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Incentive Plan Design

Homogenization of Executive Pay Plans: The Unintended Consequences of Say on Pay Votes

The confluence of Say on Pay (SOP) votes and heightened scrutiny plus the influence of proxy advisory firms (particularly ISS) are having a major unintended consequence

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Peer Groups

Building Peer Groups: A Comprehensive Approach to Provide Decision-Quality Information

Critics of executive compensation suggest that CEO pay escalates because companies chase an ever-rising market median driven by comparisons to even larger peer companies and...

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Proxy Advisors - SOP

ISS and Say on Pay: Early Impressions A Murky Methodology Becomes Murkier

The third Say on Pay season is underway and Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) is continuing to exert its considerable influence on investors through its voting recommendations.

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Proxy Advisors - SOP

Swiss Voters Go For Binding Say-on-Pay: Strenuous Compensation Restrictions To Be Imposed In Renown Free Market

On March 3, 2013, voters in Switzerland made headlines by approving the Minder Initiative, giving shareholders far-reaching influence over the executive compensation and governance matters of publicly traded Swiss companies.

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CEO Pay - P4P Alignment

Should Superstar Athletes Be Paid Like CEO's

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Proxy Advisors - SOP

ISS Exploring Improvements to their Pay for Performance Methodology

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Proxy Advisors - SOP

Say On Pay Soul Searching Required at Proxy Advisory Firms

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Proxy Advisors - SOP

Evaluating the ISS Test of CEO Pay-for-Performance for Say-on-Pay Votes

Pay-for-Performance alignment will continue to be the paramount concern of compensation committees designing executive pay packages and of shareholders who are asked to vote on them.

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Incentive Plan Design

Total Shareholder Return as a Performance Measure " Design Features and Key Considerations

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CEO Pay - P4P Alignment

CEOs Are Paid for Performance: Using Realizable Pay to Demonstrate Alignment with Total Shareholder Returns