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Good, Bad, or Indifferent? An Objective Look at Proxy Advisors
An in-depth discussion on how proxy advisors have shaped the executive pay model, for better and for worse.
Back to Basics—Ensuring Your Broad-Based Compensation Programs Work for your Bank
Four issues and ideas for banks to consider in evaluating and strengthening their pay programs.
ISS Releases Its 2019 Policy Survey Questionnaire
EVA to officially become part of the ISS pay-for-performance analysis; gender diversity, overboarding, and combined CEO/chair roles also get attention
Diversity Goals in Executive Compensation Plans
Will Uber’s new diversity targets in its executive compensation plan go beyond repairing their reputation and expand the composition of its workforce?
Setting the Stage for Innovation
How boards can establish governance structures that balance the risks and benefits of an innovation culture.
Building Shareholder-Focused Incentive Plans for a New Generation of Investor
Institutional investors are now focusing on non-financial drivers of long-term value creation. Is it time to include these drivers in incentive compensation?
Manna from Heaven: The Complexity and Confusion with LTIPs
How companies can improve the performance of their long-term incentive plans with simpler design and better communication.
Managing the Current Environment Surrounding Non-Employee Director Pay
Is your board due to review or raise director compensation this year? What you can do to mitigate negative ISS and shareholder response.
Pay Transparency is a Juggernaut We Cannot Ignore
Companies must heed the call for more discourse on pay issues.
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