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Dodd-Frank Bill Signed into Law
July 21, 2010
On July 21, 2010, President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act into law. The new law contains a number of provisions affecting executive compensation and corporate governance, including mandatory shareholder advisory votes on executive compensation programs and golden parachutes, a compensation recovery (“clawback”) requirement, new executive pay disclosure requirements, and proxy access. This Thoughtful Pay Alert sets out the effective dates for the new executive compensation and corporate governance provisions and includes a link to our recent Thoughtful Pay Alert describing the provisions and some initial action items.
Congress Agrees on Executive Compensation Reforms
June 28, 2010
On June 25, 2010, Congress reached agreement on the final version of its financial services reform bill. The proposed legislation, entitled the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, contains a number of provisions affecting executive compensation and corporate governance.
Risky Business – A Review of the 2010 Bay Area 150 Pay Risk Disclosures
June 11, 2010
We have summarized the results of our review of the initial compensation-related risk disclosures of the Bay Area 150. Although none of the companies we reviewed made mandatory disclosures, most provided some voluntary disclosure about their compensation risk assessments.
Comparing the Executive Compensation Reform Proposals – An Update
May 26, 2010
Following the Senate’s recent approval of the “Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010,” this article updates our previous article comparing the executive compensation and corporate governance provisions in both the House and Senate versions of the financial services reform legislation currently pending before Congress.
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Dissecting GRId
May 24, 2010
RiskMetrics’ new risk assessment tool, Governance Risk Indicators (or GRId), is intended to help investors evaluate its portfolio companies’ governance-related risks. We have reviewed the technical materials that underlie the GRId methodology and offer our initial observations on how GRId is applied to a company’s compensation policies and practices.
10 Tips for Navigating the ISS Equity Plan Maze
May 24, 2010
RiskMetrics has launched a new tool, Governance Risk Indicators, or GRId, to assess the corporate governance and compensation-related risks at public companies. GRId replaces the existing CGQ system for rating corporate governance practices.
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Stock Price Performance Shares – A New Approach to Long-Term Incentives for Executives
March 20, 2009
The current economic downturn is exposing the vulnerabilities of traditional long-term equity incentives, such as stock options and RSUs. In this report, we discuss “stock price” performance shares, an alternative equity vehicle that overcomes many of these problems while providing strong motivation and retention incentives.
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The TARP Executive Compensation Standards – A Sign of Things to Come? by Compensia Principal, Mark Borges
Executive compensation guidance for TARP participants issued by Treasury in June to implement congressional acts expands the number of covered employees, imposes stricter limits on certain compensation payments, and adds new corporate governance requirements. Compensia Principal, Mark Borges , reviews these developments and suggests that certain of them are likely to become general practice in the corporate community.
(from the September 9, 2009 issue of The Review of Securities and Commodities Regulation)
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SEC Executive Compensation Disclosure Rules by Compensia Principal, Mark Borges
Under the SEC's executive compensation disclosure rules, public companies must provide detailed information in their annual proxy statements about their executive pay practices and decisions. Executive compensation expert Mark Borges outlines the implications of the rules and explains the requirements for preparing a Compensation Discussion and Analysis, Summary Compensation Table, and their related disclosures.
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2009 Bay Area 150 Reports
October 2009
Compensia, Inc. is pleased to release its third annual Bay Area 150 reports (previously the Silicon Valley 135 reports), a comprehensive study analyzing the senior executive compensation policies and practices of Silicon Valley’s largest high-technology companies. As reflected in this year’s study (which expands the number of companies examined from last year’s 135 to this year’s 150), the pay practices of the country’s largest technology and life sciences firms reflect a distinctive approach to the use of annual and long-term incentives to attract, retain, and motivate the executives that drive the growth and innovation in one of the United States most dynamic business sectors.
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