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Agenda – Use of Total Shareholder Return Evolving, Comp Consultants Say
Agenda – Use of Total Shareholder Return Evolving, Comp Consultants Say Companies are increasingly using total shareholder return (TSR) as a metric for measuring CEO performance. Robin Ferracone, CEO of Farient Advisors, discussed how compensation committees are being urged to determine if the way TSR is being applied is having…
Read More > 04.18.2016
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Compensation BLR – Looking ahead: Executive comp in 2016
John Trentacoste, director at Farient Advisors, discusses what the hot topics for executive compensation will be in 2016. John and BLR talk about shareholder engagement, proxies, goal setting, and governance. Read Full Post…
Read More > 03.11.2016
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Interview: Pay For Performance Alignment: Total Shareholder Value Vs. Economic Value Added
In the interview, “Pay For Performance Alignment: Total Shareholder Value Vs. Economic Value Added,” Robin Ferracone, CEO of Farient Advisors, interviews Bennett Stewart, founder of EVA Dimensions, about total shareholder return (TSR), economic value added (EVA), and other value-driving performance metrics to better understand the trade-offs among them.
Read More > 03.07.2016
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Corporate Secretary -Motivating your executives: which incentives work best?
Robin Ferracone, CEO of Farient Advisors, describes shift to using performance share units to incentivize executives instead of stock options. She estimates that 70 percent of the top 1,800 public companies in the US today have performance share plans, up from 65 percent in 2012.
Read More > 03.02.2016
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Agenda – Poor Performers Provide Compensation Plan Takeaways
The downturn affecting stock prices is affording boards an opportunity to determine whether their performance-based executive compensation plans are truly aligned with shareholder interests. Dayna Harris, Vice President of Farient, reflects on the use of TSR in performance plans. Read…
Read More > 02.29.2016
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Agenda – Negative TSR Prompts Hard Look at Exec Pay
Compensation committees are reviewing their pay strategies amid falling stock prices. In an interview with Agenda, Farient Vice President Dayna Harris discusses whether TSR is an appropriate metric. Read Full Post…
Read More > 02.22.2016
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Bloomberg BNA – How Companies Can Prepare for the SEC’s Pay Ratio Disclosure
On Aug. 5, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted the pay ratio rule, requiring companies to disclose the ratio of the compensation of their chief executive officer to the median compensation of employees. Farient Manager, Thomas Lee, describes the process by which companies can comply with the rule.
Read More > 02.19.2016
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Agenda – Paris Summit Puts Sustainability Comp Metrics in Spotlight
While world and industry leaders meet at the 2015 Paris Climate Conference, Farient Advisors director, John Trentacoste, discusses benchmarking sustainability in compensation packages. Read Full Post…
Read More > 12.14.2015
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Compliance Week – How Companies Are Tackling Comp Rules
John Trentacoste, director with Farient Advisors, discusses how companies can comply with recent Dodd-Frank disclosures. Read Full Post Tweet…
Read More > 11.17.2015
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Agenda – Boards Urged to Weigh Soft Skills When Setting CEO Pay
Robin Ferracone, CEO of Farient Advisors, describes how an executive’s soft skills can influence compensation. She says, “Typically about 40% of an evaluation will be based on financial metrics, with the rest focusing on softer skills such as leadership.”…
Read More > 10.29.2015
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NACD – A Comp Consultant and an Activist Debate Finer Points of Executive Pay
Robin A. Ferracone and Glenn W. Welling debate the finer points of executive pay. Read Full Post Tweet…
Read More > 09.09.2015
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Agenda – Is CEO Pay to Blame for Short-Term Thinking
In “Is CEO Pay to Blame for Short-Term Thinking” Short-Term Thinkingon goal-setting, Dayna Harris, vice president of Farient Advisors, describes the challenges of setting long-term incentives in executive pay packages. Read Full Post…
Read More > 08.31.2015
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