Research Articles
June |
Inputs Matter: A Comparison of Diverse Peer Group and Pay Models The Dodd-Frank Act has brought about a host of regulations related to corporate governance, and placed executive compensation under greater scrutiny. |
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June |
Paying the New Boss: Compensation Analysis for Newly Hired CEOs During the CEO succession planning process, certain questions must be answered that will determine where the board will turn for a successor. |
May |
Measuring Short-Term and Long-Term Performance in 2012 This article identifies the methods S&P 1500 companies are employing to tie pay to performance. Generally, companies have been adding more metrics for better alignment. Interestingly, the percentage of companies that use Revenue and Operating Income / Margin as metrics fell this year. |
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April |
S&P 1500 CEOs: Equity Vesting Trends Analyzing the equity portion of CEO pay provides insight into the long-term incentives that drive executive decision making. In this recent study, Equilar examined the vesting schedules for equity awards granted to S&P 1500 CEOs during 2012. |
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February |
A Study of the Changes from a Failed 2011 Say on Pay Vote In 2011, a total of 36 companies in the current Russell 3000 failed their Say on Pay vote. Since then, the companies have had a full year to implement changes and test the impact of those changes with another Say on Pay vote. Equilar analyzed the types of compensation and governance policy amendments that these companies made in response to their 2011 Say on Pay failures. Observing these amendments may provide information about not only what has been changed, but may also provide information on the changes we may see from the companies that failed their vote in 2012. |
February |
An Early Look at Realizable Pay of Some of the Highest Paid CEOs Using Equilar’s executive compensation database and Pay for Performance tool, this report examines CEO pay data from companies in the S&P 1500 that filed proxies between June 2012 and December 2012, and lists the 20 highest paid CEOs in terms of realizable pay. |
January |
In this ever-changing economic and regulatory climate companies face a growing number of legal challenges, increasing the profiles and demands placed on General Counsels. The purpose of this article is to highlight unique demographic and compensation data for General Counsels from an industry standpoint. |
January |
Say on Pay Peer Group Turnaround Changes With compensation practices under continued scrutiny, proper peer group selection has never been more important in the world of executive pay. In this article, we examine companies that passed their Say on Pay vote after failing the year prior, to see how peer group changes affected their approval rates. |
December 2012 |
Board Leadership among S&P 1500 Companies The issue of board leadership remains a controversial topic for U.S. companies. While there is not yet a consensus as to whether or not the CEO should simultaneously hold the title of Chair of the Board, practices are gradually changing. |
December 2012 |
ISS and Glass Lewis 2013 Policy Update Comparison Institutional Shareholder Services and Glass Lewis have each updated their proxy voting guidelines in advance of the 2013 proxy season. Individually, these updates may seem like minor changes... |
September 2012 |
CEO Turnover Findings from a study of CEO departures at S&P 1500 companies A change in CEO is a significant event for a corporation, and can often lead to a distraction drawing focus away from the company’s core strategies. |
September 2012 |
A study on Board turnover, focused on the prevalence of Board departures and the types of companies which are more likely to see higher levels of Board turnover. |
July 2012 |
Shareholder Proposal Voting Outcomes! The United States Supreme Court ruled on Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission, effectively gutting McCain-Feingold. |
July 2012 |
Say on Pay: Punch those Ballots! 2012 is proving to be the “Year of the Vote” in the United States: nine Supreme Court justices ruling on everything from campaign finance to healthcare. |
June 2012 |
Measuring Long-Term Performance in 2011 An Analysis of the prevalence and types of metrics in S&P 500 long-term incentive plans saw a modest overall increase of 6 percent in pay. |
June 2012 |
Large Gains in Long-Term Incentive Payouts in 2011 An analysis of S&P 500 long-term incentive plan targets and their payouts following a 28 percent jump in pay among S&P 500 CEOs. |
May 2012 |
Back to Earth for Bonuses in 2011 An analysis of S&P 500 annual incentive plan targets and their Payouts in 2010 saw a large increase in pay among CEOs at S&P 500 companies. |
May 2012 |
Measuring Annual Performance in 2011 An analysis of S&P 500 annual incentive plan targets and their payouts to determine some of the factors for the bonus decreases. |
April 2012 |
Performance Share Usage among S&P 1500 CEOs Continues to Grow Examination of performance shares awarded to S&P 1500 CEOs to identify how these types of incentives are being used. |
April 2012 |
A Closer Look at the New York Times CEO Pay Study An in-depth review of the compensation of several CEOs and what their pay illustrates about overall executive compensation trends. |
March 2012 |
This article examines what Say on Pay results would look like if insider shareholders were excluded from voting. |
March 2012 |
Changes Due to 2011 Say on Pay Voting Results Overview of the responses to say on pay and changes to link executive compensation to financial performance. |
February 2012 |
A Look Back at the 2011 Filing Numbers This article looks at a few of the most important types of filings with regards to our compensation database. |
February 2012 |
A Look Back at the 2011 8-K Filings An analysis of 8-K trends provide an interesting look at 2011. |
November 2011 |
Board Composition Series (Part 4 of 4) The fourth portion of the study focuses on the profile of committees among S&P 1500 boards. |
November 2011 |
Board Composition Series (Part 3 of 4) The third portion of the study features gender data from 1,185 of the S&P 1500. |
November 2011 |
Board Composition Series (Part 2 of 4) For the second part of our four-part series on S&P Board Composition, we will focus on the board meeting frequency. |
October 2011 |
The Current State of Board Leadership Among S&P 1500 Companies This study finds that most large U.S. Companies have one person simultaneously serving as CEO and chairman of the board... |
October 2011 |
Board Composition Series (Part 1 of 4) For the first part of our four-part series on S&P Board Composition, we will focus on the size of boards. |
October 2011 |
2011 CEO New Hire Compensation Trends An analysis of recently hired chief executives among S&P 1500 companies that focuses on compensation data including base salary, annual bonus target, and new hire or promotional awards... |
September 2011 |
Prior to the economic downturn in 2008, director compensation had been on the rise, as corporate board members saw increased responsibilities and demands... |
September 2011 |
Pay policies continue to receive attention, thanks to the combination of required votes on executive compensation and public scrutiny... |
August 2011 |
Board Turnover — Company Analysis Findings of a study on board turnover, focused on the prevalence of board departures and the companies most likely to see high levels of board turnover. |
August 2011 |
Change-in-control Cash Severance Analysis Findings from a study of change-in-control payments at Fortune 100 companies. |
July 2011 |
An Analysis of Voting Results and Performance at Russell 3000 Companies. |
June 2011 |
An Analysis of the Prevalence and Types of Metrics in S&P 1500 Incentive Plans. |
May 2011 |
An analysis of S&P 500 annual incentive plan targets and their payouts. |
May 2011 |
An in-depth look at S&P 1500 companies with multiple CEO turnovers between 2007 and 2010. |
April 2011 |
Findings from a study of CEO departures at S&P 1500 companies between 2007 and 2009. |
 March 2011 |
Equilar's Dodd-Frank Alert is intended to keep compensation professionals informed on the recent decisions and upcoming releases regarding compensation and governance related issues. |
March 2011 |
Say-When-on-Pay Proposal Findings Study of early proxy filers and companies with annual meetings prior to February 1, 2011. |
