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Repeat Offenders: Where Investors Rejected Say on Pay Again—Agenda
Persistent shareholder dissent over executive pay is rare but revealing. Only nine S&P 500 companies have failed their say-on-pay votes more than once since 2021, according to data analyzed by Agenda. Such repeated rebukes point to ongoing tension between boards, executives, and investors on what constitutes fair and performance-aligned compensation.
Read More > 10.06.2025
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More CEOs Want Elon Musk–Style ‘Moonshot’ Pay Packages—Fortune
Elon Musk–style “moonshot” pay plans—tying massive rewards to ambitious, long-term goals—are back in the spotlight. But as boards weigh these high-risk, high-reward structures, many compensation experts are urging caution. Farient Advisors, often cited for its executive compensation expertise, emphasizes that such plans rarely align with shareholder interests and can…
Read More > 10.06.2025
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Navigating the Future of Executive Pay—Directors & Boards
The complexity of business is matched by the intricacies in today’s executive pay packages. During a recent Directors & Boards webinar, industry leaders, including Farient CEO Robin A. Ferracone and Public Company Director Lakecia Gunter, explored how compensation committees are adapting and the future of best practices. “One of the…
Read More > 10.02.2025
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The Cost and Considerations for External Executive Candidates—Directorship Magazine
With CEO and CFO turnover reaching record levels, directors are becoming more focused on talent strategy. This has added additional pressure for directors to weigh the benefits of promoting internal leaders with the risks and costs of hiring externally. According to Farient Advisors’ analysis, nearly 90 percent of new S&P…
Read More > 09.30.2025
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Farient CEO Robin A. Ferracone and COO R.J. Bannister Honored by NACD Directorship 100™
LOS ANGELES & NEW YORK, September 25, 2025 – Robin A. Ferracone, founder and CEO of executive compensation, performance, and corporate governance consultancy Farient Advisors, and R.J. Bannister, Chief Operating Officer and Partner, have been named to the National Association of Corporate Directors‘ 2025…
Read More > 09.25.2025
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What CEO Exit Crisis? | Farient Briefings
What CEO Exit Crisis? Record-high C-suite turnover hasn’t unnerved boards yet, according to a new director research initiative developed by Corporate Board Member and Farient Advisors. The third year of this exclusive joint research on “Turnover at the Top” is newly published in CBM‘s Fall 2025 issue. In…
Read More > 09.25.2025
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What CEO Exit Crisis?—Corporate Board Member
Farient Advisors continues its partnership with Corporate Board Member to explore one of the most pressing issues in corporate governance: CEO turnover and succession planning. The 2025 research initiative: What CEO Exit Crisis, now in its third year, reveals a striking paradox. While CEO turnover among S&P 500 companies hit…
Read More > 09.19.2025
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Say-on-Pay Support Stays Steady and Other Lessons from the 2025 Proxy Season—IR Impact
The 2025 proxy season confirmed several steady trends in executive compensation, while also revealing shifts boards will need to navigate in the years ahead. Say-on-Pay (SOP) support held strong across the Russell 3000, but concerns around special awards, mega-grants, and pay-for-performance alignment continued to drive the few failed votes. At…
Read More > 09.15.2025
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Opendoor Brings Back Founders and Welcomes New CEO—Fortune
Opendoor Technologies is making headlines with the appointment of former Shopify COO Kaz Nejatian as CEO and a compensation package that could net him nearly $2.8 billion if he meets ambitious stock price targets. The deal underscores the company’s “founder mode” strategy, with co-founders Eric Wu and Keith Rabois returning…
Read More > 09.12.2025
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What Glass Lewis Overhaul of PFP Model Portends | Farient Briefings
What Glass Lewis Overhaul of PFP Model Portends Farient Advisors’ in-depth analysis of the significant changes to Glass Lewis’ Pay for Performance (PFP) model highlights critical questions and offers strategic recommendations for companies and their boards as they gear up for the 2026 proxy season. Changes to the…
Read More > 09.12.2025
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Farient Analysis: Glass Lewis Revamps Its P4P Model
An overhaul of Glass Lewis’s (GL’s) quantitative Pay for Performance (P4P) model will alter how the proxy advisor determines its Say on Pay (SOP) voting recommendations for annual shareholder meetings beginning in 2026. Whether the new methodology results in significantly different SOP outcomes remains to be seen. Farient’s analysis led…
Read More > 09.09.2025
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CHROs Stay Put Longer as They Increasingly Become Strategic Assets—Agenda
Chief Human Resources Officers (CHROs) have remained in their roles longer than at any point in the past seven years, according to new reporting from Agenda. The trend reflects a shift in how boards view the CHRO function: No longer limited to HR operations, these leaders are now central to…
Read More > 09.09.2025
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