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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.

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Highlights from the 2020 Equity Methods Financial Reporting Symposium

About 75 controllers and directors of financial reporting joined us for topical peer-to-peer learning, keynote panel discussions, and networking.

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The Annual Equity Grant: A Checklist of Key Considerations

The annual equity grant is a critical juncture in any long-term incentive plan. Get control of the complexities of granting season with this checklist of key considerations.

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Human Capital Management: Deciding What to Disclose in the 10-K

In this third and final article of our series on the new 101(c) disclosure standard, we share five principles to consider when structuring your own disclosure.

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EPS Hot Topics for Equity Compensation

The impact of basic and diluted EPS is one of the most complex areas of equity compensation. We touch on some of the issues here.

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Human Capital Strategy Disclosures Under Regulation S-K: A Tale of Three Companies

In part two of our series on the new standard for Item 101(c), we look at what three early adopters disclosed in their 10-K filings.

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10 Themes Shaping the Decision to Restore Underwater Equity Incentives

With the economic fallout of COVID-19 making its way to equity and executive compensation, these themes should be on your radar now.

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Companies with Visionary Human Capital Strategies Get a Boost from Regulation S-K Modernization

The SEC released a new standard for 101(c) human capital disclosure. We unpack it in this article, the first of a three-part series.

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Avoiding Annual Grant Cost Surprises

This blog post details how different award designs can result in unexpected costs, and what can be done during the annual grant process to minimize risk.

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Understanding Peer Volatility: Breaking Down the Drivers

Private and newly public companies who grant options rely on leverage adjusted peer volatility for fair value calculations. Here are four key criteria for selecting a peer group.