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Pay Meets the Real World | Farient Briefings FOR EMPLOYEES
How Uncertainty, Talent, and Data Are Redefining Executive Pay As the 2026 proxy season winds down, executive compensation discussions are rapidly changing. Pay design, talent retention, disclosure, and technology are no longer separate conversations; they’re converging at the boardroom level. Against this backdrop, a conversation with R.J. Bannister, partner…
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Pay Meets the Real World | Farient Briefings
Pay Meets the Real World As Proxy Season 2026 wraps, compensation committees are getting squeezed from every side: tariff uncertainty, tougher investor scrutiny, and AI-driven questions about what “pay for performance” even means. In a recent conversation, Farient Advisors COO R.J. Bannister and Frazer Jones Principal…
Read More > 04.29.2026
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Boards Pick New Crop of Exec Chairs to Stymie Succession Risks—Agenda
As more boards look to reduce succession risk and support first-time CEOs, the executive chair role is becoming a more common succession tool. In Agenda, Farient CEO Robin Ferracone shared why companies are increasingly using the role to create continuity during leadership change. “More CEOs are going into that executive…
Read More > 04.27.2026
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How Uncertainty, Talent, and Data Are Redefining Executive Pay
As the 2026 proxy season winds down, executive compensation discussions are rapidly changing. Pay design, talent retention, disclosure, and technology are no longer separate conversations; they’re converging at the boardroom level. Against this backdrop, a conversation with R.J. Bannister, partner and Chief Operating Officer at Farient Advisors, a global executive…
Read More > 04.27.2026
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Could US-Style 1,000% Bonuses Be Heading to the City?—The Sunday Times
In The Sunday Times, Farient Advisors UK partner Simon Patterson weighs in on the growing debate around executive pay in the UK and whether pressure to compete globally—particularly with U.S. compensation models—is pushing boards toward higher levels of pay. “There is a pay gap,” said Simon Patterson, “that contributes to…
Read More > 04.24.2026
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Farient Urges SEC to Keep, But Simplify, PvP Disclosure
Farient Advisors has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to retain the agency’s Pay vs. Performance disclosure rule. But it wants the requirement trimmed back to its analytical core. In an April 13 comment letter to the SEC on File No. 4-855, the firm said the rule’s…
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Proxy Voting Meets AI: Implications for Say on Pay | Farient Briefings FOR EMPLOYEES
Say on Pay in the Age of AI: Separating Signal from Noise For leaders of compensation planning, the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) creates new unknowns. Proxy voting is one immediate example. This season marks the first year that the full capabilities of generative AI will be available…
Read More > 04.14.2026
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Proxy Voting Meets AI: Implications for Say on Pay | Farient Briefings
Proxy Voting Meets AI: Implications for Say on Pay Generative AI just walked into proxy season, and the first impact won’t be a sudden wave of failed Say on Pay (SOP) votes. This is the first year investors can use AI at scale to scan proxy statements, extract…
Read More > 04.14.2026
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Say on Pay in the Age of AI: Separating Signal from Noise
For leaders of compensation planning, the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) creates new unknowns. Proxy voting is one immediate example. This season marks the first year that the full capabilities of generative AI will be available to—and increasingly used by—investors as a supporting tool for their proxy voting process. Use…
Read More > 04.13.2026
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SEC Rethinks Quarterly Reporting | Farient Briefings FOR EMPLOYEES
Pay, Performance, and the Quarter: What the SEC’s Reporting Proposal Means for Boards For over half a century, quarterly reporting has been a hallmark of U.S. public markets. Now, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is exploring whether companies should be allowed to report earnings semiannually instead of…
Read More > 03.30.2026
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