June 21, 2024
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by Exxon Mobil Corp. against Arjuna Capital after a lawyer for the activist investor group vowed not to try to resurrect a shareholder policy opposed by the company. The judge in Fort Worth, Texas, …
May 24, 2023
Activist investor Cevian Capital has sold down its entire stake in British insurer Aviva, ending its campaign to drive up investor payouts at the FSTE 100 company. Cevian said in a statement that Amanda Blanc and her management team had …
December 16, 2022
Financial executives and Texas state senators clashed over company concerns for climate change at a hearing on Thursday, a rare in-person confrontation as Republicans ramp up attacks on the use of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in investing. Texas …
June 27, 2022
Leonardo Del Vecchio, the Italian entrepreneur who started off with a tiny optics workshop in the Dolomite mountains and ended up as the undisputed world leader in eyewear, has died. He was 87. His death was confirmed on Monday by …
June 8, 2022
The candidate to replace entrepreneur Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone on the board of Italy’s Generali has turned down the position, potentially opening the way for one of Caltagirone’s defeated leadership candidates to take up the role. Caltagirone, Generali’s second-largest shareholder, quit …
June 2, 2022
A majority of shareholders of gunmaker Sturm Ruger & Co. voted in favor of a shareholder resolution calling for a human rights impact report, executives said on Wednesday. The company also said all director nominees were elected and that investors …
May 27, 2022
Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone, the second largest shareholder in Assicurazioni Generali, has quit its board, the Italian insurer said on Friday, opening a new chapter in a long-standing shareholder row. Caltagirone holds a 9.95% stake in Generali, having beefed up his …
May 3, 2022
The board of Generali on Monday reappointed Philippe Donnet as chief executive with 10 votes in favor out of 13, two sources said, after a group of rebel Italian investors seeking to oust him lost out in a shareholder vote …
April 29, 2022
Philippe Donnet kept his job as chief executive of Italian insurer Generali on Friday, surviving a challenge from rebel domestic investors who retained board seats and vowed to keep up the pressure for reform. The vote at the company’s annual …
April 28, 2022
Philippe Donnet, who has been CEO at Europe’s third-largest insurer since 2016, is running for reappointment with the backing of Generali’s outgoing board and its leading shareholder Mediobanca. Donnet’s candidacy is opposed by Italian tycoon Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone, Generali’s second-largest …