Eleanor Bloxham, a contributor to Fortune magazine, tells readers Why corporate directors should thank Dodd and Frank. With investors focused on “say-on-pay,” ISS recommendations against directors are down substantially.
Ture, but this isn’t likely to last. Most institutional investors seem to be taking a year off from voting against compensation committee members, giving them a free pass this year. Personally, I haven’t joined them. In fact, this is the first year I’ve been conscientiously voting against pay enabling compensation committee members. Expect an increase in such votes by institutional investors next year if companies ignore “say-on-pay” votes this year.
Directors should thank Dodd-Frank, not for temporarily distracting investors but for bringing better focus to their jobs… requiring that compensation committees be composed solely of independent directors and reducing conflicts of interest in compensation consultants, among many other reforms.
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