Compensation Advisory
What We Do
Alliance Advisors has built a compensation team that is second to none. We have specialists with deep relevant experience who come from ISS, Glass Lewis, major compensation consultants and major institutional investors.
- Help develop an equity compensation plan to maximize shareholder support.
- Conduct an institutional shareholder profile to determine the equity plan voting policies of your top institutional shareholders.
- Model your equity plan proposal against the guidelines of the major Proxy Advisory Firms, make recommendations to improve scoring against these models.
- Review the quantitative features of your plan, such as burn rate and voting power dilution, to determine how large shareholders are likely to vote on the plan.
- Perform vote projections to determine likely outcome of the proposal.
- Assist in drafting proxy language to best position the plan to shareholders.
Governance Advisory
What We Do
Alliance will work with you year-round as governance topics arise. Most of the business decisions a company makes will have an impact on how shareholders, other stakeholders, and the proxy advisory firms engage with you and make vote decisions. Alliance Advisors will make you aware of potential concerns and how best to address them.
Circular / Proxy / Agenda Review:
Anticipating risks to the items up for shareholder approval and devising a plan of action are some of the ways we prepare clients and ensure successful shareholder meeting outcomes.
- We will perform a comprehensive review of the proxy statement/circular and related materials from an institutional investor and proxy advisory firm perspective to highlight potential areas of concern.
- Work with issuers to ensure disclosures are clear and meet transparency expectations of institutional investors. Provide examples of best-in-class disclosures and advise clients on how to align with these.
- Project expected levels of shareholder support for particular ballot items, identifying shareholders likely to oppose and their rationale.
- Provide research, advice, and voting projections on shareholder proposals.
Governance Benchmarking:
We will help you understand how your company’s governance policies and practices compare to peers, provides valuable perspective on the evolution of best-practice and advise on areas where your company may be lagging.
- Review and baseline current governance practices to identify focus areas.
In-depth analysis of performance against industry peers (local and global) to identify priority opportunities for improvement. - Provide updates on trends in ESG, shareholder activism, institutional investor policies, and related topics to support board and management.
Sustainability Advisory
What We Do
Our Full Circle approach provides companies with tailored support to develop an effective sustainability approach and navigate the rapidly evolving investor expectations, regulatory requirements, and disclosure standards of the sustainability landscape.
By taking a proactive approach to sustainability and integrating environmental and social considerations into your existing business strategy and governance structures, your company will be well positioned to manage risks and create value.
Our customized solutions enable our clients to best communicate their sustainability story and to achieve their unique sustainability and governance-related objectives across the following:
- Reporting & Disclosure
- Benchmarking & Investor Analysis
- Strategy & Capacity Building
- Stakeholder & Trends Assessment
- Climate Analysis & Reporting
- Annual Meeting Support
