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Agenda – Boards Risk Being ‘Tone Deaf’ on Director Comp
As proxy season approaches its climax next week, few boards have made decisions about how to approach equity grants that will be awarded to directors in conjunction with annual meeting dates. However, compensation consultants are warning about a failure to address the misalignment between the number of shares awarded to executives at the start of the year before the crisis impacted stock prices with the grants that will be made to directors in the coming weeks.
Read More > 05.15.2020
In the News
Agenda – Will Special Committees Prevail in the Pandemic?
Dividing duties across the full board has been the approach seen most frequently by Robin Ferracone, CEO of compensation consultancy Farient Advisors and a director on the board of pet insurance company Trupanion. She isn’t familiar with any boards that are relying on a small group of directors to take charge.
Read More > 05.15.2020
In the News
Bloomberg Quint – Musk on Cusp of $730 Million Award, Even After Tweet Tanks Stock
Not even a pandemic -- or a tweet -- can push Elon Musk off the path toward claiming the first piece of his moonshot pay package. Barring a sudden and massive plunge in the electric-car maker’s market value, its chief executive officer is poised to meet the final performance threshold needed to claim the first of 12 tranches as early as next week, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
Read More > 05.15.2020
Tracker Suite Updates
Farient CEO Pay Ratio Tracker Update – May 11, 2020
Welcome to the ninth installment of Farient’s Pay Ratio TrackerTM update. Each week, we focus on the companies with the highest and lowest CEO-to-median-employee pay ratios. This week, we explore the highs and lows of the last week of April’s pay ratio disclosure with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) and TripAdvisor (TRIP).
Read More > 05.11.2020
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Farient CEO Pay Ratio Tracker Update – May 5, 2020
Welcome to the eighth installment of Farient’s Pay Ratio TrackerTM update. Each week, we focus on the companies with the highest and lowest CEO-to-median-employee pay ratios. This week, we explore the highs and lows of the third week of April’s pay ratio disclosure with The TJX Companies (TJX) and Penumbra PEN).
Read More > 05.05.2020
Briefs
The Optics of Executive Pay in the Time of COVID -19
In mid-March, Farient began tracking companies making adjustments to their pay programs in response to the economic fallout of the virus.
Read More > 05.04.2020
Briefs
How Resilient Is Your Sector’s TSR? Covid-19 and Its Impact on TSR
The spread of coronavirus in 2020 has resulted in the largest global catastrophe since the end of the Second World War. It also may be responsible for the largest economic collapse since the Great Depression. As the virus began to spread through Asia and parts of Europe in the first…
Read More > 05.04.2020
Tracker Suite Updates
Farient CEO Pay Ratio Tracker Update – April 29, 2020
Welcome to the seventh installment of Farient’s Pay Ratio TrackerTM update. Each week, we focus on the companies with the highest and lowest CEO-to-median-employee pay ratios. This week, we explore the highs and lows of the second week of April’s pay ratio disclosure with Best Buy (BBY) and Twitter (TWTR).
Read More > 04.29.2020
In the News
S&P Global – Why voluntary CEO pay cuts, while largely symbolic, matter in ESG context
CEOs and management teams at dozens of companies around the world are taking voluntary pay cuts as their companies lay off workers to cope with the revenue hit from the coronavirus pandemic.
Read More > 04.20.2020
Tracker Suite Updates
Farient CEO Pay Ratio Tracker Update – April 20, 2020
Welcome to the sixth installment of Farient’s Pay Ratio TrackerTM update. Each week, we focus on the companies with the highest and lowest CEO-to-median-employee pay ratios. This week, we explore the highs and lows of the first week of April’s pay ratio disclosure with McDonald’s and Kinder Morgan.
Read More > 04.20.2020
Tracker Suite Updates
Farient CEO Pay Ratio Tracker Update – April 10, 2020
Welcome to the fifth installment of Farient’s Pay Ratio TrackerTM update. Each week, we focus on the companies with the highest and lowest CEO-to-median-employee pay ratios. This week, we explore the highs and lows of the last week of March’s pay ratio disclosure with Kraft Heinz and Urban Outfitters.
Read More > 04.10.2020
Tracker Suite Updates
Farient CEO Pay Ratio Tracker Update – April 3, 2020
Welcome to another installment of Farient’s Pay Ratio TrackerTM update. Each week, we focus on the companies with the highest and lowest CEO-to-median-employee pay ratios. This week, we explore the highs and lows of the last two weeks of March’s pay ratio disclosure with Philip Morris International and PS Business Parks.
Read More > 04.03.2020
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