To our clients and friends:
For many banks, the impact of COVID-19 on the financial performance has reduced or eliminated entirely the achievement of the 2020 performance-based compensation goals established before the breakout of the pandemic. As 2020 comes to an end, banks will need to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on their performance-based compensation, specifically whether to adjust or eliminate performance goals to provide more realistic incentives for their executive officers and employees.
Our Alert, which is available here, provides an overview of key considerations for adjusting or eliminating performance goals in consideration of the effects of COVID-19.