MM&K News

CityAM article; 'The real story on high pay' by Damien Knight of MM&K .

Private Equity pay structures at IBA Conference on Private Investment Funds 11-13 March 2012. Nigel Mills will be speaking. Click here for full programme.  

Share Scheme Tax Simplification - Mike Landon is speaking at the Global Employee Equity Forum at Davos on 2 February 2012.

Executive director pay - Vince Cable - MM&K/Manifest survey data - BBC News - MM&K authoritative survey data used in BBC News at Ten feature on Vince Cable's recommendations on executive directors' pay.To get the facts buy the Executive Director Total Remuneration Survey.   Price £500. Buy here

CityAM editorial uses MM&K survey as source of facts on directors’ pay. Cameron’s pay claims are under fire. To get the facts see Executive Director Total Remuneration Survey.   Price £500. Buy here

Nigel Mills spoke at City and Financial Conference on Financial Remuneration, about the new challenges for asset managers and investors, on 28th November.

MM&K submissions to Kay review, Narrative Reporting and Directors' Remuneration consultations

ICSA roundtable on Directors’ remuneration chaired by Damien Knight

ABI new principles and BIS consultations reviewed in MM&K Board Walk.

Compensation survey of European private equity industry published by MM&K.

Mike Landon appointed to the Office of Tax Simplification’s Consultative Committee for Employee Share Schemes Review.

Global PE/VC Employee Compensation Trends 2011-2012 webinar, including presentation by James Watts.

Financial Times, 5 Sep, reports the September Executive Director Total Remuneration Survey. Price £500. Buy online, phone or email  emma.jarvis@mm-k.com to order your copy.

Valuing share options: article in August edition of Executive Compensation Briefing by Cliff Weight, Director of MM&K  

ifsProshare appoint Ian Murphie and Mike Landon to the SME and Share Plan sub focus groups. For more info click here

MM&K contributed two articles on disguised remuneration and banking remuneration to the recent Employee Engagement focus edition of the Chartered Secretary magazine click here for more info

MM&K releases its 3rd Boardwalk Newsletter for remuneration committees  (PDF)

Executive Director Survey coverage in FT, BBC News, BBC's Robert Peston's blog, Sky News, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail and Thisismoney.co.uk and The Independent.

Click here for more information and clarification re ICAP data

Executive Director Total Remuneration Survey published by MM&K and Manifest. Price £500. Click for more info or to buy online or phone or email emma.jarvis@mm-k.com to order your copy.

MM&K’s 2011 European Private Equity Compensation Survey is now open to participants. For further details and to participate click here

Employee Share Schemes for Small Businesses. Mike Landon will be speaking at this free workshop on 20th May 2011. Click here to register.

Annual share plan returns to HM Revenue & Customs, click here for the latest information

MM&K’s Nigel Mills is speaking at the City & Financial conference on the Implementation of the FSA Remuneration Code being held on 17 May 2011. Click here for further details and to Register your place.

Click here for a summary of the Budget changes announced on 23 March 2011

Cliff Weight led the Remuneration Committee training session on the Financial Times Non-Executive Director Programme. Click here for the details of the next NED training event.

On 15th March, MM&K’s Damien Knight joined Hermann Stern of Swiss analysis firm, Obermatt, in presenting to a group of senior remuneration managers from FTSE Top 35 companies on the subject of Calibrating incentives in cyclical companies. pdf

Executive Compensation Briefing published  Better Performance Measures article by Cliff Weight, Director of MM&K

Click here for the latest Share Plan update from MM&K.

The Share Option Centre will be renamed MM&K Share Plan administration. More information on The Share Option Centre and MM&K

Directors facing salary freeze. MM&K's Chairman and Non-Executive Director Survey receives extensive media coverage: City AM,  theGrapevineonline, The Sunday Times.  Or click here to see Cliff Weight's interview with CNBC

Life in the Boardroom Survey of Chairmen and Non-Executive Directors published. The Pay survey costs £200 Order Boardroom Pay Survey (pdf order form).

Ian Murphie will be speaking at The Esop Centre’s Employee Share Plan Conference which is being run in conjunction with the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce on Thursday 10 March 2011. More info on Employees Share Plans Conference or to download the Conference agenda click here pdf.

Susan Gallo joins MM&K as a Share Plan Manager in MM&K Share Plan Administration (formerly The Share Option Centre). Susan has previously worked as share plan administrator at Inbucon Administration and then at Jersey Trust where she had responsibility for managing the client portfolio. In a career spanning approximately 20 years in the financial sector, Susan has over 7 years experience of share plan administration for both UK and international share schemes.  She brings a wealth of practical experience to MM&K where she joins Ian Murphie and his team of advisors and administrators in bringing to the market a personalised professional approach to share plan administration.

MM&K has submitted a proposal to the Government that the retirement provisions for SAYE Option Schemes should be made more flexible, following the Government’s consultation document on phasing out the Default Retirement Age. SAYE Option Scheme Proposal Click to download a copy of the PDF.

MM&K Releases its latest Boardwalk Newsletter. Latest Board Walk Remuneration Newsletter Click to download the PDF

On 9 December the Government published draft legislation designed to block certain arrangements using employee trusts to defer or avoid tax. Employee Trusts Legislation - Click to download PDF

Mike Landon will be speaking at the Global Employee Equity Forum at Davos on 3 & 4 February 2011. Global Employee Equity Forum at Davos Click to download pdf.

Cliff Weight’s latest article for the Boardroom Magazine. Non Executive Remuneration Article

Alternative Asset Management Remuneration Survey 2010 - now available. Together with US partners HOLT and Grahall Partners, MM&K now offer both Europe and North America Private Equity reports. For information on Alternative Asset Management Remuneration Survey 2010.

Nigel Mills will be speaking on The Revised FSA Remuneration Code – A Practical Guide to its Implementation during a One Day Conference on Thursday 20th January.  Nigel will be focusing in particular on the Impact of the Revised Code on Private Equity and Asset Management.  For more information on the conference and how to attend The Revised FSA Remuneration Code Conference click to download the pdf.

Mike Landon’s article “UK Tax-Favoured Share Plans: What’s Next?”, discusses the background to current share plan legislation and suggests some improvements for the Coalition Government to consider. For more info UK Tax-Favoured Share Plans What’s Next click for pdf.

MM&K assists BVCA with its recent submission to the FSA on FSA CP 10/19: Revising the Remuneration Code, as it applies to the Private Equity Industry in the UK.

The latest summary from the Recent MM&K Directors’ Dinner is now available - Remuneration Committee Dinner Summary click to download pdf.

Lisa O’Connell joins MM&K as Senior Client Manager in The Share Option Centre (“TSOC”).

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Board Walk – MM&K publishes new briefing for remuneration committees. Latest Board Walk Remuneration Newsletter

MM&K's response to the Emergency Budget click here. pdf

MM&K’s Executive Director and Total Remuneration Survey 2010 has been published. Order online or for more info on the Executive Director and Total Remuneration Survey

MM & K’s Damien Knight is a panel speaker at the City Corporate Governance and Remuneration Summit at the America Square Conference Centre in London on Tuesday 30th March. Keynote speakers include Nicholas Anstee, the Lord Mayor and Sally Dewar, MD Risk at the FSA. The world of risk management, governance and remuneration has changed dramatically since last year’s conference, and this important event provides a comprehensive guide to what is in the pipeline and how it will affect you. For a place at the conference, follow this link: www.cityandfinancial.com/cgrs1

MM&K hold Directors’ Dinner, where the topic of conversation was ‘The focus for incentive plans should be value creation’. More info on Remuneration Committee Dinner

MM&K’s newsletter considers proposed changes to the Combined Code, proposals for tax relief on pensions, and more. Latest Board Walk Remuneration Newsletter click to download PDF