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Corporate Governance Industry Reports

Using our extensive database and modeling tools, CGLytics produces regular reports looking at many of the key facets of corporate governance across the globe.

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Maximising Shareholders’ Value for the Longer Term

60 ASX 300 companies reduced CEO pay due to the pandemic. However, this only accounts for 11% of their predicted remuneration in 2020. Download the executive remuneration study ahead of the Australian proxy season and see how your remuneration practices compare.

The Future of Executive Pay in Australia

The Pandemic and Executive Pay – A Russell 3000 Study

So far in 2020 we have seen 634 Russell 3000 companies issue pay adjustments to executives or their board. Read the study and learn how companies have adjusted their executive pay due to COVID-19 to ensure your pay practices are aligned to market standards.

Activist Investors Broaden Their Focus

Corporate governance is the number one reason why there has been a growth in activist investor campaigns. New research from CGLytics sheds light on the broadening focus from activists including having the right board composition, diversity and executive pay.

The Compensation Committee’s Guide To COVID-19

Compensation Committees must be incredibly flexibly during the current pandemic. Adapting rapidly to the once stable 2020 outlook has resulted in creative measures on how to align executive and non-executive compensation after sharp market downtowns and an unstable economic environment. Download the guide by Meridian Partners, Diligent and CGLytics.

FTSE 100 & Executive Compensation: Setting the tone for 2020

With the COVID-19 pandemic presenting unprecedented challenges to shareholders and investors, what issues should compensation committees be focused on in 2020 and 2021? CGLytics takes a look at the FTSE 100 companies’ corporate governance and executive compensation practices for navigating the challenges ahead.

Regulation and Investor Expectations: A corporate governance insight paper

Key corporate governance areas are examined to determine the extent of impact on UK and Irish companies, and the wider potential risks going into the 2020 AGM season.

State of Play: European Board Diversity

This report examines gender and age diversity on boards in the European corporate governance landscape. Examining female representation, the report reveals that many countries are not yet at the 40% requirement, proposed by the European Commission in its European 2020 strategy.

CGLytics S&P 500 Executive Compensation Review

Executive Compensation Review: Which S&P 500 companies showed the greatest Pay for Performance misalignment and conservative practice in 2019?

Corporate governance and executive pay. Reflection on the 2019 proxy season. A joint report with PwC

This report by PwC Belgium and CGLytics takes a closer look at votes on remuneration items and reviews the critical trends of the 2019 voting results in Belgium and Luxembourg. Download the report to better prepare for the 2020 proxy season.

Good corporate governance begins with good data

Effective corporate governance starts with having the right information. In an ever-changing corporate governance landscape of continually increasing, publicly available information, shareholder involvement, activism, ongoing media campaigns and continual changes to governance regulations, having the right information from the start can be the difference between success and ongoing shareholder revolt.

Are companies incorporating ESG factors into executive remuneration?

The last decade has seen a steady increase in the focus on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors from a range of stakeholders and that growing scrutiny appears to have reached a crescendo over the past 18 months. Only the topic of executive remuneration continues to be discussed as frequently as ESG.

FTI & CGLytics have conducted an analysis to determine whether those two topics are increasingly converging. Download the white paper to find out more.

Review of FTSE 100 2018 Proxy Season – Getting ready for next proxy season

The report provides boards with key insights and takeaways from the 2018 proxy season, in order to aid preparation and ensure companies are adequately prepared to engage.