On October 26, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a new rule governing the recovery (i.e., clawback) of erroneously awarded incentive compensation. The new rule implements Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank...more
Background On August 25, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted pay-versus-performance rules (codified in Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K), 12 years after the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer...more
ISS Policy Surveys -
Each November, ISS updates its proxy vote recommendation policies for meetings held after February 1 of the following year. As part of that process, ISS collects information from institutional...more
What is QualityScore?
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) rates corporate governance quality and risk for companies in 30 markets, including constituents of the US Russell 3000, through a product called "QualityScore"...more
Glass Lewis uses Equilar Market Peers to analyze companies' executive pay and relative company performance when formulating say-on-pay vote recommendations for its institutional investor clients. When developing Market Peers,...more
Each year, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) constructs its own peer groups to analyze companies' executive pay and relative company performance. In doing so, it takes into account each company's self-selected peer...more
What is QualityScore?
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) rates corporate governance quality and risk for companies in 30 markets, including constituents of the U.S. Russell 3000, through a product called...more