All Executive Compensation articles – Page 3

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    SEC Proposes Pay-Versus-Performance Disclosure Rule

    2015-04-29T14:15:00Z

    The SEC has proposed a new pay-for-performance disclosure rule, requiring companies to report the relationship between compensation paid to named executive officers and the Total Shareholder Return of both the company and its peer group. The proposal marks the first time the Commission will require data tagging in the XBRL ...

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    SEC Eyes ‘Pay for Performance’ Rules Next Week

    2015-04-24T10:45:00Z

    The SEC will hold an open meeting April 29 to take action on pay-for-performance disclosure rules required by the Dodd-Frank Act. The Commission will consider rules stemming from Section 953 of Dodd-Frank, requiring public companies to disclose the relationship between executive pay and incentives with the financial performance of the ...

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    ISS: CEO Pay Jumps 13 Percent Among Early Filers

    2015-04-14T11:30:00Z

    The average compensation package for CEOs in the United States rose nearly 13 percent in 2014, driven by increasingly valuable pension plans, according to new research from Institutional Shareholder Services that analyzed early filers in the Russell 3000 index. Among firms that use equity compensation, the median grant date value ...

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    Study: Companies Taking Own Action on Clawbacks

    2015-02-10T10:45:00Z

    Even ahead of any new clawback rules mandated by Congress or the SEC, companies are moving ahead themselves to add clawback provisions to executive compensation arrangements—and are swallowing some added accounting and financial reporting complexity to do so. PwC recently analyzed 100 large public companies and found 40 percent of ...

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    SEC Seeks New Disclosures When Directors Hedge Securities

    2015-02-09T12:30:00Z

    A rule proposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday would require companies to disclose policies that allow directors and employees to hedge securities awarded as part of a compensation package. The intent is to inform shareholders if executives are permitted to purchase financial instruments that allow them to ...

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    Focus on Equity Pay Plans This Proxy Season

    2015-01-27T11:45:00Z

    Image: Worry over say-on-pay votes is out this proxy season; all the cool kids will be stressing over equity compensation plans instead. Proxy advisory firms are promising new levels of scrutiny for equity plans. “Companies have to be flexible because there are so many more moving parts to the methodology,” ...

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    Making CD&A Disclosure Meaningful

    2014-12-16T10:00:00Z

    As compensation committees and securities lawyers gear up for the 2015 proxy season, honing a useful Compensation Discussion & Analysis will be a big part of filing the proxy statement. What are the latest trends in CD&A disclosure? Telling investors how their input has been incorporated into pay decisions, and ...

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    ISS Moving to Score Cards for Equity Plan Evaluations

    2014-11-04T13:45:00Z

    Institutional Shareholder Services has proposed substantial changes to its voting policies on equity plans for the 2015 proxy season. Rather than assigning a pass or fail grade, ISS plans to implement a scorecard approach that weights various factors. The move addresses complaints that ISS takes a cookie-cutter approach to evaluating ...

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    Companies Analyzed Pay-for-Performance, Didn’t Tell Shareholders

    2014-10-30T10:15:00Z

    While nearly 60 percent of public companies have conducted an executive-pay-for-performance analysis, nearly two-thirds of them didn’t tell shareholders those results, according to new research from professional services firm Towers Watson. When asked why they did not discuss their pay-for-performance analysis, most said they are waiting for new SEC disclosure ...