Jackie Cook

Feb 23, 2025 | sustainalytics.com | Jackie Cook |Oge O'Haeri

Key Insights:CEOs' incentive/variable pay comprised an average of 85% of the largest companies’ overall CEO pay in 2023 and has grown by around 8 percentage points over the past 10 years. Morningstar’s Executive Insight Data shows that over the past decade, CEO pay at the largest US companies has surged 30%, with the median S&P 500 CEO payout exceeding USD 15 million and the average topping US 17 million in 2023.

Dec 4, 2024 | morningstar.com | Jackie Cook

Last month, Starboard Value lost a proxy fight with News Corp NWSA, in which Starboard had proposed collapsing the media giant’s two share classes into one and giving each share in the company a single vote. The proxy process encourages investor vigilance and creates a marketplace for good governance practices. Proxy outcomes give a temperature read of shareholder sentiment on corporate governance practices, when looked at in aggregate.

Sep 25, 2024 | morningstar.co.uk | Jackie Cook

Climate-related targets are usually weak and rarely tied to CEO compensation, Morningstar Sustainalytics study finds.

Apr 18, 2024 | morningstar.com | Sheryl Rowling |Jackie Cook |Ivanna Hampton

Ivanna Hampton: Here’s what’s ahead on this week’s Investing Insights. Preparing for the next tax season starts now. Morningstar Inc.’s editorial director for financial advice Sheryl Rowling shares four tips to become a tax-efficient investor. Plus, JPMorgan Chase is staying steady. Tesla is scaling back. What Morningstar analysts think about both companies’ outlooks and their stocks. And climate change is on the proxy ballot.

Mar 15, 2024 | fundoperator.com | Jackie Cook

@Pixabay. The corporate US is making progress on resolving the gender pay gap, but there is still a large amount of work to do in the asset management and investment sector. This finding comes from a new report by Arjuna Capital, Proxy Impact, and DiversIQ – the seventh annual Racial and Gender Pay Scorecard – which ranked how the largest 100 US companies, as well as companies engaged with by investors, stacked up on pay gap disclosure and performance.