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: 21:50 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

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

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

How to tell if you’re a prudent investor or a reckless gambler

Gambling and investing are worlds apart. One could lose you all your money. The other is a slow and steady route to long-term wealth.  Yet telling the difference between the two is easier said than done. After all, both can involve holding shares in companies or trading other financial instruments. A new type of investment … Read more

Credit Suisse faces investor backlash after Archegos crisis leaves it nursing heavy losses

Credit Suisse faces investor backlash after Archegos crisis leaves it nursing heavy losses By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:18 BST, 30 March 2021 | Updated: 22:18 BST, 30 March 2021 Credit Suisse is facing a major investor backlash after the Archegos crisis left it nursing heavy losses. The banking giant was already … Read more

Deliveroo will lower share price citing ‘volatile market’ after investor concerns over worker rights

Deliveroo has said it will price shares for its highly anticipated stock market listing towards the bottom of its price range due to ‘volatile’ market conditions. It comes after a week in which a raft of leading fund managers said they will reject the listing – which could be the UK’s biggest for a decade … Read more

THE PRUDENT INVESTOR: Why I’ve fallen back in love with my Isa

I have fallen in love with Isas all over again. For years, my Isa was the poor relation in my investment portfolio as I piled money into my pension to gain tax relief on contributions. But punitive recent tax changes have taken the gloss off pensions for anyone who saves hard and invests successfully. Those … Read more