Wednesday, May 9, 2012

BofA's Moynihan tops list of worst performing CEOs


Now here's something Bank of America (BAC) shareholders might want to discuss at the firm's annual meeting: Based on its stock performance, Brian Moynihan ranks as the worst big bank CEO in the United States. And according to Fortune, that's after this year's 40% rally in the bank's shares.

On Wednesday, B of A shareholders will congregate in Charlotte for the bank's annual meeting. Among other things, shareholders will vote on whether to approve the pay packages of Moynihan and other execs. The majority of shareholders are expected to approve the payouts, in part because Moynihan took a pay cut of $3 million, making his $7 million payout for 2011 one of the smallest among bank CEOs. Based on the company's stock market performance, though, you might wonder if even that payout is too high.

Michael Mayo, a bank analyst at Credit Agricole Securities, recently ranked current bank CEOs by the relative performance of their shares during the time since they took over the banks. Moynihan became the CEO of B of A in early 2010. Since that time the bank's shares have fallen 42%. That puts Moynihan at the bottom of the heap. It's not just the stock market performance…..

Read all about it at http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2012/05/09/bank-of-america-moynihan-worst-ceo/

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