Some Fidelity Investments funds voted this spring to oppose the compensation received by General Electric Co. CEO John Flannery and other top GE executives, according to regulatory filings published last week.
The funds registered their opposition through the “say on pay” question asked of shareholders at GE (NYSE: GE) and other publicly traded companies each year on their proxy ballots. “Say on pay” votes are nonbinding but help corporate boards gauge investor sentiment on executive pay…