Our Thoughts
By Lauren Peek and Daniel Laddin | Jan 13, 2012 | Download as PDF
On December 20th, Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) released its white paper on “Evaluating Pay-for-Performance Alignment: ISS’ Quantitative and Qualitative...
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By Lauren Peek and Daniel Laddin | Jan 13, 2012 | Download as PDF
On December 14th, Institutional Investor Services (“ISS”) released a technical document on revisions to its U.S. Governance Risk Indications (“GRId”) which will be...
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By Matt Vnuk, Shaun Bisman and Chelsea Carter | Jan 9, 2012 | Download as PDF
The financial crisis of 2008, the resulting economic downturn, and an uneven recovery including significant international uncertainty have made setting meaningful multi-year...
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By Matt Vnuk and Melissa Burek | Jan 6, 2012 | Download as PDF
The SEC has updated its schedule for implementation of the remaining executive compensation-related provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act...
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By Eric Hosken and Kelly Malafis | Nov 21, 2011 | Download as PDF
On November 17th, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) released its final 2012 policy updates which were largely consistent with the proposed updates issued in October. The...
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By Eric Hosken and Kelly Malafis | Oct 21, 2011 | Download as PDF
On October 18th, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) announced that it was opening its comment period (deadline is October 31st) for proposed 2012 policy changes. It is...
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By Eric Hosken and Rose Marie Orens | Oct 10, 2011 | Download as PDF
On October 5, 2011 the Federal Reserve issued its report: Incentive Compensation Practices: A Report on the Horizontal Review of Practices at Large Banking...
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By Shaun Bisman, Deep Patel, Melissa Burek, and Margaret Engel | Sep 30, 2011 | Download as PDF
Compensation Advisory Partners (“CAP”) reviewed 2011 proxy disclosures for a sample of Fortune 500 companies. Our study includes 111 companies, representing ten industry...
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