The Advisors' Blog

– Broc Romanek, CompensationStandards.com

A few weeks ago, I blogged about a rumor that the SEC is close to proposing pay disparity rules. This rumor appears to be confirmed, as noted in this article, when new SEC Chair White testified on Tuesday before the Senate Banking Committee that a pay disparity rule proposal will be coming in the next month or two.

So we don’t know the exact timing of a proposal – but we do know that it will be soon. Likely before our combined conferences, where it would be covered by Corp Fin Director Keith Higgins and other panels…

Registrations for our combined pair of conferences – in DC and via video webcast – are strong and for good reason. The full agendas for the Conferences are posted – but the panels include:

– Keynote: “Keith Higgins, Director, SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance”
– Keynote: “Former Congressman Mike Oxley”
– Q&A with ISS
– Q&A with Glass Lewis
– Say-on-Pay Shareholder Engagement: The Investors Speak
– Compensation Committees & Advisors: The NYSE & Nasdaq Speak
– Realizable Pay Disclosure: How to Do It
– How to Improve Pay-for-Performance Disclosure
– We Don’t Have a Good Pay Story: What Do We Disclose?
– How to Avoid Executive Pay Disclosure Litigation
– Peer Group Disclosures: What to Do Now
– In-House Perspective: Strategies for Effective Solicitations
– Creating Effective Clawbacks (and Disclosures)
– Pledging & Hedging Disclosures
– The Executive Summary
– The Art of Supplemental Materials
– Dealing with the Complexities of Perks
– Say-on-Parachute & Post-Deal Disclosure Developments
– Compensation Accounting, Tax & Risk Assessment Disclosures
– Shareholder Proposals & Executive Pay
– The Rise of Political Contribution Disclosures