All articles tagged: activist investor

Efforts to dismantle cross-held shares and improve board oversight are succeeding amid heightened interest from private equity and activist investors.

Discoveries in materials science could lead to a new era of growth. Who is best positioned to benefit — incumbent companies or upstarts?

Financial engineering won’t fix a stagnant valuation.

Activist groups’ ideological stance, as well as a company’s own characteristics, shape the types of strategies used to effect change.

A large proportion of shareholder proposals contested by firms receive support from other investors when put to a vote.

Mature food companies need to use aggressive cost reduction, portfolio simplification, and substantially new approaches to growth to deliver competitive returns.

Two leaders of an Australian fund explain how they challenged deceptive messages about investment capability, and raised the game of the companies they work with.

Outside investors have their megaphones. But insiders have a more powerful tool for creating value: deep knowledge of their business and customers.