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NACD’s Leading Minds of Compensation East
Don’t miss this insightful opportunity to discuss the latest executive and director compensation challenges and trends with some of the NADC’s leading minds on compensation. Learn from Farient Partner John Trentacoste as he explores trending topics like compensation committee issues, metrics, goal setting and payouts, and more.
Read More > 03.17.2017
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The Global Governance Landscape: How Will It Affect Your Company?
The Global Governance Landscape: How Will It Affect Your Company? Corporate governance is evolving on a global scale and it has become critical for companies to understand the trends and anticipate their impact. Farient CEO Robin Ferracone and Partner Dayna Harris will share their insights on executive compensation, board independence…
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NACD Compensation Committee Chair Advisory Council
Join Farient and the NACD as they bring together experienced compensation committee chairs from Fortune 500 companies and key shareholder representatives, regulators, and other stakeholders to discuss ways to strengthen corporate governance and the work of the compensation committee.
Read More > 03.17.2017
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FCPA Blog – Finding perverse incentives is hard, fixing them can be harder
Identifying perverse incentives within a company can prove difficult, and can be even more challenging when found. Partner Marc Hodak shares how to prevent these issues, and well as what to do to find and correct them in the final part of his five-part series.
Read More > 03.16.2017
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2017: Global Trends in Corporate Governance
Farient Advisors, in conjunction with its partners in the Global Governance and Executive Compensation Network (GECN), a select team of premier independent advisory firms specializing in compensation and governance challenges, undertook an unprecedented study covering 17 countries spanning six continents to gather insights into global corporate governance practices in three…
Read More > 03.15.2017
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Short-Term Gain, Long-Term Pain
The Issue Shareholders complain about executive pay systems that reward for short-term gains while they are left holding the proverbial bag well after performance has waned. With the heavy mix of long-term incentives in executive pay programs, our executive pay system is seemingly long-term in nature, but can still miss the…
Read More > 03.10.2017
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Linkage Between Business and Compensation Strategies
The Issue There is at least one thing about which boards, management, shareholder advisors, and shareholders all agree: a company’s executive pay program should link to its unique business strategy. In one of NACD’s Compensation Committee Chair Advisory Council meetings, of which Farient is a co-founder and current partner, the group…
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Managing Equity
The Issue Over the last several years, shareholder advisors have been continuously squeezing dilution caps. No doubt, most companies feel as though they are constrained in their use of equity. Using too much equity provides strong attraction, retention, and alignment incentives, but gives away so much of the pie that…
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Investor Perspective on Executive Compensation
The Issue Over the past several years, investors have been laser-focused on executive compensation. From Say on Pay to pay and performance alignment, clawbacks and the CEO to Median Employee Pay Ratio provision, the provisions of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, pending or otherwise, have created more…
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Goal Setting
The Issue Farient believes that of all the design features of compensation, goal setting has one of the most significant effects on alignment. Goal setting is all about striking the right balance between establishing measures and setting goals that are at once motivational to executives and accretive to shareholders. Historically, most…
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