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Farient CEO Pay Ratio Tracker Update – March 26, 2020
Welcome to the third installment of Farient’s Pay Ratio Tracker™ update. Each week, we focus on the companies with the highest and lowest reported CEO to median employee pay ratios. This week, we explore the highs and lows of March’s pay ratio disclosure with ManpowerGroup and Berkshire Hathaway.
Read More > 03.26.2020
Tracker Suite Updates
Farient CEO Pay Ratio Tracker Update – March 5, 2020
Welcome to Farient’s CEO Pay Ratio Tracker Update. With such an exciting year ahead, we think it makes sense to highlight the highs and lows of CEO pay to median employees pay on a weekly basis.
Read More > 03.05.2020
In the News
NACD Directorship – ESG Reporting and Non-GAAP Measures Included in Incentive Compensation Plans
The debate over the purpose of the corporation continues, with some lining up behind the 2019 Business Roundtable Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation and others behind shareholder privacy. The evolution of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues into metrics often highlights this schism, with institutional shareholders focused on…
Read More > 02.07.2020
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Corporate Board Member – Vanishing Act In The Corner Office
When the board fired McDonald’s CEO Steve Easterbrook in November over his rule-breaking personal relationship with an employee, directors had a successor ready in Chris Kempczinski. It wasn’t just luck that enabled the board to elevate its president of U.S. operations to the company’s top job immediately upon the sudden…
Read More > 01.29.2020
In the News
Agenda – After Shareholder Feedback, Performance Period Lengthens
Textron made some changes this month to its compensation structure — two months ahead of when it annually files its proxy statement. In addition to reworking the mix of equity awards granted to executives, the compensation committee will no longer set performance goals annually but will instead transition to a three-year…
Read More > 01.27.2020
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Agenda – ISS: Say More on CEO Exit Deals, Or Else
Marc Hodak, partner at compensation consultancy Farient Advisors, says that aside from concerns with ISS, compensation committees should keep in mind that “investors generally are starting to ask about tightening provisions for termination if the executive is seen as contributing to, or perhaps overseeing, reputational damage.” In those cases, Hodak says,…
Read More > 01.27.2020
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IR Magazine – ESG and Pay Are Top Concerns Among Engaged Investors
Engaged investors’ top concerns revolve around ESG issues and executive compensation. Seven Lessons from Engaged Investors, published recently by Farient Advisors and the Global Governance and Executive Compensation Group, finds deep investor concerns on topics such as how their companies’ activities are affecting the world around them, gender diversity and pay equality.
Read More > 11.27.2019
In the News
Corporate Compliance Insights – How ESG Trends Impact Corporate Governance and Compliance
ESG concerns are increasingly impacting shareholder activism, in turn pressuring boards to engage with investors on these subjects. Farient Advisors’ Marc Hodak shares the way these trends will shape investor relations, corporate governance and compliance.
Read More > 11.27.2019
In the News
NACD Directorship – Broader Stakeholder Concerns Drive Board Engagement
Seven Lessons From Engaged Investors is the title of a recent study by Farient Advisors and its partners in the Global Governance and Executive Compensation Group, a collective of independent advisory firms that represent clients in more than 30 countries. Based on in-depth interviews with 25 of the largest investors around the world, the study finds that these investors place great importance on engagement with boards related to both shareholder and stakeholder issues—especially environmental, social, and governance (ESG).
Read More > 11.12.2019
In the News
Bloomberg – CBS Chief Will Get $100 Million Severance and Still Keep His Job
CBS Corp. acting Chief Executive Officer Joe Ianniello is in line for a hefty haul when Viacom Inc. completes its proposed merger with the broadcast network. While he won’t get to lead the combined entity, he’ll collect $100 million severance and remain chief of CBS with a new contract entitling him to tens of millions of dollars more.
Read More > 11.12.2019
Briefs
Journal of Applied Corporate Finance – Are Performance Shares Shareholder Friendly?
Since the early 2000s, executive compensation has experienced a secular shift toward performance shares—equity awards whose vesting is based on performance as opposed to time or service.
Read More > 10.25.2019
In the News
CNN Business – Why CEOs are Paid So Much
There is no shortage of headlines about CEOs getting paid seriously big money. Last week, for instance, it was revealed that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella got a 66% raise, bringing his total compensation to nearly $43 million. And this summer Abigail Disney, an heir to the Disney fortune, publicly criticized CEO Bob Iger's $66 million pay package, which is more than 1,000 times the median pay of Disney employees. While many CEOs are not as generously compensated as Nadella and Iger, they do pretty well. In 2018, the median total compensation for S&P 500 CEOs rose 4% to $12.3 million, according to the latest figures from the Conference Board. CEOs at the high end of that group were paid more than $22 million, while those at the low end were paid roughly $6 million.
Read More > 10.25.2019
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