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Reuters – Wells Fargo scores the latest narrow win for CEO pay
Wells Fargo & Co’s (WFC.N) executive pay plan for 2020 received backing from only about 57% of investor votes on Tuesday, a narrow win for the company and the latest evidence of tougher scrutiny shareholders have put on CEO compensation this year. In Reuters’s article, “Wells Fargo scores…
Read More > 04.29.2021
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Reuters – How a sweetheart deal gives GameStop CEO a $179 million goodbye gift
Gamestop Corp chief executive George Sherman can step down this summer with a $179 million windfall that dwarfs CEO salaries at many larger corporations thanks to a sweetheart deal that was turbocharged by this year’s furious meme stock rally, compensation experts said. GameStop said on Monday that Sherman would step…
Read More > 04.29.2021
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Pensions and Investments – Move to link exec pay to ESG integration growing
Now in the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, investors are raising expectations about companies’ responses to highlighted ESG issues such as diversity and, increasingly, connecting that to executive compensation. Robin Ferracone is CEO of Farient Advisors LLC in Pasadena, Calif., an executive compensation and corporate governance consulting firm that…
Read More > 04.29.2021
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Agenda – ESG Metrics ‘Biggest Change to Comp Plans in Decades’
Chipotle Mexican Grill is one of several companies to introduce new environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals tied to top officers’ annual incentive compensation in the lead-up to this proxy season. At Chipotle, ESG goals relate to food and animals, people and the environment and will account for…
Read More > 04.12.2021
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Agenda – Pay Ratios Poised for More Scrutiny This Proxy Season
So far, median pay ratios at early-filing companies in the S&P 500 vary by industry, according to data from Farient Advisors. While the majority of companies have yet to file 2020 proxies, the materials sector and the consumer discretionary sectors have so far seen the biggest increases in pay…
Read More > 04.09.2021
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Corporate Secretary – Trying to tie executive compensation to ESG
If certain ESG metrics have a material impact on a business’ performance – which is widely accepted – then it follows that investors, regulators and proxy advisers will likely seek assurances that executives are incentivized to meet expectations. In a feature for the Spring issue of Corporate…
Read More > 04.02.2021
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NACD Board Talk: Compensation Experts Exchange Insights on ESG, Planning Amid Turbulence
Each February, board compensation committees typically evaluate the prior year’s business performance and individual executive contributions. Up for review are whether or not targets were hit and how executive compensation compares to peers. What better time to bring together a group of compensation experts to discuss the latest trends in the pay arena?
Read More > 03.09.2021
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Agenda: Climate-Linked Incentive Metrics Expected to Heat Up
Companies and boards are increasingly interested in sustainability issues, since they are closely linked to their future financial success, says Eric Hoffmann, Farient Advisors’ vice president of information services and technology solutions. Moreover, states are beginning to pass laws restricting greenhouse gas emissions that will take hold in the not-too-distant future. “Companies are having to react to that,” he says.
Read More > 03.08.2021
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Bank Director: On ESG, Walk Before You Run
Covid-19 and last year’s protests over racial injustice added to the mounting pressure corporations face to make progress on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues — but banks may be further ahead than they believe.
Read More > 02.22.2021
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Financial Advisor IQ: ‘Peculiar Year’ for CEO Pay at Morgan Stanley, Wells, BofA: Comp Consultant
It was “a very interesting environment in banking because interest rates were so low, yet the stock market went down, and up again, and ended up being pretty robust,” says Robin Ferracone, CEO and founder of Farient Advisors, an executive compensation firm.
Read More > 02.22.2021
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Bloomberg: CEO Charged With Choking Woman Garners Board Support, Not Rebuke
Sonic shares have more than doubled since then, making David Smith’s options worth about $11.2 million were he to exercise them today. That’s nearly three times what he would have earned had he met his target for the original stock grants, according to Dayna Harris, a partner at executive compensation firm Farient Advisors.
Read More > 02.18.2021
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Wall Street Journal: Eli Lilly Doesn’t Plan to Claw Back Past Pay From Former CFO
The loss of bonuses and other incentive compensation is expected in cases such as this one, said Robin Ferracone, chief executive of Farient Advisors LLC, a compensation consulting firm.
Read More > 02.10.2021
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