 | | | | BlackRock Inc (BLK.N) has received a licence in China for a majority-owned wealth management venture, expanding its footprint in the country's fast-growing asset management market. | | | | | | Aerospace company Boeing Co (BA.N) was explicit, naming who among its dozen directors were women, Asian and African American. Agricultural giant Archer Daniels Midland Co (ADM.N) offered a more general accounting, saying its board was 55% diverse. | | | | | | The biggest banks in the world plan to re-open their offices, emboldened by aggressive vaccination drives and falling case numbers in major financial hubs, after sending most employees home early last year to help stem the spread of the virus. | | | | | | Britain's biggest asset manager, Legal & General, on Tuesday said it will vote for an activist hedge fund's board slate at Exxon Mobil's (XOM.N) shareholder meeting later this month, fueling a pitched fight over the oil major's future. | | | | | | Hedge fund Honest Capital said on Tuesday that it opposes a $2.8 billion deal that At Home Group Inc (HOME.N) signed last week to sell itself to private equity firm Hellman & Friedman, even as the U.S. home goods retailer searches for a higher bid. | | | | | | Bitcoin hit a record high just shy of $65,000 last month, the latest landmark on its march to wider acceptance. A growing embrace by major companies and financial firms, particularly in the United States, have fuelled its gains. | | | | | | The British government has completed the sale of 1.1 billion pounds ($1.55 billion) in shares of NatWest (NWG.L), lowering its stake to below 55% in the lender it bailed out over a decade ago. | | | | | | Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) is working with Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) and Bank of America (BAC.N) to sound out investors about a capital increase worth roughly 3 billion euros ($3.7 billion), possibly as soon as June, people close to the matter said. | | | | | | While some technology stocks got a boost Friday after a disappointing U.S. jobs report, some portfolio managers say that blow-out earnings from several large technology companies over the last few weeks are not enough to keep making outsized bets on the sector. | | | | | | An investor group on Thursday called on Exxon Mobil's (XOM.N) board to recruit directors and senior executives with energy and clean fuels experience, echoing calls at the center of an ongoing proxy fight. | | | | | |
