Elliott Investment Management, one of BP's largest shareholders, on Monday called on the energy giant's new chairman Albert ...

Major BP (NYSE:BP) shareholder Elliott Management wants the company's incoming chairman to urgently improve the cost base and ...

BP has been accused of “chronic underperformance” by US hedge fund Elliott as it stepped up pressure on the struggling oil ...

While the stock has not outperformed its peers over the past five years, the company has become a potential takeover target for larger firms. Even if a takeover doesn’t happen, the activist investor ...

Albert Manifold, the former chief executive of building materials company CRH, will join the BP board in September and take ...

BP named outsider Albert Manifold, the former boss of building materials producer CRH , as its new chairman on Monday, as it ...

BP named a new board chair after activist shareholders pressured the company to move in a new direction. The London-based ...

On Monday, BP announced Albert Manifold, former head of building materials producer CRH, as its new chairman. This ...

Elliott Management and BP have declined to comment on the reports, which do not specify the size of any potential stake accrued by Paul Singer's hedge fund. The British oil major, ...

BP shares whipsawed on Wednesday after activist investor Elliott went public with a stake of more than 5% in the struggling British oil major.

More recently, Elliott has been pushing British oil giant BP (BP) to divest some of its businesses and Phillips 66 (PSX) to sell its midstream assets.

This makes Elliott BP's second-biggest shareholder after Blackrock at 9.2% and ahead of Vanguard at 4.95%, according to LSEG data. BP's current market valuation is around $76 billion.