As a result of recent market trends, US public companies and their compensation committees face challenging decisions as they seek to maximize shareholder value while retaining and competitively incentivizing key employees....more
Today's post continues the discussion of the SEC's recent adoption of rules requiring the securities exchanges to adopt listing standards requiring listed companies to develop and implement policies providing for the recovery...more
If enacted, the newly proposed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act would effectively put an end to many of the most widely used forms of executive compensation: - Deferred compensation and stock options would disappear. - Use of...more
The Trump administration’s proposed overhaul of the federal income tax system includes a reduction of the maximum federal corporate income tax rate from 35 percent to 15 percent. If enacted, the proposal — a one-page outline...more
As accounting restatements occur relatively infrequently, and the severity is often modest, the proposed “clawback” rules represent more of a "check the box" compliance activity than a real enforcement threat....more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently proposed new and amended disclosure rules to require that reporting companies enhance their executive compensation disclosure by including interactive tables and narrative...more
On April 29, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a release1 that includes proposed rules to implement requirements imposed on the SEC under Section 953(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer...more