ISS

Prepare for This Pay-for-Performance Measure
Risk & Compliance

Prepare for This Pay-for-Performance Measure

ISS is adopting a metric that may impact how investors evaluate pay practices. Companies that don’t use it already should consider doing so.
By Marwaan Karame | December 4, 2018
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SEC Move Could Lessen Proxy Advisers’ Influence
Risk & Compliance

SEC Move Could Lessen Proxy Advisers’ Influence

The commission rescinds guidance that led investment managers to outsource their proxy-voting decisions to proxy advisers.
By David McCann | September 18, 2018
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Companies With “Insider” Chairperson Pay CEOs 42% More
Risk & Compliance

Companies With “Insider” Chairperson Pay CEOs 42% More

In addition, S&P 500 CEOs who held both the chairperson and CEO slots were paid 29% more on average, says Institutional Shareholder Services.
By Katie Kuehner-Hebert | March 10, 2016
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ISS Targets Hedging, Pledging of Company Stock
Human Capital & Careers

ISS Targets Hedging, Pledging of Company Stock

The shareholder advisory service now considers some strategies executives use to realize or lock in value from company stock to be risk-oversight failures.
By Andrew Liazos | November 26, 2012
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The Say on Pay Is ‘Yes’
Human Capital & Careers

The Say on Pay Is ‘Yes’

For a second year, shareholders are overwhelmingly sanguine about the executive-compensation practices of the companies they own.
By David McCann | April 25, 2012
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