The process of setting appropriate compensation levels for non-employee directors is both complex and fraught with potential pitfalls. Since directors often are responsible for determining their own pay, the need for a reliable, trusted, and independent resource is critical. Avoid conflicts of interest by using BoardInsight to develop responsible pay programs designed to attract and retain boardroom talent in today's high-risk corporate environment.
With BoardInsight, you can:
Benchmark each element of director compensation across customized peer groups;
Evaluate pay metrics such as cash/equity ratios and member/chairman fee comparisons;
Rely on an independent third-party data source to avoid potential conflicts of interest;
Monitor key governance issues by researching Board structures, committee charters and other policies;
Measure total director compensation expenses and customize summary statistics to match existing Board and committee positions at your company;
Accurately value and compare equity-based director pay with Equilar’s standardized Black-Scholes methodology; and
Increase analyst efficiency by eliminating hours of manual data entry and document retrieval.
Featuring:
Real-time SEC data extracted directly from proxy filings;
Detailed breakdowns of each fee component (including annual retainers, meeting fees, initial fees, etc.);
The ability to create and save peer group searches across industries, geographic regions
and financial metrics;
Comprehensive datasets with over 700 company, director and fee information fields;
Daily updates for up-to-the-minute information;
Customizable, presentation-ready Excel downloads with charts and summary statistics; and
