Actively Speaking Podcast

Understanding Management Compensation

March 17, 2023 Epoch Investment Partners Episode 40
Understanding Management Compensation
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Actively Speaking Podcast
Understanding Management Compensation
Mar 17, 2023 Episode 40
Epoch Investment Partners

We look at the importance of understanding how company management is compensated. At a very basic level, we believe that incentives matter. Presumably, executives want to maximize their compensation, so any time you are thinking of investing in a company, you should want to know what incentives those executives are responding to, because that will tell you what kinds of actions they are likely to take. (February 21, 2023)

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We look at the importance of understanding how company management is compensated. At a very basic level, we believe that incentives matter. Presumably, executives want to maximize their compensation, so any time you are thinking of investing in a company, you should want to know what incentives those executives are responding to, because that will tell you what kinds of actions they are likely to take. (February 21, 2023)