MBA encourages members of the commercial real estate finance industry to participate in the 2009 Commercial Real Estate Compensation Survey Program, developed and administered by McLagan, a subsidiary of AON Consulting Worldwide. Participating in compensation surveys allows organizations to better align their pay philosophies with the current market environment.

The 2009 Commercial Real Estate Compensation Survey Program profiles over one hundred positions across multiple lines of business and functional areas within the commercial/multifamily real estate finance industry. The survey enables firms to view compensation levels by function, specialization, business or product group, and in conjunction with scope factors such as: loan production volume, assets under management, geographic location and revenue size. The full product listing includes:

• 2009 Commercial Real Estate Survey
  
• 2009 Methods of Pay Study
  
• 2009 Pay and Performance Analysis
  
• Select cut reports

Click here to download the 2009 Commercial Compensation Survey Program Overview and Participation Form.

As in the past, MBA members receive a discount. Registration and participation in the program is required in order to receive the results.

In addition to the compensation survey programs, the MBA will be hosting its second annual Human Capital Management Symposium, to be held in September in Washington, D.C. Open to both residential and commercial mortgage lenders and servicers, the symposium will take place at our new headquarters that includes state-of-the-art conference facilities. Firms that participate in this survey program are invited to attend a special session that highlights compensation trends from the 2009 survey results. Topics to be covered include:

• Mortgage industry and economic overview
  
• Aligning human capital strategy with mortgage company business strategy
  
• Maintaining employee relations
  
• Leveraging variable workforce resources
  
• Employment law: managing risk and ensuring compliance
  
• Benefit trends: health and welfare, retirement, paid time off, personnel practices
  
• Training and development
  
• Performance management and incentive plans
  
• Compensation and performance trends: 2009 Compensation Surveys (mortgage and real estate)

For more information, contact Rob Northway at McLagan at (203) 602-1234 or one of the following MBA contacts: Jamie Woodwell at (202) 557-2936 or jwoodwell@mortgagebankers.org or Marina Walsh at (202) 557-2817 or mwalsh@mortgagebankers.org.

Note: MBA also sponsors a specialized compensation benchmark survey focused on the residential real estate finance market.