January 15, 2020 Thoughtful Pay Alerts
ISS Publishes Final FAQs and Burn Rate Tables for 2020 Proxy Season
Download a pdf of this article » As expected, Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) published several supplemental documents in December that elaborate on the updates to its U.S. executive compensation benchmark policy guidelines for 2020. These documents include Frequently-Asked Questions (“FAQs”) for both its U.S. executive compensation policies and U.S. equity compensation plan...Read MoreDecember 30, 2019 Thoughtful Pay Alerts
Glass Lewis Announces Changes to Peer Group Development Methodology
Download a pdf of this article » On December 18, 2019, Glass Lewis & Co. announced a new proprietary methodology for developing the compensation peer groups that drive the scores of its Pay-for-Performance Model and the quantitative input for its recommendations on Say-on-Pay proposals. An outgrowth of its transition to a single global provider of compensation datasets and analytics –...Read MoreDecember 23, 2019 Thoughtful Pay Alerts
SEC Proposes Rules to Regulate Proxy Advisory Firms
Download a pdf of this article » The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed amendments to the federal proxy rules that would impose significant new disclosure and engagement requirements on proxy advisory firms such as Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. (“ISS”) and Glass Lewis & Co. Intended to improve the accuracy and transparency of the proxy voting advice provided to the...Read MoreDecember 3, 2019 Thoughtful Pay Alerts
ISS Issues 2020 Benchmark Policy Updates
Download a pdf of this article » Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”), the corporate governance advisory services firm, has announced the updates to its U.S. benchmark voting policy guidelines for 2020. The key executive compensation-related updates involve a pair of significant changes to its quantitative pay-for-performance “screening” model for evaluating executive compensation...Read MoreNovember 27, 2019 Thoughtful Pay Alerts