Courtney Midanek, managing director for Kaufman Hall’s mergers, acquisitions, and partnerships practice, sheds light on the future of healthcare industry transactions in this edition of Looking Ahead. Midanek explains how existing business models have shifted, where private equity funding will likely land, and what trends in industry M&A we can anticipate moving forward.

Biden’s SEC chairman has indicated he will look the other way on potential conflicts of interest at proxy-advisory firms. Read HERE.

Source: National Review

Even as the coronavirus pandemic forced pay cuts, furloughs and layoffs across the United States, a new survey found that CEO pay in 2020 continued to soar, compared to employee pay. Read HERE.

Source: Forbes

Health system executives and boards of directors are likely to encounter four areas of concern as they recover from the pandemic’s impact and prepare for the future.

In this episode of Looking Ahead, Indivar Khosla, Microsoft’s Vice President of Financial Services, US, forecasts which digital capabilities can help financial services differentiate themselves from their competitors.

To hear more from Microsoft on the future of financial services and to gain additional insights from industry leaders and inspirational change agents, join us in attending Envision: U.S. Financial Services Summit Series on May 12, 2021.

What role should the board play when it comes to digital transformation? In this episode of Looking Ahead, we gain the perspective of three executives from Crowe on how the board can assess their current delivery models, consult the proper leaders on their team when considering a digital shift and measure the results of a transformation project.

Directors and senior executives have critical roles to play in leading the effort to digitally transform companies of all sizes and in all industries.

In this episode of Looking Ahead, Ken Kaufman, Chair and founding partner of Kaufman Hall, gives his perspective on the the United States healthcare industry amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, including drivers for transformation and growth in the nonprofit sector.

As CEOs take pay cuts to show solidarity with workers, compensation committees are turning to building bonus structures for 2021 and beyond. But the process of tying bonuses to the right metrics to incentivize management has changed under the current economic landscape.

Activist investors have a large war chest that could see them going on a spending spree, as certain stocks remain highly deflated. How boards manage the Covid-19 response could determine whether they set their sights on the company.