USA: SEC adopts pay ratio disclosure rule

The Securities and Exchange Commission has this week adopted a final rule that will require certain public companies to disclose the ratio of the compensation of their chief executive officer to the median compensation of their employees: see here (pdf). The SEC was required to adopt such a rule in order to implement section 953(b) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

A short fact sheet explaining the new rule is available here. An update on the SEC's progress in implementing the mandatory rule making provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act can be found here.