Australia's AMP Ltd said Francesco De Ferrari continues to be its chief executive officer, hours after a local media column said he would resign on Thursday, sending the wealth manager's shares down during trading hours.
Shares of the scandal-hit AMP fell 3.6% before trading was halted for more than 20 minutes leading up to markets close following the column https://www.afr.com/rear-window/amp-ceo-francesco-de-ferrari-to-resign-today-20210325-p57e1v in the Australian Financial Review.
In a brief statement, AMP said it "confirms Francesco De Ferrari remains as Chief Executive Officer of the group."
De Ferrari took on the top job in December 2018 after a banking royal commission revealed widespread misconduct by the company, including charging customers for services it did not provide and misleading regulators.
AMP shares have lost more than 40% of their value since he started his role as clients continue to pull their funds amid more scandals.
More recently, Ares Management pulled a A$6.36 billion takeover offer for AMP, instead choosing to buy 60% of the private markets business of its asset management arm.
(Reporting by Nikhil Kurian Nainan in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur)
