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Can High ESG Ratings Help Sustain Dividend Growth?

Harvard Corporate Governance

on Thursday, August 18, 2022 Editor's Note: Subodh Mishra is Global Head of Communications at Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. One possible source of returns in this environment could be dividends, particularly from those companies able to grow their dividends despite the prevailing macroeconomic headwinds.

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Weekly Roundup: August 12-18, 2022

Harvard Corporate Governance

Posted by the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, on Friday, August 19, 2022 Editor's Note: This roundup contains a collection of the posts published on the Forum during the week of August 12-18, 2022. Posted by Kurt Harrison, Sarah Galloway, and Emily Meneer, Russell Reynolds Associates, on Friday, August 12, 2022.

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Share Buybacks and Executive Compensation: Assessing Key Criticisms

Harvard Corporate Governance

trillion in 2022”. [1] Prior to the initial rules issued in 1982 that allowed for buybacks, companies largely had to be dependent upon dividends to allocate excess cash. According to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler, “In 2021, buybacks amounted to nearly $950 billion and reportedly reached more than $1.25

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Share Repurchases on Trial: Large-Sample Evidence on Market Outcomes, Executive Compensation, and Corporate Finances

Harvard Corporate Governance

Kothari (MIT), and Parth Venkat (University of Alabama), on Wednesday, August 3, 2022 Editor's Note: Nicholas Guest is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at Cornell University Johnson Graduate School of Management; S.P. Posted by Nicholas Guest (Cornell University), S.P.

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SEC Finalizes New Clawback Rules

Harvard Corporate Governance

Posted by Mike Kesner, Lane Ringlee, Pay Governance LLC, on Tuesday, November 15, 2022 Editor's Note: Mike Kesner is Partner, and Lane Ringlee is Managing Partner at Pay Governance LLC. stock splits, stock dividends, etc.). This post is based on their Pay Governance memorandum. Introduction and Background. more…).

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Dividends, Shareholder Signals & Present Value

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As market and financial data for 2022 continue to roll in, we are beginning to prepare for our annual benchmarking study. One early finding is that investors clearly distinguished between companies that pay dividends and those that don’t. While it was a down year across the board.

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Here's Why Global Payments Shares Are Trading Higher Premarket

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Dividend: The board approved a dividend of $0.25 per share, payable September 30, 2022, to shareholders of record on September 16, 2022. Adjusted EPS of $2.36 beat the consensus of $2.35. Global Payments held $1.93 billion in cash and equivalents. The board authorized an increase of the company's share repurchase.