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...Jeff Yass’s Susquehanna International Group first invested $80,000 in ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, on the back of an idea sketched on a napkin in a Beijing coffee shop more than a decade ago....
...The Breakthrough board and investors include Mukesh Ambani, Jeff Bezos, Reid Hoffman and Sir Chris Hohn....
...There has been a willingness to slim GE down, even going back to Jeff Immelt, who was running the business for 16-17 years after 9/11....
...This includes Larry Fink at BlackRock, Jamie Dimon at JPMorgan, Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook and Jeff Bezos at Amazon....
...In 2018, the bonus for Jeff Fairburn, then chief executive of housebuilder Persimmon, was slashed from £110m to £75m after an outcry....
...Despite the strong showing, Vanguard, which is the company’s largest shareholder after founder Jeff Bezos, said it did not support the proposal....
...shareholders have come under increasing pressure to tackle high executive remuneration in recent years, after high pay packages, such as those paid to Martin Sorrell, the former chief executive of WPP, and Jeff...
...Private equity firms are scouring the UK’s Brexit-battered stock market for targets, announcing takeover approaches at the fastest pace since 1999, DD’s Kaye Wiggins and the FT’s Attracta Mooney and Gill...
...Go deeper with this just published analysis from the FT’s Patricia Nilsson, Jonathan Eley and Attracta Mooney. Finally here’s Lex....
...Persimmon chief executive Jeff Fairburn’s single total figure for 2017 was £47m, thanks to a bumper bonus known as a long-term incentive plan that dated from 2012....
...Founder Christian Mooney says he is now looking into independent subscription services so that people can watch short artist videos at home....
...Euan Stirling, head of stewardship at top 10 shareholder Standard Life Aberdeen, said: “Persimmon’s reputation has been tarnished by issues around Jeff Fairburn’s pay....
...This included signing off pay at housebuilder Persimmon, despite Jeff Fairburn, then chief executive, receiving a £75m bonus....
...Investors’ renewed focus on pay follows a £75m bonus payment to Jeff Fairburn, the chief executive of housebuilder Persimmon who resigned this month, and a doubling in shareholder revolts over remuneration...
...Last week Jeff Fairburn, chief executive of UK housebuilder Persimmon, was forced to leave his job after protracted controversy over a £75m bonus award....
...Shareholders were instrumental in February in pushing Jeff Fairburn, chief executive of housebuilder Persimmon, to give back £30m of his £110m bonus after Standard Life Aberdeen branded the payout “preposterous...
..., Attracta Mooney, investment correspondent....
...“The fund’s long-term performance demonstrates that ESG investing can be very successful,” said Jeff Kripke, portfolio manager. Some investors have been with the Pioneer fund since the 1950s....
...At the annual meeting a little less than a fortnight ago, shareholders backed a pay package to make Jeff Fairburn the best-paid chief executive of a British listed business....
...Aberdeen Standard Investments, the company’s sixth-largest shareholder, criticised Jeff Fairburn’s bonus as “grossly excessive”, adding that it remained “a huge concern” despite Mr Fairburn’s recent promise...
...The revolt came despite Persimmon promising to reduce the proposed £110m payout to chief executive Jeff Fairburn following heavy criticism from shareholders and politicians....
...Several Persimmon executives are in line for bumper bonuses, including chief executive Jeff Fairburn....
...At Persimmon, shareholders narrowly supported the pay report, which made chief executive Jeff Fairburn the highest-earning chief executive in the UK with a payout of £75m....
...The large payouts at Melrose, coupled with the planned £110m bonus for Jeff Fairburn, chief executive of housebuilder Persimmon, as well as other executives’ contentious packages, have reinforced concern...
...Last week, Jeff Fairburn, chief executive of Persimmon, the housebuilder, was forced to give up £30m in bonuses after criticism from shareholders, including Standard Life Aberdeen....
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