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Sustainability reports are an important tool in a CFO’s strategic communications arsenal that helps attract employees, customers, and capital.
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Risk & Compliance
SEC Proposal Protects Executives, Hamstrings Investors
Proposed rule changes would pressure proxy advisory firms to take a more management-friendly stance in their reports and vote recommendations.
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David McCann
| November 6, 2019
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Human Capital
Investor Group Petitions for Better Exec Comp Disclosure
The investors want companies to better explain in proxies their use of non-GAAP metrics for determining executive compensation.
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David McCann
| May 7, 2019
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Risk & Compliance
CEO Pay Ratio Rule Is ‘Disclosure by Soundbite’
New academic analysis pulls no punches, calling the ratio "lacking in accuracy, difficult to interpret, and incomplete."
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David McCann
| February 11, 2019
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Risk & Compliance
Shareholder Engagement Disclosures Shot Up in 2018
Appeasing investors with shareholder engagement disclosures was a significant trend this year: Equilar report.
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David McCann
| December 27, 2018
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Risk & Compliance
Audit Committees Say More About Auditor Choices
Public companies' most recent proxy statements contain more disclosure from their audit committees about the selection and oversight of external auditors.
By
David McCann
| November 5, 2018
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Human Capital & Careers
Performance-based Pay Enriched CFOs in 2017
On the back of stronger revenue and operating income, both finance chiefs and CEOs saw their personal incomes leap by about 10% last year.
By
David McCann
| October 3, 2018
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Risk & Compliance
The Growing Importance of Proxies
Aiming to thwart shareholder activism, public companies' proxy statements are presenting shareholders with ever-more information and greater detail.
By
David McCann
| February 10, 2017
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Financial Reporting
S&P 500 Firms Beefing Up Audit Disclosures
A survey finds disclosure of information on key areas of external auditor oversight has more than doubled in the past two years.
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Matthew Heller
| November 2, 2016
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Human Capital & Careers
CFO Perks Didn’t Perk Up in 2014
For a second straight year following a sharp drop in 2012, the median value of CFO perquisites was $24,900 among Fortune 500 companies.
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David McCann
| November 3, 2015
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Risk & Compliance
‘No, Our Executives Didn’t Make That Much Money’
Underperforming companies are using new measures of executive compensation to appease proxy readers.
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David McCann
| February 19, 2014
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