White Paper
Pay Equity FAQ Booklet
Pay equity is a critical component of any diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) platform. We spent the greater part of a year composing a detailed pay equity booklet capturing common questions and sharing our perspectives, with an expected publication date of September 2021. If you’d like to request access once the FAQ booklet is published, please request it here.
Webcast
The 5 Ingredients of a Successful Pay Equity Study
More HR leaders and senior executives are assessing compensation practices and the state of internal pay equity in their organizations. In this webcast, we walk through the key elements of a successful pay equity analysis.
Blog Post
Why Your TSR Award Value Is Unexpectedly High—and What You Can Do About It
Why is the fair value of your TSR award so high? In this article, we go over three of the most common reasons—and what you can do about them.
Blog Post
Equity Compensation in Cost Sharing Arrangements: The Altera Supreme Court Case
Last year, a high court ruling on a 2003 case affirmed that stock-based compensation must be included in cost sharing arrangements. Learn more about the case history and the implications of this decision.
Blog Post
Bold Predictions for Equity and Executive Compensation in the Next Four Years
From our crystal ball, here are 17 bold predictions of soon-to-appear changes in equity compensation and the broader corporate governance landscape.
White Paper
EPS Implications of Equity Compensation Awards
Learn about ways to calculate the diluted and basic impact of stock-based compensation. We also discuss how to forecast and analyze the dilution impact of future periods.
Issue Brief
Some Industries Are More Equal Than Others: Optimizing Your TSR Peer Group for a Volatile Market
The 2020 stock market was a lesson in why TSR peer groups matter. Here’s how industry factors and correlations can affect payouts for rTSR awards.
Blog Post
Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow: The End of Joint Ventures and Staged Acquisitions, and the Implications for Valuations
Companies have many ways to wind down a partnership. The key is to make these decisions ahead of time to avoid valuation headaches down the road.
Webcast
2021 State of the Union in Equity Compensation
Our annual State of the Union webcast covers the top themes to look out for in 2021. With a new administration and new leadership at the SEC, changes will cascade to all aspects of compensation, proxy reporting, and financial reporting.
White Paper
Modifications and Discretion FAQ
This Modifications and Discretion FAQ offers our take on how efforts to restore broken incentives are shaping up in a coronavirus-battered economy. Reserve your copy today.
Blog Post
2020 Group Five Stock Plan Administration Benchmarking Results and What’s Ahead in Stock Compensation Reporting
See Equity Methods’ results from this year’s survey of plan sponsors and get our take on the issues that are top of mind for stock-based compensation.
Blog Post
Top 5 CFO and CAO Questions about Equity Compensation (and How to Answer Them)
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.