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Fortune – Remember Options Backdating? Nissan Gets Caught Using a Very Old CEO Pay Trick
By Erik Sherman After more of than a year of one corporate scandal after another—faked emissions tests, claimed improper payments, executive financial misconduct, and even arrests—Nissan may face yet another problem. CEO Hiroto Saikawa reportedly received…
Read More > 06.11.2019
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Danger, Danger, No Cyber Ranger: Why Boards Need More Cyber Experts
The notification of a data/privacy breach from your company is never well received by stakeholders. After all, no one wants their social security number, healthcare and other private information available for public consumption. Yet, almost daily there is a headline story of personal data inadvertently exposed by employees or hacked…
Read More > 05.21.2019
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Forbes – When Passive Investors Become Active And Other Tales From The Street
By Robin Ferracone Almost three years ago to the day, I interviewed Moira Conlon, CEO and president of Financial Profiles Inc., on the topic of “How to Best Communicate with Shareholders.” Conlon has been involved with investor relations and financial public relations for more than 25 years. She started…
Read More > 05.17.2019
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Financial Times: Life Annuity Specialist – We Dug Into Insurers’ Exec Perks, Golden Parachutes, Pay Ratios. We Found $$$
By Daphne Zhang Once a year, publicly traded insurers come clean about how their best-paid executives are compensated. They provide a trove of fine details for everything from restricted stock units to auxiliary savings plans. We combed through regulatory filings to find the top 10 executives, and companies, in four…
Read More > 05.17.2019
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Forbes – Dare To Be Different – The Case Of Amazon.com
By Robin Ferracone I recently wrote about how compensation plans seem too homogenized. The reason for this is generally attributed to proxy advisors, and to some extent, investors themselves who apply the standard, “check off the box” criteria for evaluating executive compensation plan design. Companies adhere to such standards because…
Read More > 05.15.2019
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NACD Directorship – Experts Discuss the Evolving and Expanding Demands on Compensation Committees
By Robin Ferracone, R. David Fitt, Daniel Laddin, Melissa Means and Jeri L. Isbell Low unemployment and steep competition for digitally savvy directors and employees, along with recurring issues such as the gender pay gap and the ratio of CEO-to-worker pay, provided fertile ground for Leading Minds of Compensation,…
Read More > 05.15.2019
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Forbes – How Will EVA Change Performance Metrics, If At All?
By Robin Ferracone This post originally appeared on Forbes.com A Once-Popular Performance Metric May Be Returning – and It Has Implications for Executive Pay EVA (Economic Value Added) may be making a comeback as a performance measure for companies, and this matters for compensation governance. Though popular in…
Read More > 04.30.2019
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Environmental and Social Compensation Metrics: Walking the Talk?
In the final installment of this series, we examine E&S incentives. With all the talk of E&S issues, are compensation committees tying executives’ pay to improving the E&S profile of their organizations or just giving it lip service?
Read More > 04.25.2019
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The Wall Street Journal – What’s Keeping More Women From Board Seats: Little Turnover
By Vanessa Fuhrmans New data show average director stays in the role more than a decade, creating few openings for new blood A stubborn paradox reigns across U.S. boardrooms: Companies are appointing more women to board seats than ever, yet the overall share of female directors is barely budging.
Read More > 04.24.2019
In the News
Fortune – CEO Pay: What Was Disney’s Board Thinking?
By Erik Sherman If you asked Disney CEO Robert Iger how 2018 went at work, he’d probably say great, given the company’s success its businesses, hot reception for the new streaming service, and Monday’s five-year high stock price. Plus, there is the $65.6 million in compensation he…
Read More > 04.23.2019
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Environmental And Social Shareholder Proposals Get Popular Worldwide
Environmental and social (E&S) shareholder proposals are important topics with all stakeholders including shareholders, employees, and the communities where companies do business. Corporations are increasingly required to justify policies and explain their approach to challenges that are beyond typical “business management.” For example, some of these challenges like climate change…
Read More > 04.16.2019
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Investor Relations Magazine – Think Tank Criticizes Activist Influence as Having “Negative” Impact on Shareholder Value
By Andrew Holt Approach can disadvantage some shareholders, but also provides flexibility for companies The call last month from a group of investors for Lyft to cancel its dual-class shares has seemingly shifted the dial on an issue that has long been a source of debate. A letter addressed…
Read More > 04.15.2019
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