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This article originally appeared on Robin A. Ferracone’s “Executive Pay Watch” blog on Forbes.com. One would surmise that the recent Dodd-Frank legislation, coupled with increased investor scrutiny of board behavior and effectiveness, would have at least some impact on the board of director selection process, i.e., filling vacant director slots, at least in part, by [...]

Dear Compensation Committee Chair: In light of the Company’s Compensation Committee agenda for its upcoming meeting, Ron and I wanted to offer our viewpoint regarding the role of external consultants and the sources of value such trusted advisors can bring to the Committee.  While we will be available during the meeting by phone, this memo [...]

This article originally appeared on Robin A. Ferracone’s “Executive Pay Watch” blog on Forbes.com. As we wind down for the holidays, and put the first year of Dodd-Frank behind us, now is a great time to look forward and backward. I am thrilled to introduce our guest blogger Ken Daly, president and CEO of the [...]

This article originally appeared on Robin A. Ferracone’s “Executive Pay Watch” blog on Forbes.com. I hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving weekend.  Just before the weekend, one of our tech clients commented on the obvious misstep by Zynga, the hot video game maker of Farmville, Mafia Wars and other popular games, in threatening to [...]

This article originally appeared on Robin A. Ferracone’s “Executive Pay Watch” blog on Forbes.com. It’s been hard to miss the unfolding drama at Hewlett-Packard (HP) over the past few years, from the eavesdropping incident among board members, to Mark Hurd’s alleged improprieties, to the recent dismissal of Leo Apotheker for obvious missteps. As the Dodd-Frank [...]

This article originally appeared on Robin A. Ferracone’s “Executive Pay Watch” blog on Forbes.com. Thanks to my Farient colleague Ron Bottano who co-wrote this blog. What a difference a year makes. Since last spring we have seen the IPO market go from “frothy” to flat.  High-fliers like LinkedIn, Pandora, Zillow and HomeAway had valuations that [...]

This article originally appeared on Robin A. Ferracone’s “Executive Pay Watch” blog on Forbes.com. In December 2010, I launched the “Executive Pay Watch” blog with the post “What Investor’s Want in the Age of Dodd Frank.” Over the past year, my colleagues at Farient Advisors and I have spent a lot of time with investors [...]

This article originally appeared on Robin A. Ferracone’s “Executive Pay Watch” blog on Forbes.com. On Aug. 24, Apple, Inc. announced that Steve Jobs, its iconic co-founder, was resigning from his CEO role and assuming the chairmanship.  Tim Cook, Apple’s head of operations, would become the new CEO.  Investors took the news in stride, with a [...]