May 13, 2015
Recent Polls Point to Higher Bonuses, But Flat LTI, for 2015
– Broc Romanek, CompensationStandards.com
Here’s a recap of a recent Towers Watson webcast that includes the results from some polls. Here’s an excerpt of the recap:
As the end of the year approaches, many companies are reviewing 2014 performance and pay levels, with a focus on key pay decisions that need to be made for the upcoming fiscal year. As part of our December 3 webcast on the year-end pay landscape and 2015 proxy season preview, we polled the audience — primarily senior executive compensation professionals in large U.S. companies — to get a quick snapshot of directions related to two critical components of executive pay: 2014 bonus funding levels and 2015 long-term incentive (LTI) award levels for senior executives. About 180 companies participated in the polls.
The webcast provided a summary of 2014 actual and 2015 projected pay trends for base pay, bonus and LTIs for top executives. Trend data were drawn from Towers Watson Data Services’ executive compensation and long-term incentive surveys, which include over 1,000 participants and cover more than 40 functions and more than 150 jobs as well as the detailed LTI data.