Count on your experienced advisor to guide you through the complex world of executive compensation.
ICS experts are an extension of your team, pointing out the risks you haven’t seen and helping you make critical decisions. You will be assigned an advisor who specializes in executive compensation, and understands how compensation is affected by dynamics within your industry.
Comprehensive Support
throughout the Annual Cycle
From benchmarking to design to disclosure
ICS helps over 1,100 corporate clients throughout the year.
ICS analytical tools provide context to compensation and performance data, through the proprietary lens of the ISS methodology.
In preparation for the AGM, your ICS advisor will assist you in the drafting of your meeting materials, working with the team to optimize your disclosure, aligning it with best practice and regional policy to maximize investor support.
Although the process is intricate, your advisor will be with you through each step, keeping you informed of the requirements and aware of the dynamic data that feeds into the final version of your Proxy.
On the quantitative side, your advisor will:
- Keep you up-to-date with the most recent projected ISS peer group
- Run the quantitative tests performed by ISS Research to determine the concern level triggered
- Assist you in understanding what the tests measure and the implications on the concern level, based on how ISS computes total realized pay.
For many companies, ICS’ biggest impact on say-on-pay comes during the qualitative review where your advisor will help you avoid the common pitfalls in compensation-related disclosure, keep you up-to-date with emerging shareholder preferences on executive compensation and compensation disclosure.
Partner with ICS today for best-in-class advisory support to meet all of your executive compensation needs.
