No matter what the question is or who is asking it, there is a way to respond quickly and succinctly, with a command of the details that doesn’t overwhelm.

An optimal award agreement requires careful consideration of all the plan terms to avoid imprecise calculations and unintended payouts down the road.

Here are some key financial reporting principles for public and pre-IPO companies that have long-term incentive plans with fewer than 200 participants.

In this issue brief, we cover the different types of restructurings and ways executive compensation programs can change under each.

The one-two punch from COVID-19 and the March 2020 oil shock is a reminder of why relative metrics belong in virtually every long-term incentive plan.

How does COVID-19 make the case for relative performance metrics? Here’s what total rewards leaders and compensation committees can learn.

In this issue brief, we discuss how ESG priorities have evolved among shareholders and the implications for the compensation function.

Here’s what management teams need to know when weighing potential modifications to outstanding incentive awards—including incentive restoration solutions, implications, and accounting and proxy rules.

Convertible bonds are debt instruments that promise a specific cash flow stream. In today’s economy, they offer a unique value proposition. Here’s why.

In this blog post, we discuss what a promotion equity study seeks to identify, how it’s conducted, and what it can reveal about an organization.

We unpack the SEC’s clarification that proxy advisors engage in proxy solicitation, as well as the implications this has for executive compensation.

FICA taxes are due on equity compensation when there is no longer a risk of forfeiture. Retirement eligibility is an often-overlooked trigger with many administration and accounting impacts to consider.

Although valuations are based on a world where all investors are “risk neutral,” this causes some confusion when considering the derived service period.

In this video, Equity Methods CEO Takis Makridis shares his perspectives on adapting executive compensation awards and performance metrics amid economic disruption.