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RiskMetrics to Hold Webcast on Management Actions on Executive Pay on March 17

The housing market collapse and resulting credit crisis have brought significant erosion of shareholder value, unprecedented levels of market volatility, and a continuing lack of confidence among market participants. Observers are questioning the role of executive compensation in incentivizing risk-taking behavior by executives who oversaw the creation and proliferation of the complex financial instruments at the root of the liquidity crisis.

RiskMetrics will host a webcast addressing these issues on Tuesday, March 17 at 11 a.m. EDT. Our webcast panel will share insights into management actions on stock and other incentive plans shareholders voted on in 2008 and what we're seeing in 2009.

Speakers include:
--Mark A. Borges, Compensia Inc.
--Andrew Letts, Vice President of Corporate Governance at State Street Global Advisors
--Laura Thatcher, Alston & Bird
--Valerie Ho, RiskMetrics' Head of Compensation Research

The panel will also cover other executive compensation hot topics, such as performance goal adjustment, award exchanges, and other trends to watch. Carol Bowie, Head of RiskMetrics' Governance Institute, will moderate the panel.

To register for this webcast, please visit here.

Full post as published by Institutional Shareholder Services -- Corporate Governance Blog on March 16, 2009 (boomark / email).