September 25, 2019
CFO – Performance-Based Pay Comes Under Fire
The Council of Institutional Investors this month overhauled its policy on executive compensation, urging public companies to dial back the complexity of their pay plans and set longer periods for measuring performance for incentive awards.
Read MoreSeptember 12, 2019
NACD Directorship – Reinventing Compensation in Transformative Times
With the onslaught of technological, workforce, economic, and other disruptive forces, no company can afford to be complacent with respect to its executive compensation plans. However, investors take a dim view of perennial changes to executive compensation, citing complexity as a pet peeve.
Read MoreSeptember 6, 2019
Bloomberg Law – Equifax Hack Aftermath Shines Light on Boards’ Cyber Oversight
Equifax Inc.’s hack shows pressure on corporate boards to step up cyber risk oversight. Its settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, announced July 22, requires the credit rating company to pay up to $700 million, conduct annual assessments of security risks, and have the board annually issue compliance certifications.
Read MoreAugust 26, 2019
The Wall Street Journal – The New Pay Gap: What Firms Report Paying CEOs Versus What They Take Home
The Wall Street Journal compared what S&P 500 companies reported paying their CEOs over three years with a measure of what that pay was worth at the end of the period, called realizable pay, using data from ISS Analytics, the data intelligence arm of proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services. On average, the value of the pay at the end of the period was 16% higher than originally disclosed. Pay rose at three out of five companies. And at a third of companies, pay rose by more than 25%.
Read MoreAugust 23, 2019
Agenda – Getting at the ‘Root’ of Rising Say-on-Pay Opposition
More companies are seeing say-on-pay results dip into the 50% to 90% range as opposition to executive compensation continues to grow, data shows. Accordingly, compensation committees are increasingly engaging with shareholders one-on-one about their concerns as their voting policies take a more crafted, hardline approach, sources say.
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