Morten W. Langer
torsdag 27. maj 2021 kl. 12:26
Financial Weekly presents the annual ranking of the top executives of the 50 largest listed companies in Denmark. For the sixth year in a row, DSV’s Jens Bjørn Andersen wins. The rating is based on responses from 35 stock analysts and portfolio managers. Netcompany’s André Rogaczewski repeats last year’s ranking as runner-up. But otherwise there have been big shifts at the top of the rankings, where there are several high-flyers. Here we review this year’s winners and losers, and seek to present explanations for what has moved the positions.
The super-team of Danish top executives, which is highlighted positively by analysts and portfolio managers, is unchanged from last year in the top two positions. But otherwise there have been big changes.
Friday, January 8, 2021
On December 22, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved the New York Stock Exchange’s proposed new direct listing rules to allow companies engaging in a direct listing to raise capital directly through a primary sale of shares, in addition to, or instead of, only facilitating sales of shares by existing shareholders, as previously permitted.
These direct listing rules, originally approved by the SEC on August 26, 2020, were discussed in detail in the August 31, 2020 edition of the
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest. However, after initially approving the direct listing rules, on August 31, 2020, the SEC stayed implementation of the rules following receipt of a letter issued by the Council of Institutional Investors (CII) pursuant to which CII stated its intention to petition for a review of the direct listing rules. CII’s objections were previously discussed in the September 4, 2020 edition of the