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Ascend Pinnacle Roundtable
Join Farient Founder and CEO Robin Ferracone at the Ascend Pinnacle Roundtable, held in alignment with the USC-NACD 2019 Corporate Directors Symposium, Greater Expectations, Increased Complexity: Board Leadership Matters. The event is presented by the NACD Pacific Southwest Chapter and the USC Marshall School of Business, and it will examine…
Read More > 10.31.2019
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Journal of Applied Corporate Finance – Are Performance Shares Shareholder Friendly?
Since the early 2000s, executive compensation has experienced a secular shift toward performance shares—equity awards whose vesting is based on performance as opposed to time or service.
Read More > 10.25.2019
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CNN Business – Why CEOs are Paid So Much
There is no shortage of headlines about CEOs getting paid seriously big money. Last week, for instance, it was revealed that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella got a 66% raise, bringing his total compensation to nearly $43 million. And this summer Abigail Disney, an heir to the Disney fortune, publicly criticized CEO Bob Iger's $66 million pay package, which is more than 1,000 times the median pay of Disney employees. While many CEOs are not as generously compensated as Nadella and Iger, they do pretty well. In 2018, the median total compensation for S&P 500 CEOs rose 4% to $12.3 million, according to the latest figures from the Conference Board. CEOs at the high end of that group were paid more than $22 million, while those at the low end were paid roughly $6 million.
Read More > 10.25.2019
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The Wall Street Journal – WeWork Employee Options Underwater as Ex-CEO Reaps
Adam Neumann stands to receive up to $1.7 billion as part of a deal with SoftBank Group Corp. to step away from office-space startup WeWork. The company’s employees aren’t doing so well.
Read More > 10.25.2019
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CNN Business – A surprising number of companies don’t have a CEO succession plan. Here’s why.
Whether they quit, retire, get fired or die, all CEOs eventually leave. The billion-dollar question is: Who should replace them? The boards of 20% of public companies and 32% of private ones can't answer that question. That's because they haven't discussed long-term succession planning in the past 12 months, according to a survey conducted by the National Association of Corporate Directors.
Read More > 10.25.2019
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NACD 2019 Global Board Leaders’ Summit
Join Farient President and CEO Robin Ferracone at this year’s Global Board Leader’s Summit. NACD’s Global Board Leaders’ Summit, the largest and most influential director forum in the world, attracts more than 1,800 attendees from across the globe. The Summit is where the greatest minds in governance convene to take…
Read More > 10.07.2019
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NACD Carolinas – Know What Your Investors Are Thinking
Join Farient Partner Marc Hodak at NACD Carolinas’ chapter program, Know What Your Investors Are Thinking. This panel will explore investors’ top priorities for 2019 and beyond with a special focus on investor engagement. The program will include Fortune 500 public company directors and executive compensation and corporate governance experts. The…
Read More > 10.07.2019
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CFO – Performance-Based Pay Comes Under Fire
The Council of Institutional Investors this month overhauled its policy on executive compensation, urging public companies to dial back the complexity of their pay plans and set longer periods for measuring performance for incentive awards.
Read More > 09.25.2019
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NACD Directorship – Reinventing Compensation in Transformative Times
With the onslaught of technological, workforce, economic, and other disruptive forces, no company can afford to be complacent with respect to its executive compensation plans. However, investors take a dim view of perennial changes to executive compensation, citing complexity as a pet peeve.
Read More > 09.12.2019
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Bloomberg Law – Equifax Hack Aftermath Shines Light on Boards’ Cyber Oversight
Equifax Inc.'s hack shows pressure on corporate boards to step up cyber risk oversight. Its settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, announced July 22, requires the credit rating company to pay up to $700 million, conduct annual assessments of security risks, and have the board annually issue compliance certifications.
Read More > 09.06.2019
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