The new face of activism
Last summer, UK hedge fund Laxey Partners succeeded in ousting three board members of Private Equity Investor, a publicly listed...
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Investor perspectives Archive
Spotlight on Montreal and Toronto
Canada is known for its wide open landscapes, tasty maple syrup and friendly people. This openness applies to its investment...
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Spotlight on London
London is known for its history, its world-famous landmarks and its robust financial community – otherwise known as the City. In...
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Changing rules of engagement
In February a New York-based fund, backed by the California Public Employees' Retirement System (Calpers), the largest US...
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Psychology of investing
When Tremaine Atkinson, COO at LSV Asset Management (LSV), picks his stocks, he usually goes for the underdog companies. His...
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Shelter from the storm
Jim King, Rydex HealthcareRydex portfolio manager Jim King oversees a wide spread of mutual funds – mostly run on a quantitative...
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Grassroots IR conferences
Amid the tech meltdown that closed out the 1990s, Jordan Darrow watched the stock of Primus Telecommunications Group plummet to $0...
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Will the mutual fund scandal hit home?
Q. With all the news about institutional investors dumping mutual funds implicated in scandals, how concerned should I be? Some of...
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Handling hedge funds
Q. There is a hedge fund with a significant position in our stock and my CEO wants to know what we can do about it. In my...
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