Jane Storero
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The art of engagement: how to build lasting shareholder relationships
Political pressure and regulatory change pose a challenge to IR and governance teams Shareholder engagement remains a top priority for companies navigating today’s complex capital markets. Proactively engaging key shareholders allows companies to communicate their long-term strategies, explain operational decisions and develop and strengthen relationships with this key stakeholder group. This need for engagement has only grown amid unstable economic conditions, including supply chain issues, inflation, tariffs, trade tensions and related market volatility. Recent anti-DE&I and anti-ESG movements, executive orders issued by the new US administration, changing proxy advisory firm policies and renewed efforts by shareholder activists all underscore the…
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How boards should implement the SEC’s clawback rule
Jane Storero explains the practical steps boards and compensation committees need to take In June 2023, the SEC approved a new exchange listing standard for public companies under the Dodd-Frank Act that was adopted by the NYSE and Nasdaq to require listed companies to adopt a clawback policy by December 1, 2023. This policy applies to incentive-based compensation erroneously received by executive officers during the three years prior to an accounting restatement. Now that companies have adopted a clawback policy and filed it as an exhibit to the annual report, boards and compensation committees must determine how to oversee the…