Bonus Round: Wall Street’s $47.5 Billion Spring Awakening

Share This Email: April 9, 2025 Written by Frank Glassner, CEO Veritas Executive Compensation Consultants It’s official: the champagne is flowing again at 200 West Street. Bonus season on Wall Street has arrived like a rogue wave, and this year it’s less about subtle celebrations and more about

The Real Trade War: It’s for CEOs, and the Tariffs Are in Equity, Optics, and Outrage

Share This Email: April 7, 2025 Written by Frank Glassner, CEO Veritas Executive Compensation Consultants The Real Battlefield Isn’t Global—It’s Corporate While politicians bicker over trade wars, tariffs, and foreign policy grandstanding, the real global conflict is playing out not on the factory floor—but in the

Cutting Class: What If We Fired the U.S. Department of Education (and Gave the Money to Teachers Instead)?

Share This Email: March 31, 2025 Written by Frank Glassner, CEO Veritas Executive Compensation Consultants There’s a rising chorus among political hopefuls demanding the elimination of the U.S. Department of Education. And by "rising chorus," I mean the usual campaign trail kabuki: fiery soundbites for the

The World Tour of Executive Pay: From Tokyo to Texas, the C-Suite Knows No Borders

Share This Email: March 24, 2025 Written by Frank Glassner, CEO Veritas Executive Compensation Consultants There’s something oddly universal about executive compensation: no matter the language, culture, or GDP, CEOs everywhere are still figuring out how to get paid—and how to make sure someone else signs off on

Fear and Loathing in Executive Pay: The Payouts Should Be as Big as the Challenges

Share This Email: March 24, 2025 Written by Frank Glassner, CEO Veritas Executive Compensation Consultants Fear and Loathing in Executive Pay: The Payouts Should Be as Big as the Challenges We were somewhere around Wall Street when the total compensation package began to take hold. The neon lights of corporate

Face it - You Would Never Do What Elon Musk is Doing

Share This Email: March 19, 2025 Written by Frank Glassner, CEO Veritas Executive Compensation Consultants Everyone complains about government waste, corruption, and inefficiency, but when someone actually steps up to fix it, they get attacked from all sides. Then go on to imagine: * The stock in your business dropped 54%

The SEC Just Complicated Shareholder Engagement—Why? - Because it Can

The SEC Just Complicated Shareholder Engagement—Why? - Because it Can Share This Email: March 17th, 2025 Written by Frank Glassner, CEO Veritas Executive Compensation Consultants Ah, just in time for the peak of proxy season, the SEC has tossed a new wrench into the gears of shareholder engagement. Because

Cigna to Tie Executive Compensation to Customer Satisfaction

Cigna to Tie Executive Compensation to Customer Satisfaction Share This Email: March 19th, 2025 Thanks to Rebecca Pifer Cigna has announced a plan to improve healthcare affordability and accessibility, including linking executive compensation to customer satisfaction. The insurer will tie bonus awards for high-level officers to its net promoter score

Navigating Compensation in Mergers & Acquisitions: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Who Cashes Out Before the Dust Settles

Navigating Compensation in Mergers & Acquisitions: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Who Cashes Out Before the Dust Settles Share This Email: March 10th, 2025 Written by Frank Gassner, CEO Veritas Executive Compensation Consultants Mergers and acquisitions (M&A): the high-stakes poker game of the corporate world. Executives make bold

The Transformation of the CEO — Global CEO Turnover Index Annual Report

The Transformation of the CEO — Global CEO Turnover Index Annual Report Share This Email: March 5th, 2025 Thanks to Rusty O’Kelley and Laura Sanderson The latest figure of 202 departures in 2024 significantly surpasses the six-year average of 186 and represents a 9% increase from the 2023 number. The

The DEI Dilemma

The DEI Dilemma Share This Email: March 3rd, 2025 Thanks to David A. Katz and Elina Tetelbaum We wrote recently about regulatory and policy developments that are ushering in a retreat from ESG at public companies, proxy advisors, and investors. As companies head into proxy season, the appropriate manner and

How a Small Component in Pay Reveals Insights into Corporate Trends

How a Small Component in Pay Reveals Insights into Corporate Trends Share This Email: February 24th, 2025 Thanks to Subodh Mishra, ISS STOXX In a follow-up to our whitepaper, “What ‘Perks’ Can Tell Us About Executive Compensation,” ISS-Corporate reviewed the pay structures for Russell 3000 companies that held annual general