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FCPA Blog – Revisiting EpiPen: Steep incentive thresholds are corporate disasters waiting to happen
Marc Hodak, partner at Farient Advisors, explains how steep incentive thresholds were behind the Epipen scandal and how companies can learn from Mylan’s mistake. Read More…
Read More > 02.13.2017
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Agenda – Compensation Committees Move on Refreshment
Boards are being urged to focus on refreshing their compensation committees to ensure there is the right balance of skills and experience to support the overall corporate strategy, experts say. Failure to sufficiently refresh the compensation committee over time, they say, could cause pay programs to suffer, lead to discontent…
Read More > 02.06.2017
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FCPA Blog – How perverse incentives cause companies to abandon controls
FCPA Blog – How perverse incentives cause companies to abandon controls In this article, Mark Hodak, partner at Farient Advisors, looks at whether companies can contain the excesses of their incentive programs with controls. Read More…
Read More > 01.30.2017
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SCCE’s 16th Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute
While companies will continue to face compliance and ethical dilemmas, how they approach these issues will constantly change. Join Farient Partner Marc Hodak at SCCE’s 16th Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute as he breaks down perverse incentives and the measures employers can take to solve these problems.
Read More > 01.30.2017
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FCPA Blog – Wells Fargo: How reasonable pay plans morphed into perverse incentives
Marc Hodak, partner at Farient Advisors, examines how Wells Fargo created a pressure cooker through pay plans that resulted in unethical and illegal behavior. Read More…
Read More > 01.26.2017
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Agenda – LTI Grant Values Expected to Rise in 2017
In a proxy statement filed this week, John Deere & Co’s board disclosed that it plans to increase the value of the base-level long-term incentive (LTI) awards for its NEOs, excluding the CEO, by approximately 10%, to $1.56 million. The board cited the need to make its LTI awards more competitive…
Read More > 01.20.2017
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NACD Directorship – Taking Off the JOBS Act Training Wheels
Robin Ferracone, CEO of Farient Advisors, discusses how the Jobs Act is impacting new public companies and what you need to do to prepare. Read More…
Read More > 01.08.2017
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Council of Institutional Investors – Study Tracks Growing Norms in Governance Practices Worldwide
Farient Advisors, in conjunction with its partners in the Global Governance and Executive Compensation Network (GECN), conducted a survey covering 17 countries across six continents to gather insights into corporate governance practices and trends. Read More…
Read More > 12.22.2016
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Agenda – Has the Use of Relative TSR in Long-Term Comp Plans Peaked?
Agenda – Has the Use of Relative TSR in Long-Term Comp Plans Peaked? John Trentacoste, managing director of Farient Advisors, discusses whether TSR should be used as a metric in executive pay plans in 2017. Read More…
Read More > 12.19.2016
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Agenda – Say-On-Pay Frequency Vote Looms
Agenda – Say-On-Pay Frequency Vote Looms Stemming from Agenda’s fourth-quarter Directors’ and Officers’ Outlook Survey, respondents say their boards are considering a shift to triennial say-on-pay voting. John Trentacoste, managing director of Farient Advisors, provides insight on this shift. Read…
Read More > 12.19.2016
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