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Reuters – Tesla Shareholders Approve CEO Musk’s $2.6 Billion Compensation Plan
By Alexandria Sage and Ross Kerber SAN FRANCISCO/BOSTON (Reuters) – Shareholders of electric car company Tesla Inc approved a compensation package potentially worth $2.6 billion for Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk on Wednesday, though by a lower margin than U.S. CEOs typically receive on pay votes. Excluding votes by…
Read More > 03.22.2018
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The Wall Street Journal – Median CEO Pay Hit Record of Nearly $12 Million in 2017, Juiced by Markets
By Theo Francis and Joann S. Lublin Most S&P 500 chiefs got raises of 10% or more and median pay rose to $11.6 million, as stock awards swelled. The chief executives of America’s biggest companies are on track for another banner year of compensation, fueled by a soaring stock…
Read More > 03.21.2018
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Bloomberg – Schwarzman Collects $787 Million in ’17 to Rule Over Wall Street
By Anders Melin and Melissa Mittelman For Steve Schwarzman, it was a very good year. The Blackstone Group LP co-founder received $786.5 million for 2017, his biggest take-home ever, according to calculations based on the firm’s annual report filed March 1. His stake in New York-based Blackstone—and the $661 million in dividends…
Read More > 03.06.2018
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NACD Directorship – It’s Time to Think Less Conventionally About Long-Term Incentive Plans
By Dayna Harris, Partner, Farient Advisors In times of transition or business overhaul, the modern executive long-term incentive plan (LTIP) may be inadequate to support a business’s imperatives. On one hand, today’s typical plan is simple, and likely to garner support under say on pay with both proxy advisor firms and…
Read More > 02.23.2018
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Agenda: Tesla Pay Plan Offers Big Vision: Experts
By Melissa J. Anderson February 12, 2018 Tesla CEO Elon Musk got an earful from analysts questioning the automaker’s production timeline during last week’s earnings call on the electric car company’s fourth-quarter financial results. The CEO has his work cut out for him — a fact made clear by the aggressive 10-year performance plan announced…
Read More > 02.12.2018
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Agenda – GE to Overhaul Pay as Part of Turnaround Plan
By Melissa J. Anderson December 11, 2017 General Electric CEO John Flannery’s equity compensation will be composed solely of performance units under a new compensation program he described at a recent investors’ meeting. The new program will also eliminate cash awards for long-term performance for senior executives. The company is…
Read More > 12.19.2017
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Corporate Governance a Sticky Wicket – FierceCEO
By Karen Talley Corporate governance is currently front and center as companies like Equifax, Wells Fargo and Uber suffer crises in these areas after board oversight and risk mitigation troubles. “At Equifax, good corporate governance is a way of life,” the company says in its corporate statement. This was before the…
Read More > 10.16.2017
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Finding and Avoiding Perverse Incentives – Directorship Magazine
By Mark Hodak How to pair the right metrics with the right goals to incent superb results. EDC was an American energy company that successfully financed, developed, and operated power plants around the world. It made large investments in complex projects and recouped them by leasing the plants to its…
Read More > 10.13.2017
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Energy bust dings executive pay, but some CEOs still get nice raises – Houston Chronicle
By Ryan Maye Handy Average compensation for Houston’s top executives fell last year as the worst oil bust in a generation battered earnings of the energy companies that dominate the region’s economy. Average compensation among the 500 highest-paid executives in the Houston area’s publicly traded companies fell by 9 percent, to…
Read More > 08.18.2017
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Robin Ferracone and Dayna Harris of Farient Advisors Named to 2017 NACD Directorship 100 List
Robin Ferracone and Dayna Harris – chief executive officer and partner, respectively, at Farient Advisors, an independent performance management, corporate governance and executive compensation consultancy – have been selected for inclusion in the 2017 National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Directorship 100.
Read More > 08.01.2017
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CFO Magazine – Balance Due: Boards seek the optimal compensation formula to satisfy all sides in the conflict over executive pay packages.
By: Keith Button Structuring executive compensation is a delicate balancing act that isn’t getting easier. Pay plans have multiple goals — attracting and retaining top talent, motivating performance, and keeping activist shareholders at bay — that are often at odds with each other. Ostensibly, both shareholders and the boards of…
Read More > 07.27.2017
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Bloomberg – Perks for American CEOs Aren’t What They Used to Be
By Anders Melin and Jenn Zhao Gone are the days when Tyco International ponied up millions of dollars to indulge its executives’ lavish lifestyles, including Dennis Kozlowski’s $15,000 dog umbrella stand. But U.S. public companies still give…
Read More > 07.21.2017
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