Center Submits Comments to SEC on Proposed Pay Ratio Rule

The Center urged the SEC to consider the proposed rule's "deleterious effects" on efficiency, competition and capital formation and make considerable changes to minimize the significant compliance burdens imposed on companies given that the pay ratio disclosure will be useless and potentially misleading to investors.

Equilar Platform to Include Center-Led Working Group Best Practice Approach to Pay for Performance Analysis

The Center On Executive Compensation will partner with Equilar, the leader in executive compensation benchmarking and governance research to encourage the adoption of more standardized Realizable and Realized Pay methodologies.

SEC Announces Dec. 5th Roundtable Discussion on Proxy Advisory Firms

The December 5th Roundtable will be the first official action taken by the Commission since issuing the June 2010 concept release on the U.S proxy voting system.

Did you know?

Since 2010 there have been only 14 pay ratio related shareholder proposals. These proposals have averaged over 93% shareholder opposition with no single proposal receiving over 10% support.

According to a recent Towers Watson survey, only 1 in 10 employers believe the pay ratio will provide important information to investors.

Center Submits Comments to SEC on Proposed Pay Ratio Rule

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Equilar Platform to Include Center-Led Working Group Best Practice Approach to Pay for Performance Analysis

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SEC Announces Dec. 5th Roundtable Discussion on Proxy Advisory Firms

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Advocacy and Analysis

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Center Petitions SEC Seeking 60-Day Extension to Pay Ratio Comment Period

Center News Stories

During SEC Proxy Advisory Firm Roundtable Discussion, Center Subscriber Example Used to Demonstrate the Appearance of Conflicts at ISS

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2014 SEC Agenda Shows Executive Compensation Proposals Expected After Mid-Year; Political Spending Disclosure Dropped-For Now

SEC Commissioner Piwowar Encourages "Investor Testing" for Disclosure Rules

Netherlands to Consider Proposal Limiting Bankers' Bonuses to 20% of Salary

ISS Releases Final 2014 Policy Updates, Opens New Consultation Period