Compensation Services

Design & Implementation
Whether developing a total compensation strategy from the ground up or fine-tuning a specific compensation component, Swanson Advisory Services can help you tailor director and executive compensation programs to meet your specific objectives.  more >

Peer Benchmarking
A solid understanding of the competitive landscape is critical to ensuring an effective compensation strategy. more >

Governance
Your board of directors is in the “hot seat”.  The current Administration, Congress, Treasury, SEC, and most importantly, bank regulators at all levels, believe that many boards of directors have fallen asleep at the wheel in the area of compensation governance, and that poor compensation practices have been a significant contributor to the recent financial crisis. more >

Risk Management
At the center of compensation governance scrutiny is the quality of an institution’s assessment and management of compensation-related risk. more >

Regulatory Compliance
Bank regulators at the international, federal and state levels have given clear indication that compensation governance and risk management will become a greater focus of their supervisory activities. more >

TARP Compliance
TARP recipients operate under very strict rules regarding the form, amount, monitoring, and reporting of compensation for their most highly compensated employees. more >

SEC Reporting and Disclosure
SEC registrants often look to outside firms to help them meet the SEC's compensation reporting and disclosure requirements. more >