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Understanding Executive Pay Practices at Private Companies
                                            The differences in executive compensation philosophies and design decisions at private companies versus those that are publicly owned.
                                    
             
The Fight to Retain Talent in Real Estate: A Different Bidding War
                                            An innovative compensation plan can aid those real estate organizations that can’t afford to lose talent at this point in the industry’s growth cycle.
                                    
             
Director Compensation: Communicating A Board’s Worth
                                            The increased responsibility and visibility of the board means an increased need for dialogue and disclosure about director pay.
                                    
             
Balancing Credit Union Executive Incentives When There is No Stock to Share
                                            Credit unions often rely on SERPs as executive retention tools; here’s why and how to implement more performance-oriented long-term incentives.
                                    
             
Overlap of Executive Incentive Plan Performance Measures: Is the Concern Warranted?
                                            Our statistical analyses of the data uncovers whether or not the increase in proxy advisor scrutiny on “redundant” incentive plan measures is justified.
                                    
             
ISS Releases 2020 Policy Updates—Details on Incorporation of EVA Forthcoming
                                            The anticipated incorporation of EVA into ISS’ pay-for-performance test will be a significant change for 2020.
                                    
             
The Case of New and Conflicting Executive Compensation “Best Practice” Guidelines
                                            In an era of increasing viewpoints on the purpose of a company, not all influencers agree that performance-based executive pay is a “best practice.”
                                    
             
How Banks Can Do More to Address the Gender Pay Gap
                                            While data show a somewhat lackluster effort to close the pay gap, banks are in a uniquely strong position to move the needle.
                                    
             
Are Incentive Stock Options Worth the Trouble?
                                            Tax reform has renewed interest in incentive stock option grants. There are some positive benefits, but the details are complicated.
                                    
            
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