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ACTIVIST SHAREHOLDER
Activist shareholders are investors who use their ownership stakes in publicly traded companies to influence strategic changes in the hopes of increasing shareholder value. The goals of activist shareholders vary from financial (i.e., increasing value) to non-financial (i.e., moving to sustainable practices). Prominent activist shareholders include pension funds, such as Calpers and Calsters, as well as hegde fund managers like Carl Icahn, Bill Ackman and Chris Hohn.
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Today, in the very birthplace of capitalism, an entrenched, arrogant, and incompetent congress equates greedy...
Peter Cohen's Ramius Capital Group has upped its investment in the technology sector, increasing share amounts in...
Hedge fund manager Paulson & Co. now owns over two percent of Cadbury plc (CBRY.L) after doubling its stake in the...
Diversified asset manager and financial services firm GAMCO was very active last month. According to a recent Catalyst...
This week, activist hedge fund manager Steel Partners revealed that it had increased its holdings in Adaptec Inc.
JSM Indochina, an Aim-listed property fund that primarily invests in retail and residential properties in Vietnam and...
HealthSouth could become the first US company to reimburse activist stakeholders for the expenses incurred while...
After a string of disastrous investments and his departure from Yahoo!'s (YHOO) board last Friday, it's time for Carl...
From this week's Hedge Fund Solutions Catalyst Research Report we are highlighting Sandler Capital Management's...
Adaptec Inc. (NASDAQ: ADPT), a technology data storage manufacturer, issued a strongly worded letter last week to its...
Tony Chedraoui, the former portfolio manager of the Deephaven European Event Fund, announced a November 1 start date...
The OZ Master Fund, Och-Ziff Capital Management\'s flagship fund, gained 2.39 during September, outperforming the hedge...
Steve Wynn and his chief operating officer are pushing back from the table. Since the end of July, Steve Wynn has sold...
From this week's Hedge Fund Solutions Catalyst Equity Research Report, we are highlighting the Biotechnology Value...
Toscafund, the activist hedge fund run by Martin Hughes, has sold half of its stake in Aberdeen Asset Management to...
From this week's Catalyst Equity Research Report, we are highlighting their update on the Shamrock Activist Value...
Activist Investing Returns Rebound in 2009
Earlier this month, the board of directors of Adaptec (NSDQ:ADPT) stripped a Steel Partners executive of his chairman...
Clicking for a cause is nothing new. Online change-makers have been using Care2.com as their “free click to donate”...
Maggie Wilderotter -- the most recent addition to Yahoo!'s (YHOO) board, joining in July 2007 (not including Carl Icahn...
Over the past 2 weeks, I've criticized Yahoo!'s (YHOO) Carol Bartz and HP's (HPQ) Mark Hurd for excessive pay and...
Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:BAC) activist investor Jonathan Finger of Finger Interests Number One Ltd.
In this week's hire report, we look at recent hires made by hedge fund managers Elliott Management, WestSpring Advisors...
Kudos to Michelle Leder at Footnoted for spotting another distasteful perk paid for by hapless shareholders.
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