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Thoughtful Pay Alerts
RiskMetrics Introduces New Corporate Governance Tool
February 23, 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.
Conducting a Risk Assessment
January 22, 2010
Public companies will need to review the risk profile of their compensation programs to satisfy the SEC’s new risk disclosure requirement. Here’s what’s involved in conducting this risk assessment.
10 Tips for Enhancing Your 2010 Executive Compensation Disclosure
January 6, 2010
Here is our annual list of tips for preparing your executive and director compensation disclosure in your 2010 proxy statement.
Executive Compensation in 2010 – What Lies Ahead
January 6, 2010
A number of regulatory changes, as well as pending federal legislative initiatives, are poised to have a dramatic impact on executive compensation practices in 2010.
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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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