The majority of target goals set for S&P 1500 CEOs were higher in 2022 than a year earlier when the same metrics were used in annual incentive awards. On the surface, that’s an encouraging [...]
ISS-Corporate analyzed the relationship between MSoP votes and TSR, CEO compensation, and other pay components over from the beginning of 2019 to July of this year to uncover the possible causes [...]
In this second installment of our 3-part series, ISS-Corporate examines goal achievement in short-term (or annual) incentive awards as a whole and by metric groups. We also take a closer look at [...]
In this report, ISS-Corporate examined sustainability incentive trends in the U.S. and Europe to show how they have progressed since our previous report in 2021 and to explore common hurdles to [...]
Investor scrutiny of executive “golden parachutes” is on the rise, alongside an increase in the average value of such executive exit packages. Amid challenging economic conditions, shareholders [...]
Well-designed performance awards motivate executives to grow their businesses, streamline operations and deliver value to shareholders; but when poorly designed, they serve as cash machines for [...]
With salary, annual bonuses, and long-term equity grabbing most of the headlines, perquisites, or “perks” are often overlooked as a vital component of an executive’s compensation package. Despite [...]
The pay gap between CEOs in the S&P 500 and U.K.’s FTSE 100 widened from 2018 to 2022, with the growing advantage for U.S. chiefs largely driven by long-term incentive plans (LTIPs) and [...]