Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) issued an updated set of FAQs regarding its 2017 US executive compensation policies.
On December 16, 2016, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) published a set of updated FAQs regarding its US executive compensation policies. The FAQs cover:
General executive pay questions.
Management say on pay (MSOP) evaluation topics, including:
pay for performance evaluation;
determination of peer companies;
problematic pay practices;
frequency of advisory vote on executive compensation; and
advisory votes on golden parachutes.
As was the case for ISS's previous compensation policy FAQs, these FAQs provide general guidance and do not guarantee how the ISS Global Research Department will apply its benchmark policy in any particular situation.