Sarkozy, Francois Hollande, Marine Le Pen, Jean-Luc Melenchon: What they stand for.

Barclays Bank avoids public relations disaster by slashing bonuses for investment bankers in Barclays Capital.

Network Rail directors have given up their bonuses to use the money for rail safety.

How much money did each of us make in 2011? The chances are, no matter how much each of thought we made, it would have been peanuts compared to the big bucks that CEOs, Presidents of the Board and company Directors would have pocketed! Then consider the fact that median annual wages in the U.S. fell (for 2010) to $26, 364 (the lowest since 1999) and average wages in the UK (for 2011) were £25,900 (a miniscule ...

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, has reiterated his political affiliation with liberalism in an attempt to distance his party, the Liberal Democrats, from his Conservative coalition partners.

Prime Minister David Cameron is set for some action as he warns the state-owned RBS against going ahead with its £500 million bonus plan. Cameron indicated that the government will intervene to prevent the bank from paying out the lavish bounty to some of its senior investment bankers.

Despite the phone-hacking crisis, the forced closure of the News of the World, the abandonment of the BSkyB deal and an on-going parliamentary and police investigation into the Murdoch's empire, it has been revealed by the Guardian that both James and Rupert Murdoch could be in line for huge bonuses based on the year-to-June performances.

Annual growth in the weekly pay and bonuses has decreased according to the Office of National Statistics.

Last week a number of banks issued 2010 first-half results. Northern Rock, HSBC, Standard Chartered and Lloyds all released figures showing overall profits in their operations that were good given the current market conditions in their field of activity. All, including Northern Rock, were able to demonstrate the benefits of the "universal model" of banking and senior executives from these companies, both on and off the record, were keen to emphasise their belief in the continuance of thi...

Top staff at Transport for London have declined bonuses for this year and the organisation has said that it has continued with its pay freeze for top staff for the second year running.