He was turfed out on June2nd, justtwodaysafterItaly's stockmarketregulatortold Generali, the country's largestinsurancecompany, to convene aboard meeting to tackle a boardroom split.
The Vix, a measure of stockmarket volatility traded on the Chicago Board Options Exchange, hit a record of 59.1 on October 8th, a sign of extreme nervousness.
Its Big Board is now the only large stockmarket in the world that continues to use the old technology: a crowd of people on a floor shouting and jostling.