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Author Archives: Tarik Samman
Why Boards are Focused on Human Capital Governance and Risk
Boards of directors are increasingly prioritizing their role in the oversight and governance of human capital. They’re focusing on developments in labor markets, skill shortages, succession planning, retention, employee wellbeing and costs. And they’re watching new technologies such as AI, quantum computing and geopolitical risks. They view these efforts as critical to effective business judgment […]
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Tagged Board of Directors, Corporate governance, Human capital, Management
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Weekly Roundup: October 18-24, 2024
Gender Diversity in the C-suite: Women’s representation in the 2024 S&P 100 Posted by Margot McShane and Hetty Pye, Russell Reynolds Associates, on Friday, October 18, 2024 Tags: Board of Directors, CEOs, Gender Diversity, S&P 500 Tracking CHROs on Corporate Boards Posted by Amit Batish, Equilar, Inc., on Saturday, October 19, 2024 Tags: Board of […]
Click here to read the complete postRecord Low ISS S&P 500 Say on Pay Oppostion: The Trends Behind the Decline
In our prior Viewpoint, “Recap of the 2024 Say on Pay Season,” we reported that Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) opposed 7.7% of S&P 500 Say on Pay (SOP) proposals, an unprecedented low. Prior to 2024, ISS opposed about 11% of S&P 500 SOP proposals, on average, each year. In this Viewpoint, the second of our […]
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Tagged CEOs, ISS, S&P 500, Say on pay
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Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence: An Increasingly Critical Interdependency
I. Introduction Thank you for that kind introduction, Neil [Strauss, VP and Senior Credit Officer, Moody’s Investors Service], and thank you for inviting me to speak with you and your colleagues at Moody’s here today. We are living through a transformation, as the world shifts from analog to digital. Economies, markets, commercial enterprises, and governments […]
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Tagged AI, cyber risks, Cybersecurity, SEC
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A Few Interesting Items from the CCR Proxy Disclosure Conference
Here are a few interesting snippets regarding shareholder proposals and Item 1.05 Form 8-K from this week’s 2024 Proxy Disclosure & 21st Annual Executive Compensation Conferences from CCR Corp. On the panels, the watchword of the day seemed to be consistency—given that some topics are increasingly required to be discussed in more than one SEC […]
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Tagged AT&T, Form 8-K, Proxy disclosure, Shareholder proposals
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2024 Corporate Governance and Incentive Design Survey
As companies review their executive compensation program designs and related corporate governance policies, it can be helpful to consider current market practices and recent trends in order to inform discussions in the boardroom. Meridian’s 2024 Corporate Governance and Incentive Design Survey offers comprehensive insights into key executive compensation and corporate governance topics relevant to companies […]
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Tagged Corporate governance, Executive Compensation, Incentives, Proxy disclosure
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Freezeouts of Cross-Listed Issuers
In recent years, the popular press and academic commentators have expressed a concern that controlling shareholders of foreign issuers with a cross-listing in the United States (and especially Chinese issuers) are exploiting U.S. investors by paying unfairly low prices in freezeout transactions – that is, transactions in which the controlling shareholder buys the remaining shares […]
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Tagged China, Cross-Listed, Freezeouts, Shareholders
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Governance of AI: A Critical Imperative for Today’s Boards
Introduction When the gen AI tool ChatGPT exploded onto the global market in November 2022, it democratized access to the newest AI capabilities within a matter of days. Now, nearly two years later, the growth in AI investment continues to rise: Gartner forecasts that worldwide IT spending will total US$5.26 trillion in 2024, an increase […]
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2024 Aggregate Share-Based Compensation
We are pleased to present our fifth study of aggregate share-based compensation. Our research focused on 300 companies spread across five industry groups and divided equally among small-, mid- and large-cap segments. This report covers the three-year period from 2021 to 2023, and includes the following: Company-wide annual grant rates, measured based on annual share […]
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Tagged CEOs, Executive Compensation, Incentives, performance shares
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(Ir)responsible Takeovers
Investors are increasingly prioritizing the societal impact of their portfolio companies and claim to incorporate environmental and social (E&S) factors into their investment decisions. The effectiveness of responsible investment strategies in shaping corporate policies is a topic of ongoing research and debate. In practice, big changes in corporate policy are often the consequence of being […]
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Tagged E&S, M&A, Shareholders, Takeovers
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