Incentives they are offered tend to encourage unhealthy and even disastrous risk-taking as senior executives seek to maximize their own earnings, often at the expense of shareholder interests, Martin said.— Extra! Extra!
G-20 leaders also called for stricter limits on hedge funds, executive pay, credit-rating firms and risk-taking by banks as part of what their statement called a "global plan for recovery on an unprecedented scale."
The Group of 20 nations appear to agree on key regulatory issues, such as tighter reins on risk-taking by executive pay, and closer supervision of credit rating agencies.— BusinessWeek.com --
Individual initiative, risk-taking, an entrepreneurial spirit and optimism are what built and have sustained America through many challenges over the last 232 years.— WORLDMag.com
In this category, I would put former financial industry executives who walked away with huge bonuses based on short-term paper profits from financial risk-taking that was never prudent and has now backfired.— FindLaw Writ - Recent Articles
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