Over the years MM&K has built up a huge amount of knowledge and experience of advising firms in the Private Equity and Venture Capital arena. This year will be the 28th consecutive year that we have conducted our market-leading pay survey of pay levels and structures in the UK and European Private Equity sector. 2023…

September 14, 2023 Read more >

MM&K, with the GECN group, has published annual research on how the world’s largest firms use ESG (environmental, social, governance) metrics to incentivise their executives. We are pleased to share our 2023 report on the dramatic shifts in the ESG sphere. Download your free copy Our report comes in the wake of the upheavals of…

July 26, 2023 Read more >

Last month MM& launched its 28th annual Private Equity & Venture Capital Compensation Survey of the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Industry. The survey covers both short-term and long-term aspects of pay and incentive practice in the private equity, venture capital and infrastructure fund management space, including in the fund-of-funds and secondaries space. Short-term…

June 21, 2023 Read more >

The most recent ONS figures cite over one million job vacancies in the UK. These are amongst the highest since records began 22 years ago, following a peak in April 2023, still 200,000 more than the pre-pandemic peak. This is alongside an unemployment rate of 3.9%, amongst the lowest figures since the ‘70s. It seems…

June 20, 2023 Read more >

MM&K’s Life in the Boardroom report, a “must have” publication for all Non-Executives, is based on a unique survey sent out to Non-Executive Directors themselves in order to gather insights into their individual thoughts on boardroom policies and practice. MM&K has conducted this valued survey for over 30 years. It is unique as data is…

June 20, 2023 Read more >

MM&K Private Equity & Venture Capital Compensation Survey is a Compensation Survey for the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Industry that MM&K has run for 27 years. This month we have launched the 28th round of this survey. MM&K PE / VC Compensation Survey provides participating firms with market leading, detailed information on both…

May 17, 2023 Read more >

The past 3 years has seen huge levels of economic uncertainty with the COVID pandemic, high inflation and cost of living crisis being a few of the main causes of this. Our 2022 Private Equity report has now been released, so in this article I will be taking a closer look at how staffing levels…

May 16, 2023 Read more >

We are preparing for the launch of our biennial Chair and Non-Executive Directors Survey  ‘Life in the Boardroom 2023-2024’.  As part of our preparations, we reached out to past participants for their opinions on current issues facing boardrooms. The pandemic thrust many companies into remote working, and for most companies it is here to stay,…

May 16, 2023 Read more >

MM&K (the UK partner firm in the GECN group) has published its 2023 research on how the world’s largest firms use ESG (environmental, social, governance) metrics in their executive incentive plans. Download your free copy here. We researched how the world’s top listed firms used ESG metrics when incentivising their CEOs; metrics were grouped into…

April 27, 2023 Read more >

Last month, we foreshadowed participation by MM&K Director and Senior Partner, Paul Norris on the panel of a webinar produced by the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) on Aligning People, Pay and Planet – Executive Compensation and Sustainable Value Creation. We were delighted to have been invited to participate in this prestigious event. The webinar…

March 21, 2023 Read more >

MM&K (the UK partner firm in the GECN group) has published its 2022/23 research on how the world’s largest firms use ESG (environmental, social, governance) metrics in their executive incentive plans. Download your free copy here. ESG metrics have historically been more prevalent in short-term incentives (STI), since financial or market-based measures – e.g., eps…

March 21, 2023 Read more >

Succession planning is a critical function of boards. It ensures that they have the right people in place to lead the company strategy and objectives into the future. It is an essential function of good corporate governance, ensuring that the boards have the right mix of skills, experience, and diversity to effectively direct the company…

March 17, 2023 Read more >