Another leading Morrisons investor publicly denounces £6.3bn bid

Another leading Morrisons investor publicly denounces £6.3bn bid by private-equity-backed consortium By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 17:26 EDT, 29 July 2021 | Updated: 17:26 EDT, 29 July 2021 Another leading Morrisons investor has publicly denounced the £6.3billion bid by a private-equity-backed consortium.  Fortress and its backers were in pole position after the … Read more

JD Sports bracing for bruising investor rebellion

JD Sports bracing for bruising investor rebellion after it was slammed for handing ‘inappropriate’ special bonuses to chairman Peter Cowgill By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 13 June 2021 | Updated: 21:59 BST, 13 June 2021 JD Sports is bracing for a bruising investor rebellion after it was slammed for handing … Read more

Sotheby’s owner Patrick Drahi becomes biggest BT investor with 12% stake 

Moroccan-born billionaire Patrick Drahi’s cost-cutting measures have not always gone down brilliantly with the company’s he took over. In 2017 Mr Drahi’s personal fortune took a nosedive when he took on dozens of telecoms companies in a short period of time. Altice had a debt burden of £43billion which made it vulnerable and caused investors … Read more

Top investor Aviva fires warning shot at GSK boss Emma Walmsley

Top investor fires warning shot at GSK boss Walmsley as she prepares to fight off Wall Street raiders: Jury is still out on her future, declares Aviva By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:59 BST, 17 May 2021 | Updated: 22:06 BST, 17 May 2021 Glaxosmithkline boss Emma Walmsley has been put on … Read more

Aston Martin faces investor revolt over boss’s pay

Aston Martin faces investor revolt for handing bonuses to its chief executive after accessing £13m in emergency funds to survive pandemic By Helen Cahill, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 BST, 15 May 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 15 May 2021 Aston Martin faces an investor revolt for handing bonuses to its chief executive after … Read more

Allied Minds hit by major investor revolt over chairman’s pay

Former Woodford stock Allied Minds hit by major investor revolt over chairman’s pay By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 12 May 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 12 May 2021 Pay row: Allied Minds saw 47% of shareholders vote against chairman Harry Rein (pictured) Former Woodford stock Allied Minds has suffered a … Read more

‘Rio TNT’ detonates investor rage over a £7.2m bonus for ousted boss

‘Rio TNT’ detonates investor rage over a £7.2m bonus for boss who oversaw destruction of a sacred site By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 23:40 BST, 4 May 2021 | Updated: 23:55 BST, 4 May 2021 Rio Tinto is bracing for a shareholder rebellion tomorrow after handing £7.2million to its boss who oversaw … Read more

Aviva faces investor revolt after preference shares scandal

Aviva faces investor revolt after angering shareholders by deciding not to claw back fees from directors who oversaw preference shares scandal By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 2 May 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 2 May 2021 Aviva faces an investor revolt this week after angering shareholders by deciding not to … Read more

Confessions of an impulsive investor: A nice cheap global tracker beats my magpie Isa

Equities began the year pretty much where they had left off in 2020 – in a ‘buy everything’ bull market. Despite some wobbles before Christmas, growth shares made further gains in the first few weeks of the year alongside the recovery trade in value and cyclical stocks. My magpie Isa was 25 per cent up … Read more