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Investors Ire Lingers Over Covid-Related Exec Pay Bumps – Agenda
Investors Ire Lingers Over Covid-Related Exec Pay Bumps. The Covid-19 pandemic has had lasting impacts across all industries, and its disruption has brought new attention to executive compensation. Investors are assessing whether companies that got pushback on say on pay in 2021 have adjusted the compensation for top bosses this…
Read More > 01.31.2022
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January 2022: How Directors Can Link Stakeholder Incentives to Climate Goals
View the Farient Advisors Newsletter via the link below: How Directors Can Link Stakeholder Incentives to Climate Goals in 2022 Tweet…
Read More > 01.27.2022
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Agenda – How to Tie Executive Pay to ESG Performance
Agenda – How to Tie Executive Pay to ESG Performance Join Farient Advisors founder and CEO Robin Ferracone for this Agenda Education webcast on February 4, 2022. She will be discussing how companies can effectively tie executive pay to concrete ESG metrics in an era of unprecedented investor pressure…
Read More > 01.26.2022
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Dan Mayfield on ESG Strategy to Drive Long-Term Value
Dan Mayfield on ESG Strategy to Drive Long-Term Value. Join Farient Advisors Partner Dan Mayfield for a lively panel on ESG within the context of corporate strategy, and how board members’ roles, levels of accountability, and oversight are expanding. Directors must guide management to be responsive to stakeholders,…
Read More > 01.26.2022
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Agenda – SEC Guidance on Exec Comp Puts More Pressure on Boards
Companies set to give stock option awards to executives ahead of a significant corporate announcement should take notice of new guidance from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that additional disclosures are needed in such cases. The announcement puts further pressure on boards and directors to be transparent…
Read More > 01.18.2022
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Reuters – Like it or Not, Dodd-Frank Clawback Rule Coming
The SEC under the leadership of Chair Gary Gensler is expected to move forward with unfinished Dodd-Frank executive compensation rules, including so-called clawback rules. “The Biden administration probably believes that this is the least invasive and probably shareholder-friendly adoption of the proposal that they can make, given that many companies…
Read More > 01.12.2022
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NACD – Directors Grapple with Tying Incentives to Climate Goals Under Mounting Investor Pressure
In the fall of 2021, NACD, with co-founding partner Farient Advisors and Weil, Gotshal & Manges, brought together compensation committee chairs from Fortune 500 companies to discuss investors’ increasing demands for compensation committees to tie pay and performance metrics to climate goals. “According to a study by Farient Advisors and…
Read More > 01.04.2022
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December 2021: Powering Business Away From Climate Change
Powering Business Away From Climate Change Dear Friend, For the past several years, Farient and our partners in the Global Governance and Executive Compensation Group (GECN), where Farient is a founding partner, have published our Global Trends in Corporate Governance series. These annual studies explore executive compensation, board composition and structure, shareholder…
Read More > 12.27.2021
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2022 Board Leadership Conference
The KPMG Board Leadership Center is hosting a virtual program for corporate directors to convene on the pressing issues driving business decisions and boardroom agendas. Leaders and thinkers will share insights into navigating next year’s opportunities and uncertainties following a trying 2020. In addition to discussing emerging economic trends and…
Read More > 12.14.2021
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NACD – Governance Leaders Discuss Diversity, Innovation as They Look to 2022
Reflecting on the past year and preparing for a new one filled with novel challenges regarding strategy; innovation; diversity, equity, and inclusion; and more, NACD gathered directors and governance experts last month to discuss the topics that are top of mind for boards. Dan Mayfield, a partner at…
Read More > 12.14.2021
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