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Agenda: Tesla Pay Plan Offers Big Vision: Experts
By Melissa J. Anderson February 12, 2018 Tesla CEO Elon Musk got an earful from analysts questioning the automaker’s production timeline during last week’s earnings call on the electric car company’s fourth-quarter financial results. The CEO has his work cut out for him — a fact made clear by the aggressive 10-year performance plan announced…
Read More > 02.12.2018
Briefs
How to Align Executive and Corporate Board of Directors’ Interests
Corporate Board of Directors Investors and corporate board of directors want to ensure that the interests of executives and shareholders are aligned over the long term. The instruments most used to create this alignment are ownership requirements and post-vesting/exercise holding periods. In this Farient Brief, we explore post-vesting and exercise…
Read More > 01.17.2018
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Agenda – GE to Overhaul Pay as Part of Turnaround Plan
By Melissa J. Anderson December 11, 2017 General Electric CEO John Flannery’s equity compensation will be composed solely of performance units under a new compensation program he described at a recent investors’ meeting. The new program will also eliminate cash awards for long-term performance for senior executives. The company is…
Read More > 12.19.2017
Briefs
Gender Diversity on Boards: Reaching Gender Parity
If you’ve been following Farient’s series of Briefs regarding gender diversity on boards, we think you will agree we have highlighted some interesting facts. First, the representation of women board members varies significantly among industries. Second, although the percentage of women directors on public company boards is increasing, our…
Read More > 12.01.2017
Briefs
The CEO Pay Ratio Checklist
Despite the CEO Pay Ratio being on the chopping block since the beginning of 2017, the reality is that it is here to stay for the near future. This means boards of directors, human resources (HR) groups and management teams need to be ready to include it in their 2018…
Read More > 11.15.2017
Briefs
What is Driving Gender Diversity on Boards?
As discussed in our last Farient Brief, the percentage of women directors in the S&P 500 has climbed from 16.9 percent in 2010 to 22.2 percent at the end of fiscal year 2016. Unlike initiatives in European countries where quotas have been legislated, in these U.S. companies change has…
Read More > 10.20.2017
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Corporate Governance a Sticky Wicket – FierceCEO
By Karen Talley Corporate governance is currently front and center as companies like Equifax, Wells Fargo and Uber suffer crises in these areas after board oversight and risk mitigation troubles. “At Equifax, good corporate governance is a way of life,” the company says in its corporate statement. This was before the…
Read More > 10.16.2017
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Finding and Avoiding Perverse Incentives – Directorship Magazine
By Mark Hodak How to pair the right metrics with the right goals to incent superb results. EDC was an American energy company that successfully financed, developed, and operated power plants around the world. It made large investments in complex projects and recouped them by leasing the plants to its…
Read More > 10.13.2017
Briefs
See How Gender Diversity on Boards is on the Upswing
Diversity is an important topic in today’s corporate governance discussions, particularly since investors are paying attention to it. In this Farient Brief, we take a look at trends in gender diversity on boards across three stock indices from 2007 to 2016. “We have heard on numerous occasions that…
Read More > 09.26.2017
Briefs
The Data Is in on Board Diversity: Women Still Comprise Less Than 25 Percent of S&P 500 Boards
Looking beyond corporate governance, investors are laser-focused on board refreshment as part of their arsenal to improve independence, oversight and corporate performance. Additionally, board refreshment is considered the perfect opportunity to increase board diversity. In this Farient Brief, we explore macro trends of gender and board diversity, taking a closer…
Read More > 09.11.2017
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Energy bust dings executive pay, but some CEOs still get nice raises – Houston Chronicle
By Ryan Maye Handy Average compensation for Houston’s top executives fell last year as the worst oil bust in a generation battered earnings of the energy companies that dominate the region’s economy. Average compensation among the 500 highest-paid executives in the Houston area’s publicly traded companies fell by 9 percent, to…
Read More > 08.18.2017
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Robin Ferracone and Dayna Harris of Farient Advisors Named to 2017 NACD Directorship 100 List
Robin Ferracone and Dayna Harris – chief executive officer and partner, respectively, at Farient Advisors, an independent performance management, corporate governance and executive compensation consultancy – have been selected for inclusion in the 2017 National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Directorship 100.
Read More > 08.01.2017
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