ISS FAQ: Executive Compensation and COVID-19

On Oct. 15, 2020, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) released preliminary FAQs on its approach to analyzing executive pay decisions relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. The FAQs, shaped by feedback from direct discussions with investors as well as ISS’ annual policy survey, provide general guidance regarding how ISS U.S. benchmark research may approach COVID-19-related pay decisions in the context of ISS’ pay-for-performance qualitative evaluation. READ MORE