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Reuters – Outside Investors Rebuke Facebook Vote Structure, Tallies Show
By Ross Kerber A wide majority of outside investors at Facebook Inc backed a measure that would revamp its voting structure and end the supervoting rights of shares held by Mark Zuckerberg and others, seen as a rebuke to the chief executive of the world’s largest social media company.
Read More > 06.08.2018
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Farient Advisors Announces Interactive CEO Pay Ratio Tracker
Farient Advisors, LLC, a leading independent executive compensation, performance and corporate governance advisory, has launched its interactive Farient Pay Ratio Tracker tool, that allows users to filter reported pay ratios by company and sector for the S&P 500 and 400, SmallCap 650 and Russell 3000. The CEO pay…
Read More > 05.24.2018
Briefs
Initial Readings of the CEO Pay Ratio
Nearly eight years after it was mandated by Dodd-Frank, the CEO Pay Ratio is making its debut. To date, about half of the S&P 500 and a third of the Russell 3000 have reported their figures. In this Farient Brief, we review pay ratios reported through April 15, diving deeper…
Read More > 05.07.2018
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Responsible Investor – Are Global Governance Practices Converging?
New report on the topic identifies regional developments on corporate governance. By Paul Hodgson France, Japan, and Saudi Arabia, are all experiencing a rise in scrutiny of corporate governance, according to a new report, 2018 Global Trends in Corporate Governance, published by Farient Advisors in conjunction with the Global Governance…
Read More > 04.03.2018
Briefs
Board Refreshment: Keeping the Board, Nimble, Diverse, and Independent
Board refreshment continues to be a hot topic with investors. Now more than ever, companies are faced with competitive pressures from new technologies and shrinking market share. In response, activist investors are recognizing that a long-entrenched board has an adverse impact on growth and value creation. In this Farient brief,…
Read More > 03.30.2018
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Compliance Week – Even as Regulations Vaporize, Corporate Governance Takes Hold Globally
By Joe Mont Amid retreat from the regulatory blitz that followed the 2008 financial crisis, corporate governance—with an opposite and equal reaction—is attracting an unprecedented level of attention from investors around the world. That is according to the 2018 Global Trends in Corporate Governance study, recently published by Farient Advisors, an…
Read More > 03.28.2018
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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
Briefs
Forbes – Oracle’s Road To Moving The Needle On ‘Say On Pay’ Votes
By: Robin Ferracone, CEO, Farient Advisors This article was originally published on Forbes.com. It may be hard to believe, but the seventh year of Say on Pay (SOP) voting is launching with the 2018 proxy season. Overall, companies have done well on SOP. In 2017, investor support reached…
Read More > 03.16.2018
Research
2018 Global Trends in Corporate Governance
Corporate governance is attracting an unprecedented level of attention – from governments, investors, board directors, and even the public. With capital increasingly fungible across borders, investors are more likely to “migrate” as companies struggle to keep up with global governance norms. This positions shareholders as key influencers…
Read More > 03.13.2018
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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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