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Farient Briefings: A New Framework for Evaluating Executive Talent Risk

  A New Framework for Evaluating Executive Talent Risk In the war for executive talent—and the specter of a “collision course” between compensation and good governance—corporate boards need to rethink how they manage and assess risks in talent retention and vulnerability, and its costly opposite, turnover. Robin A. Ferracone details…

Read More > 11.06.2023

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New ISS Updates Focus on Comp, Individual Board Members – Agenda

New ISS Updates Focus on Comp, Individual Board Members—Agenda

More scrutiny on pay packages for non-CEO executives: ISS last week unveiled changes to its scoring system—Governance QualityScore—used to assess companies for institutional investor clients. What are the implications for boards as they contemplate executive compensation decisions? In this Agenda article, Farient ESG Leader (and a former ISS vice president)…

Read More > 11.03.2023

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Boards See C-Suite Departures on the Horizon: Survey—Agenda

Boards See C-Suite Departures on the Horizon: Survey—Agenda

New research from Farient and Corporate Board Member titled “Turnover at the Top” highlighted persistent concerns among boards of the growing number of C-suite departures and that corporate culture has emerged as a key reason for departure and lever for retention of top talent. This article in Agenda discusses the…

Read More > 10.30.2023

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Farient Briefings: Our New Research Shows Rising Talent Risk

  Reaction is Costly: Our New Research Shows Rising Talent Risk Talent vulnerability can derail retention and succession planning. A new study from Farient Advisors and Corporate Board Member reveals a potentially daunting challenge for corporate boards: an upsurge in executive turnover. More than half of public company directors surveyed are planning…

Read More > 10.23.2023

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Why the New PvP Disclosures Are a Game Changer

Why the New PvP Disclosures Are a Game Changer—Agenda

The SEC’s new rule on pay-versus-performance (PvP) disclosures require companies to report compensation actually paid is a potential game changer, according to Farient Partner Marc Hodak, writing in Agenda. The new rule opens the door to investor demands for greater correlation between executive pay and company performance. In his article,…

Read More > 10.18.2023

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Turnover at the Top

Farient Briefings: Turnover at the Top

  Turnover at the Top: Are Boards Ready? New research from Farient Advisors and Corporate Board Member uncovers talent vulnerability at the top. Is your board prepared for senior-level departures? Survey says: Get ready. Boards are facing a potentially daunting challenge: an upsurge in executive turnover…

Read More > 10.11.2023

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Slice and Dice Company Data on New ESG Tracker™

No longer are we tracking whether companies are using ESG measures but how? Farient Advisors’ ESG Tracker™ now provides insights into executive incentive plans for all-size companies and industries. At this moment when it seems attention on ESG issues—both from proponents and opponents—is at an all-time high,…

Read More > 10.05.2023

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Auto CEOs Make 300 Times What Workers Make. How That Stacks Up.—Wall Street Journal

Amid the ongoing UAW strike, pay ratios at the Big Three automakers—which are larger than in most large companies—are under scrutiny. In this Wall Street Journal article, Farient founder and CEO Robin Ferracone brings context to why these ratios are so high. According to Ferracone, the size of a company…

Read More > 09.26.2023

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Turnover at the Top: Are Boards Ready?

Boards are facing a potentially daunting challenge: an upsurge in executive turnover that could deprive companies of vital, experienced talent at a time of pivotal change. That was the finding of a newly published survey of nearly 200 U.S. public company board members conducted by Corporate Board…

Read More > 09.21.2023

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Farient Advisors CEO Robin Ferracone Recognized As NACD Directorship 100 Honoree

Los Angeles, September 20, 2023 – Robin Ferracone, founder and CEO of executive compensation and corporate governance consultancy Farient Advisors, has been named to the annual National Association of Corporate Directors‘ 2023 NACD Directorship 100—the most influential peer-nominated…

Read More > 09.20.2023

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Ethics, Compliance, and the Role of Compensation—Reuters Sustainable Finance Newsletter

Governance might not be the sexiest part of ESG, but companies are increasingly paying attention to issues like ethics and compliance when it comes to executive compensation metrics, says Farient ESG Leader Brian Bueno in a new brief whose data was cited in the Reuters Sustainable Finance newsletter. The bottom…

Read More > 09.20.2023

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Farient Briefings: Ethics, Compliance, and the Role of Compensation

Ethics, Compliance, and the Role of Compensation Promote adherence or penalize for violations? More companies are linking Ethics & Compliance (E&C) measures to incentive compensation plans. The linkage helps solidify the importance of E&C policies to the market and especially employees, and in some cases, companies are…

Read More > 09.19.2023

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