Advertisement
UK markets open in 2 hours
  • NIKKEI 225

    39,079.63
    +462.53 (+1.20%)
     
  • HANG SENG

    18,930.02
    -265.58 (-1.38%)
     
  • CRUDE OIL

    77.03
    -0.54 (-0.70%)
     
  • GOLD FUTURES

    2,374.80
    -18.10 (-0.76%)
     
  • DOW

    39,671.04
    -201.95 (-0.51%)
     
  • Bitcoin GBP

    54,621.21
    -68.15 (-0.12%)
     
  • CMC Crypto 200

    1,514.61
    -11.81 (-0.77%)
     
  • NASDAQ Composite

    16,801.54
    -31.08 (-0.18%)
     
  • UK FTSE All Share

    4,560.55
    -23.85 (-0.52%)
     

UniCredit renews commitment to boosting shareholder returns - chairman

A view of the Unicredit headquarters of which many employees are working from home due to a coronavirus outbreak, in Milan

MILAN (Reuters) - UniCredit <CRDI.MI> remains strongly committed to increasing returns for investors in Italy's biggest bank, its chairman said, following a decision to suspend dividend payments and a share buyback to comply with supervisory guidance.

The decision on payouts prompted by the regulatory response to the new coronavirus crisis has come as a blow to UniCredit CEO Jean Pierre Mustier's strategy of focusing on boosting shareholder returns after shelving plans for a cross-border merger.

"This objective will be achieved through a renewed determination, also following the board's decision not to pay dividends until at least October 2020 and to withdraw the request for a share buyback," Chairman Cesare Bisoni said in the text of a speech delivered at Thursday's annual general meeting.

The AGM is being held behind closed doors due to the pandemic.

(Reporting by Valentina Za; editing by Agnieszka Flak)