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Agenda – ISS Unveils New Financial-Health Measure
By Stephanie Forshee Institutional Shareholder Services is considering a new way of measuring a company’s financial health. The proxy advisory firm announced that it could implement economic value added, or EVA, as a metric in the next two years. EVA, also known as economic profit, measures the value a company generates…
Read More > 12.12.2018
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New York Times – Carlos Ghosn Felt Stars Deserved Big Pay. His Accusers Say He Took That Too Far.
By David Gelles and Motoko Rich Shortly after Carlos Ghosn took over in 1999 as chief operating officer of an ailing Nissan Motor, he overhauled the way the company paid senior employees. Abandoning Japanese traditions that rewarded seniority and shunned incentive…
Read More > 11.20.2018
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Agenda – ‘Dark Side’ of Power? Governance Pros Weigh In on Nissan Chair’s Arrest
By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez Once celebrated Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn was arrested Monday after an internal investigation revealed he underreported his compensation to authorities in Japan for years and misused company assets. Ghosn and representative director Greg Kelly, who has also been arrested, had been under investigation by the company for several months related to the allegations.
Read More > 11.19.2018
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NACD Directorship – Repartee: Gauging the New Normal of Total ‘Stakeholder’ Return
A conversation between John Trentacoste and Phyllis J. Campbell facilitated and edited by Judy Warner On the fourth day of the 2018 NACD Global Board Leaders’ Summit, a deeply experienced director joined with what some of our NACD members might describe as a rising rock star of a compensation consultant.
Read More > 11.16.2018
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NACD Directorship – Dare to Be Different: Strategic Compensation Plan Design
By Robin Ferracone The criticism of executive compensation plans these days is that they are too homogenized. Our post–Dodd-Frank governance landscape, proxy advisor policies, and even investor guidelines have conspired to create a rules-based environment for executive compensation design, pushing most companies to a new, formulaic normal. Take a…
Read More > 10.04.2018
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CFO – SEC Move Could Lessen Proxy Advisers’ Influence
By David McCann The commission rescinds guidance that led investment managers to outsource their proxy-voting decisions to proxy advisers. The Securities and Exchange Commission has rescinded two guidance letters from 2004, a move that may reduce the influence proxy advisers have on say-on-pay and other shareholder votes. The guidance letters informed investment…
Read More > 09.19.2018
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Bloomberg – Trillion-Dollar Investors Don’t Mind Billion-Dollar CEO Awards
By Anders Melin BlackRock, Fidelity funds backed pay at Tesla, Axon Enterprise More outlier executive stock grants may follow, advisers say Some of the world’s biggest money managers backed two unprecedented executive awards this year, emboldening other corporate boards to make colossal bets on their CEOs. Funds run by…
Read More > 09.11.2018
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NACD Directorship – Unraveling the Complexities of Compensation
Experts offer their perspectives on how tax law is reshaping pay-plan design, Elon Musk’s potential $50 billion payday, and other concerns. Consider some of the recent events affecting the decisions of compensation committees: a tax code overhaul, pay ratio disclosures, and increasing competition for talent. Then there’s the challenge of…
Read More > 08.30.2018
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Agenda – Precautions and Pitfalls in M&A Pay Strategy, Part Two
In the first half of this series, I discussed what precautions and pitfalls executives should consider early in the (M&A pay) process. In this half, I will discuss the five principal types of transactions that can happen in an M&A and how compensation strategies play into each. Merger of…
Read More > 07.27.2018
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Agenda – Precautions and Pitfalls in M&A Pay Strategy
Mergers and acquisitions have risen to unprecedented levels over the past four years. Opportunities presented by an expanding global economy are partially responsible for this activity, but more fundamental matters drive it as well. At a time when technology and globalization are upending value chains and competitive models in a…
Read More > 07.18.2018
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Farient Advisors Announces John V. Trentacoste Appointed Chief Operating Officer
Farient Advisors, a leading independent executive compensation, performance and governance advisory firm, today announced the appointment of John Trentacoste, Farient partner and Head of Consulting Operations, to the Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) role, effective July 1, 2018. In this role, Mr. Trentacoste will focus on…
Read More > 07.10.2018
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Reuters – Outside Investors Rebuke Facebook Vote Structure, Tallies Show
By Ross Kerber A wide majority of outside investors at Facebook Inc backed a measure that would revamp its voting structure and end the supervoting rights of shares held by Mark Zuckerberg and others, seen as a rebuke to the chief executive of the world’s largest social media company.
Read More > 06.08.2018
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