GE CEO Met With Activist Investor Nelson Peltz

General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) is worried that it could be the next target of activist investors, says Charlie Gasparino at Fox Business, citing sources inside the company. GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt and other senior management held a meeting last August with activist investor Nelson Peltz of Trian Partners in what the company has referred to as a ‘leadership meeting’.

“He spoke specifically about how an activist might look at GE, and what management might do to meet those demands,” the source told Gasparino.

Activist tactics have gone mainstream

Even if Immelt doesn’t have any specific fears, he may be right to worry how his company (and his management) is viewed through the eyes of activists. Once seen as disruptive and pursuing...