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Walking the Incentive Tightrope | Farient Briefings IN FULL
Walking the Incentive Tightrope: When Unpredictability Strikes You are sitting in the boardroom, and incentive payout decisions are on the agenda after an unpredictable year. What can be attributed to management decisions, and what was totally beyond anyone’s control? Did management strategically help the long-term health of…
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Walking the Incentive Tightrope: When Unpredictability Strikes | Farient Briefings
Walking the Incentive Tightrope: When Unpredictability Strikes Adjusting inflight incentive plans for top executives is a nuanced undertaking. As Farient’s Jarret Sues and Muskan Parnami write, shifts in organizational priorities due to a global crisis or an unexpected event can reshape performance metrics…
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Elon Musk’s Moonshot Pay Deal Spawned Copycats That Flopped—Bloomberg
Interviewed by Bloomberg on the issue of “moonshot” pay packages, Farient Advisors Chief Data Officer Eric Hoffmann explains, “The concern that we have in the [executive compensation] industry is not just the size, but what kind of risk are the CEOs willing to take to achieve these outsized rewards. They…
Read More > 11.06.2025
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New Glass Lewis Approach Will Mean Changes for Say on Pay—Agenda
Farient CEO Robin A. Ferracone tells Agenda that “both ISS and the Glass Lewis traditional pay-for-performance tests are flawed in that they use the grant-date value of equity, not the [realizable] value of equity after performance has happened. Realizable values based on the compensation actually paid statistic in the pay-for-performance…
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The Tightrope of Incentive Plan Adjustments
You are sitting in the boardroom, and incentive payout decisions are on the agenda after an unpredictable year. What can be attributed to management decisions, and what was totally beyond anyone’s control? Did management strategically help the long-term health of the company, and knowingly sacrifice some short-term performance? Myriad circumstances…
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Proxy Advisors: From Punching Bags to Boardroom Assets | Farient Briefings
Proxy Advisors: From Punching Bags to Boardroom Assets Often seen as board adversaries, proxy advisors can become allies. Savvy companies are turning the expertise of firms, such as ISS and Glass Lewis, to their advantage. By proactively engaging with proxy advisors, understanding their published policies, and leveraging…
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Proxy Advisors: From Punching Bags to Boardroom Assets | Farient Briefings IN FULL
Proxy Advisors: From Punching Bags to Boardroom Assets Proxy advisor influence remains steadfast. Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis (GL) shape the voting decisions of institutional investors and influence how boards and companies operate. Understanding how to engage and harness the power of proxy advisors can…
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How Companies Can Leverage Proxy Advisors
Proxy advisor influence remains steadfast. Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis (GL) shape the voting decisions of institutional investors and influence how boards and companies operate. Understanding how to engage and harness the power of proxy advisors can provide insight and certainty for both company management and their boards.
Read More > 10.22.2025
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From Reactive to Predictive: Transforming Succession Risks Into Strategic Advantages—A Corporate Board Member/Farient Advisors Report
Are boards underestimating the risks tied to sudden executive departures? Corporate Board Member, in collaboration with Farient Advisors, reveals how boards can better prepare for unexpected executive exits in a new report drawing on survey data from nearly 100 board members at large U.S. public companies. Key Findings for…
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Navigating the Future of Executive Pay | Farient Briefings IN FULL
Navigating the Future of Executive Pay: Insights from Robin A. Ferracone and Lakecia Gunter The complexity of business is matched by the intricacies in today’s executive pay packages. During a recent Directors & Boards webinar, Farient CEO Robin A.
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