Hedge Funds and Corporate GOvernance

The business model of hedge fund activism is to identify undervalued public companies whose intrinsic value is substantially higher than the ...

Hedge Fund Activism, Short-Termism, and a New Paradigm of ...

Chief Justice Strine looks at the corporate governance world through the lens of what he calls the “human investors,” i.e., the ordinary ...

Eight Corporate Governance Steps That Hedge Fund Managers ...

Overall, the Report demonstrates a desire among investors for higher corporate governance standards at hedge funds. The Report attributes this desire to ...

Hedge Funds, Corporate Governance, and Information Acquisition

My dissertation uses a unique dataset, which captures 'clicks' on companies' SEC filings, to answer three questions related to hedge fund activism.

Corporate Governance and Hedge Fund Management

Conventional thinking about governance issues for hedge funds is to view them as mutual funds or money managers. This article proposes an alternative view—that ...

Hedge fund activism, corporate governance, and firm performance

We find that activist hedge funds in the United States propose strategic, operational, and financial remedies and attain success or partial success in two- ...

Exit, Voice and Loyalty from the Perspective of Hedge Funds ...

Hedge funds seek to determine a change in the governance or in the strategy, from which they will profit by selling their shares at a premium after performance ...

The Contractual Governance of Private Equity Funds and Hedge ...

Hedge funds and private equity increasingly play an important role in the financial services industry and corporate governance in both Europe and the United ...

Corporate Governance Challenges For Hedge Funds

In this article, we will seek to explore where we are in the ongoing governance debate, and where we are likely to get to in the near term.

Hedge Fund Boards and the Market for Independent Directors

Fich and Shivdasani (2006) find that firms with a high proportion of busy directors are associated with weak corporate governance and poor firm performance, and ...

Corporate governance in hedge funds: - Mutual Fund Directors Forum

The increased focus on the quality of governance on hedge fund boards comes as a direct result of higher levels of institutional investment in hedge funds ...

Corporate Governance and the New Hedge Fund Activism

Hedge funds are not normal institutional investors. They launch proxy fights for corporate control. Their recent successes and wolf pack tactics have ...

Hedge Fund Activism in Corporate Governance - SpringerLink

Hedge fund activism is an important disciplinary mechanism in corporate governance. It consists in actions aimed to change the way a company ...

Hedge Funds in Corporate Governance and Control | Request PDF

Hedge fund activism is an important disciplinary mechanism in corporate governance. It consists in actions aimed to change the way a company is managed, without ...

Investor and regulatory pressures continue to force change in hedge ...

Institutional investors and regulators are agitating for stronger of hedge fund corporate governance, with majority independent boards with the expertise ...

Corporate governance and hedge fund management - IDEAS/RePEc

Conventional thinking about governance issues for hedge funds is to view them as mutual funds or money managers. This article proposes an alternative view ...

Hedge Fund Activism | ECGI

Hedge funds are engaging in a form of shareholder activism and monitoring that differs fundamentally from previous activist efforts by other institutional ...

Corporate Governance of hedge funds - Finance-Magazine.com

The extent of corporate governance appropriate to a hedge fund is a matter to be determined primarily by the board in consultation with the investment manager.

Hedge Funds and Their Impact on Corporate Governance By Evan ...

Enhanced Accountability: Hedge funds often acquire substantial stakes in companies, granting them considerable leverage. They advocate for ...

6. Hedge funds as corporate governance actors - Elgaronline

'Hedge Fund Investors Fall in Love with Merger Arbitrage (Again)',. Bloomberg (27 April 2016). 312. Corporate governance and investment management. Roger M.