In today's rapidly changing economic environment, many traditional equity compensation programs are buckling under unforeseen pressures. As a result, companies have adopted a wide array of new equity practices to meet the challenges presented by underwater stock options, failed performance share awards, and calls for more risk-averse equity portfolios. Use Equilar's AwardsInsight to effectively monitor these developments and the latest equity grants at your peer companies in real-time.
With AwardsInsight, you can:
Measure shifts in the composition of equity-based pay among your peers;
Rely on an independent and trusted third-party data source to avoid potential conflicts of interest;
Track emerging trends in plan design such as performance vesting requirements;
Monitor changes in the approach to annual and long-term incentive compensation;
Assess year-to-year changes in the size of equity awards;
Compare the duties of Section 16 officers who receive grants at companies within your peer group and measure the ratio of equity awards among these individuals; and
Review practices your competitors use to attract and retain new executives.
Featuring:
Instant access to more than 150,000 Form 4 filings;
Custom peer group design capabilities;
Search tools to quickly analyze changes in the ratio of options, restricted stock and other
elements in compensation packages;
Downloadable spreadsheets that allow clients to create company-specific compensation reports;
Access to footnotes disclosing details of specific awards;
Real-time AwardsTracker e-mail alerts on new equity awards granted by your peers; and