Crystal Balls and Executive Wallets: Predictions for Executive Pay in 2025 Share This Email: January 8th, 2024 Written by Frank Glassner, CEO Veritas Executive Compensation Consultants As the New Year rolls in, not with a ball drop but a stock ticker flutter, we at Veritas Executive Compensation Consultants are polishing
Stuck in the Middle with ESG: What Companies Can Expect in 2025 & Beyond Share This Email: January 6th, 2024 Thanks to Martha Carter, Matt Filosa, and Faten Alqaseer, Teneo After a much-anticipated election cycle in the U.S., Republicans will take over the White House and control both chambers
Here’s to 2025! Share This Email: December 30th, 2024 From Frank Glassner CEO Veritas Compensation Consultants Dear Friends and Colleagues, As we close the books on another year and look toward the fresh promise of 2025, I’m reminded of a Grateful Dead lyric that perfectly captures our journey:
ISS Releases Executive Compensation and Equity Plan Policy Updates for the 2025 Proxy Season Share This Email: December 27th, 2024 Thanks to Sinead Kelly Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has released its executive compensation and equity plan policy updates for the 2025 proxy season, reflecting its approach to determining its proxy
Holiday Greetings from Veritas! Share This Email: December 23rd, 2024 From Frank Glassner, CEO Veritas Compensation Consultants Dear Clients, Colleagues and Friends, As we all gear up to pretend we know how to wrap gifts and Google how long to cook a turkey, I want to pause the holiday chaos
The “What Not to Do” Poster Child for Corporate Disclosures Share This Email: December 16th, 2024 By Frank Glassner, CEO Veritas Executive Compensation Consultants In the world of corporate governance, where the line between right and wrong should be as clear as day, James Craigie has become the poster child
Private Equity Management Incentive Plans - Are Some Issues Too Difficult to Resolve Up Front? December 18th, 2024 Thanks to Michael Sirkin, US Chairman & Managing Director, Jamieson Corporate Finance US,LLC* In negotiating management equity incentive plans for chief executive officers and other senior management, there are issues that
Policy Survey 2024: Executive Pay Share This Email: December 18th, 2024 Thanks to Dimitri Zagoroff, Glass, Lewis & Co Make-Whole Awards For executive recruitment, companies sometimes agree to provide “make -whole” grants to compensate for awards that the candidate must forfeit upon leaving their current employer. There is a significant
Activists Continue to Target Director Tenure Share This Email: December 9th, 2024 Thanks to Elizabeth R. Gonzalez-Sussman, Louis M. Davis and Alexander J. Vargas, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Proxy advisory firms and institutional investors increasingly view tenures over nine years as too long, questioning the independence of
What Price Can You Put on Priceless? – Elon Musk as a Modern Day Edison Share This Email: December 6th, 2024 By Frank Glassner, CEO of Veritas Executive Compensation Consultants The latest uproar around Elon Musk's colossal compensation package is once again sparking a fierce debate—not about the
The Acronym Hijacking Share This Email: December 4th, 2024 Thanks to Mark A. Pfister is CEO & Chief Board Consultant of M. A. Pfister Strategy Group Have So-Called Acceptable Beliefs Pushed Governance Aside? Many years ago, a great mentor of mine provided salient advice - "Have the courage to
Imagine a 10K or Proxy That Someone… Actually Reads Share This Email: December 2nd, 2024 Thanks to Adam J. Epstein I recently met with a board member of a micro-cap that was a multibillion-dollar company during the pandemic but has since shed most of its market capitalization. Once upon a