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Regulatory, Shareholder and Market Updates
The Issue Today, all stakeholders are paying close attention to actions by Congress and the Securities and Exchange Commission as they work to repeal provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Shareholder advocacy groups, including Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis, are gearing up to…
Read More > 03.10.2017
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Bloomberg – Health Insurers Would Get Fatter Tax Break on CEO Pay Under GOP Health Plan
John Trentacoste, director at Farient Advisors, speaks to Bloomberg about the implications of the proposed bill to replace Obamacare on health insurance companies.
Read More > 03.07.2017
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FCPA Blog – How Perverse Incentives Distort Individual and Corporate Performance
Mark Hodak, a partner at Farient Advisors, explores how even good, ethical employees can succumb to perverse incentives due to the pressure to meet internal targets. Read More…
Read More > 03.01.2017
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Agenda – Boards Move to Lessen Impact of TSR, Experts Say
While the use of relative total shareholder return (TSR) has increased in recent years, there are signs that boards are nevertheless trying to lessen its impact on their long-term incentive plans. Some boards have started to de-emphasize TSR in their incentive plans, and going forward, experts say TSR usage could…
Read More > 02.21.2017
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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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