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Companies worldwide are taking strong measures to compensate their employees with equity-based compensation and develop an equity culture within the company, according to the recent Global Equity Insights Survey from the management consultancy hkp/// group. Now in its sixth consecutive year, the study is conducted in cooperation with the Global Equity Organization (GEO).

A working group of well-known chairs of German supervisory boards, institutional investors, academics and corporate governance experts has presented guidelines for sustainable remuneration systems for German publicly listed companies

Personnel changes strengthen the HR Strategy & Transformation consulting segment of the hkp/// group: Former Managing Director of the business service company of the E.ON Group joins the consultancy. In addition, former Senior Manager Holger Jungk is appointed as Partner and member of the Executive Board.

Compensation for CEOs in leading European companies has risen by approximately three percent, but remains below the peak value of 2015. By contrast, pay for Supervisory Board members and chairpersons is again in marginal decline. Switzerland is a pay paradise for CEOs and chairpersons.

Siemens, Equatex and hkp/// group receive Star Award of the Global Equity Organization GEO in Orlando. Commitment to employee equity-based participation in Germany rewarded.

The average total compensation of Supervisory Board Chairpersons in the DAX increased in 2017 by around 6% to €408,000. The average compensation on a European level is €810,000. The focus on a purely fixed compensation decouples compensation and performance

Total compensation for CEOs in the DAX increases by 3.5% to an average of EUR 7.4 million – corporate profits grow by 36%. Significantly improved compensation reports pick up on investors' requirements. Analysis from the “hkp/// group Management Board Annual Report Evaluation DAX 2017”.