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executive compensation
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Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
Acting SEC Chair Directs Staff to Reconsider Pay Ratio Disclosure Rule
By Mark J. Reyes, Mark D. Wood, Shannon M. Traylor
On February 6, the acting Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman, Michael Piwowar, issued a statement soliciting public comment on “unexpected challenges” that issuers have experienced in anticipation of complying with…
Hunton Retail Law Resource
Acting SEC Chairman Announces Reconsideration of “Pay Ratio” Rule
On February 6, 2017, Acting SEC Chairman Michael Piwowar issued a statement instructing the SEC staff to reconsider the implementation of the SEC’s “pay ratio” rule based on any comments…
Timely disclosure
The Canadian Say on “Say on Pay”
By Leslie Greey
As the New Year rolls along, so does commentary on executive compensation. According to the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, by 11:47 am on the first working day of 2017…
Pensions and Benefits
That Was the Year That Was: challenges in 2017 for remuneration committees
Before the 2017 AGM season gets into full swing seems an opportune time to look back at what happened in the executive pay sphere during 2016 and forward to the…
Employee Benefits Blog
A Critical Assessment of the Reporting and Disclosure Rules Applicable to Executive Compensation
On November 9, 2016 Andrew Liazos presented at the New York City Bar. He discussed innovative approaches used by public companies during the 2016 proxy season for disclosing executive compensation…
Corporate and Securities Law
ISS Provides Updated Compensation Plan and Executive Compensation FAQs
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
ISS Releases 2017 Proxy Voting Guideline Updates
On November 21, ISS published its 2017 Proxy Voting Guideline Updates, which will be in effect for meetings held on or after February 1, 2017. The US 2017 updates cover…
Pensions and Benefits
Bringing UK “big business” into line: corporate governance reform
As trailed in our recent blog post, the green paper on the reform of corporate governance was published today by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (formerly BIS).…
Pensions and Benefits
Great Expectations: Hermes joins the fray on UK executive pay
Three publications over the last few weeks are particularly relevant for companies preparing their new remuneration policies for 2017 (including most of the FTSE100). Hermes Investment Management recently published its…
Pensions and Benefits
A brake on executive pay? More on employee representation on boards
Tucked away right at the end of Prime Minister's questions yesterday, immediately before the Autumn Statement, was a very short question: "Does the Prime Minister believe that big companies should…