Executive compensation, bonuses and dividends under investor scrutiny in Italy
20 April 2020 Articles
Andrea Di Segni, Managing Director at Morrow Sodali, commented in an article published by Corriere Della Sera on how institutional investors are coping with the raising difficulties to engage with companies in the present AGM season due to the organization of virtual meetings.
According to Morrow Sodali’s Institutional Investor 2020, climate change (91%), in particular issues related to environmental, social and governance policies (in short ESG factors), and human capital management (77%) are themes prioritized by institutional investors in their decision making.
However, "the Covid-19 context and the impact on the global economic and financial outlook have certainly led funds to increasingly adopt a ‘supervisory’ role with respect to executive remunerations and dividends, to make sure these are consistent with actual business performance and expected financial results,” observed Di Segni.
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