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Pay, Performance, and the AI Talent Race
Fresh from the stage at NACD’s Leading Minds of Governance & Technology event in Boston, Farient Partner Angela Moe offers a timely perspective on using incentives to drive the right outcomes, choosing key performance indicators that stand up to scrutiny, and competing for scarce AI talent without losing sight of…
Read More > 10.14.2026
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The Succession Risk Boards See Too Late
Succession plans can look solid on paper right up until a key executive walks out the door. That is the risk more boards are beginning to confront. For years, succession planning has centered on the same familiar questions: Who is ready now? Who is next? And what happens if the…
Read More > 09.25.2026
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Boards Must Look Beyond the Immediate Succession Slate
Boards tend to ask one succession question first: Who is next? The sharper question is what happens when a transition exposes risks the board has not seen, priced, or planned for. A CEO or C-suite change can leave critical roles exposed, put valued executives in play, pressure directors into expensive…
Read More > 09.14.2026
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The Resignation Email Arrives at 6:12 A.M. What Now?
The essential question isn’t whether pay belongs in succession planning, but when and how to use it. Compensation can help retain critical leaders and reinforce a clear talent strategy, but it should be designed into the plan years before a transition or crisis—not deployed mainly as a reactive counteroffer when…
Read More > 08.17.2026
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What to Read, Watch, and Listen To | Summer 2026 Edition
Summer reading lists are everywhere. Ours comes with a board agenda. Farient’s “Read, Watch, and Listen” feature returns in this summertime issue of our newsletter with books, TV series, and podcasts that make beach chairs, long flights, or languid days a little more strategic—covering AI, succession, incentives, innovation, and the…
Read More > 07.13.2026
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Pay Disclosures Still Miss the Mark
More than 15 years after say-on-pay became mandatory in the U.S., executive compensation disclosure still leaves many investors wanting more. Proxy statements have grown longer and more detailed, yet one core concern persists: too many companies still do not clearly explain how the compensation committee arrived at its pay decisions.
Read More > 06.30.2026
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Less Regulation, More Judgment
A quieter kind of regulatory change is taking shape at the SEC. Under Chair Paul S. Atkins, the agency is not just trimming rules at the margins; it is recasting disclosure policy around a simpler premise: investors should receive what is material, and not much more. That shift is already…
Read More > 06.09.2026
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From Afterthought to Advantage: Linking Talent and Compensation Into One Agenda
In boardrooms today, directors are losing sleep—not from what they know, but from what they don’t know. The risks that matter most sit below the surface, like an iceberg: talent flight, leadership fragility, misaligned incentives, and succession plans that look fine on paper but falter in practice. While boards are…
Read More > 05.19.2026
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How Uncertainty, Talent, and Data Are Redefining Executive Pay
As the 2026 proxy season winds down, executive compensation discussions are rapidly changing. Pay design, talent retention, disclosure, and technology are no longer separate conversations; they’re converging at the boardroom level. Against this backdrop, a conversation with R.J. Bannister, partner and Chief Operating Officer at Farient Advisors, a global executive…
Read More > 04.27.2026
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Farient Urges SEC to Keep, But Simplify, PvP Disclosure
Farient Advisors has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to retain the agency’s Pay vs. Performance disclosure rule. But it wants the requirement trimmed back to its analytical core. In an April 13 comment letter to the SEC on File No. 4-855, the firm said the rule’s…
Read More > 04.24.2026
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Say on Pay in the Age of AI: Separating Signal from Noise
For leaders of compensation planning, the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) creates new unknowns. Proxy voting is one immediate example. This season marks the first year that the full capabilities of generative AI will be available to—and increasingly used by—investors as a supporting tool for their proxy voting process. Use…
Read More > 04.13.2026
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Pay, Performance, and the Quarter: What the SEC’s Reporting Proposal Means for Boards
For over half a century, quarterly reporting has been a hallmark of U.S. public markets. Now, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is exploring whether companies should be allowed to report earnings semiannually instead of quarterly, while still requiring disclosure of material events. Some boards support the change to semiannual…
Read More > 03.30.2026
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