Activist campaign at Xerox indicates company management is at risk
In a week when Xerox’s CEO has been singled out by an activist investor, FactSet data shared with IR Magazine indicates that the...
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Activism, M&A Archive
Shareholder activism in 2018: Pumping up the volume
In a rising market environment, activist investors still seemed to dominate the business news in 2017. It was a year in which...
Hong Kong governance proposals will not address concerns, warns shareholder activist
Hong Kong-based activist shareholder David Webb has warned that proposals issued by the region’s stock market operator to reform...
Activist investors target more than 100 European companies
More than 100 Europe-based companies have been publicly subjected to activist investor demands in campaigns up to the end of...
Activists target US companies
Activists this year have set their sights on US companies, with 395 from a total of 640 activist demands year to date (YTD)...
Number of firms targeted by activists more than doubles in Asia
A sea change in shareholder activism across Asia has seen the number of companies publicly targeted more than double between 2013...
Five questions with Morrow Sodali’s Charlie Koons
Charles Koons, formerly at MacKenzie Partners, recently joined Morrow Sodali as managing director of its activism and contested...
Board picks in contested scenarios are less diverse, study finds
Shareholder activists’ director picks to join company boards are on average whiter, younger and more likely to be male than their...
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Activists set sights on Israeli companies
Activist shareholders are waking up to the opportunities presented by a maturing Israeli stock market, according to new data from...
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Activism: Taste for large-cap targets picks up in 2017
Shareholder activists renewed their appetite for US large caps in the first half of the year, with almost a third of companies...
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