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NACD – How Are Trends in Executive Compensation and Governance Playing Out in the 2017 Proxy Season?
Investors now see corporate governance as a hallmark of the board’s effectiveness and one of the best sources of insight into the way companies operate. In response to this trend, Farient Advisors LLC, in partnership with the Global Governance and Executive Compensation Group, produced the report 2017—Global Trends in Corporate…
Read More > 07.13.2017
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NACD Magazine – Experts Consider Clawbacks, How to Select a Compensation Advisor
NACD Magazine – Experts Consider Clawbacks, How to Select a Compensation Advisor – Farient partner John Trentacoste recently joined a panel of leading executive compensation consultants at NACD’s Leading Minds of Compensation, where he discussed shareholder value and compensation planning.
Read More > 07.01.2017
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The Wall Street Journal – Female CEOs Earn More Than Male Chief Executives
Robin Ferracone, founder and CEO of Farient Advisors, discusses why female CEOs of S&P 500 companies are out-earning their male counterparts. “Boards don’t want to shortchange their female CEO in today’s environment, when pay equality is such an issue,’’ said Ferracone. So, they “err on the side of being generous.’’…
Read More > 05.31.2017
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Washington Post – The surprising role where women consistently earn more than men
Washington Post – The surprising role where women consistently earn more than men Eric Hoffmann, vice president of information services at Farient Advisors, speaks to The Washington Post about the gender pay gap impacting chief executives of S&P 500 corporations.
Read More > 05.26.2017
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Agenda – Should Boards Cut Bonuses When the Company Faces a Big Fine?
Credit Suisse will face shareholders at its annual meeting today after investor outcry led executives at the bank to announce in April that they would cut their bonuses by 40%. Investors and proxy advisors were angry about performances issues as well as a $5.3 billion fine linked to certain mortgage practices…
Read More > 04.28.2017
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Agenda – Predictive Modeling Changing the Future of Compensation
The growing use of total shareholder return (TSR) performance shares and the increased scrutiny of executive compensation plans by investors and proxy advisory firms have helped drive the increased use of analytics in executive compensation, experts say. Now, some boards are using analytics in the form of predictive modeling to…
Read More > 03.23.2017
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Forbes – Executive Compensation Commands Board Committee Expertise
In the latest entry of her column, Executive Pay Watch, Farient CEO Robin Ferracone discusses the role boards play in determining executive compensation with Peter R. Gleason, CEO of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD). Read More…
Read More > 03.21.2017
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FCPA Blog – Finding perverse incentives is hard, fixing them can be harder
Identifying perverse incentives within a company can prove difficult, and can be even more challenging when found. Partner Marc Hodak shares how to prevent these issues, and well as what to do to find and correct them in the final part of his five-part series.
Read More > 03.16.2017
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Bloomberg – Health Insurers Would Get Fatter Tax Break on CEO Pay Under GOP Health Plan
John Trentacoste, director at Farient Advisors, speaks to Bloomberg about the implications of the proposed bill to replace Obamacare on health insurance companies.
Read More > 03.07.2017
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FCPA Blog – How Perverse Incentives Distort Individual and Corporate Performance
Mark Hodak, a partner at Farient Advisors, explores how even good, ethical employees can succumb to perverse incentives due to the pressure to meet internal targets. Read More…
Read More > 03.01.2017
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Agenda – Boards Move to Lessen Impact of TSR, Experts Say
While the use of relative total shareholder return (TSR) has increased in recent years, there are signs that boards are nevertheless trying to lessen its impact on their long-term incentive plans. Some boards have started to de-emphasize TSR in their incentive plans, and going forward, experts say TSR usage could…
Read More > 02.21.2017
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FCPA Blog – Revisiting EpiPen: Steep incentive thresholds are corporate disasters waiting to happen
Marc Hodak, partner at Farient Advisors, explains how steep incentive thresholds were behind the Epipen scandal and how companies can learn from Mylan’s mistake. Read More…
Read More > 02.13.2017
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