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Archive for category: Long Term Incentives
Equity Compensation: What are different forms of equities that companies offer? What are differences?
Jul 11,2013July 11, 2013
This is a recent question asked on Quora: “I am a layman and would like to know these basic information....
Now Playing – “The Statistics”
Jul 03,2013July 3, 2013
In our world of sound bites and summaries, statistics are playing an increasingly important role. They are the basis of...
Share Price Not Always Linked to Performance
Jun 12,2013June 12, 2013
Recently, Financial Times published an article titled “Share price windfall reignites debate over executive pay.” Reigniting a fire that has...
Are Stock Appreciation Rights the Right Tool for You?
Jun 06,2013June 6, 2013
Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs) are a commonly misunderstood component of the equity compensation mix. This is probably because each of...
Executive P4P: What Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?
May 20,2013May 20, 2013
It’s an age-old negotiation. Pay me more and I will perform. Perform better and I will pay you. So, what...
The One Equity Compensation Trend to Rule Them All
May 09,2013May 9, 2013
Performance equity has taken a long journey. Initially, its use was inhibited by accounting rules that made it far more...
Equity Compensation – Performance Accelerated Units (PAUs), Old School Performance Equity
May 09,2013May 9, 2013
As I mentioned in an earlier post, performance equity instruments still get lumped together like a bowl of mixed nuts....
Executive Pay Can’t Be Fixed! But….here are 3 things to consider
Apr 11,2013April 11, 2013
Several times a year, I see articles and presentations discussing how to “fix executive compensation”. This presumes that executive compensation...
Equity Compensation – Performance Earned Units (PEUs), The First Ingredient in a P4P Stew
Apr 04,2013April 4, 2013
All too often the myriad types of truly performance-based equity get muddled together into a stew. Like other great equity...