Hedge Funds in Corporate Governance and Corporate Control

Although hedge funds hold great promise as active shareholders, their in- tense involvement in corporate governance and control raises two ...

Hedge funds have become critical players in both corporate governance and corporate control. In this article, we document and examine the ...

Hedge Funds in Corporate Governance and Corporate Control

By Marcel Kahan and Edward B. Rock, Published on 01/01/07.

Hedge Fund Activism, Corporate Governance, and Firm Performance

Hedge funds seldom seek control and in most cases are non- confrontational. The abnormal return around the announcement of activism is approximately 7%, with no ...

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This chapter analyzes the implications of the rise of hedge funds for corporate governance and corporate control. It examines a variety of presumptively.

Hedge Funds in Corporate Governance and Corporate Control

Hedge Funds in Corporate Governance and Corporate Control. Marcel Kahan & Edward B. Rock. Volume 155 Issue 5 2007. Article.

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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 ...

What Hedge Funds Can Teach Corporate America

Rock, Hedge Funds in Corporate Governance and Corporate Control, 155 U. PA. L. REV. 1021, 1062–69 (2007) (discussing the nature of hedge fund monitoring);.

Hedge fund activism, CEO turnover and compensation

... funds' investment, they might affect the governance on target firm management ... Hedge funds in corporate governance and corporate control. Univ ...

Hedge Fund Corporate Governance Driving ESG Investing - Govenda

According to the SEC, hedge funds have a more flexible investment strategy. Unlike mutual funds, hedge fund corporate governance is not ...

Hedge Funds in Corporate Governance and Corporate Control

Hedge Funds in Corporate Governance and Corporate Control ... To read the full-text of this research, you can request a copy directly from the authors. Citations ...

Hedge Funds and Corporate GOvernance

In contrast, there is evidence of real monitoring in the more aggressive recent activism of hedge fund managers, in part because financial innovation has.

The Impact of Hedge Fund Activism on Corporate Governance

... hedge fund activism can bridge the separation of ownership and control to hold managements accountable. Others, however, believe that activist hedge funds ...

The Impact of Hedge Funds on Corporate Governance System

Most importantly, does this new form of shareholder activism make corporate governance more efficient? From an economic point of view, this is the case if hedge ...

Hedge Fund Governance

Hedge fund governance is a form of managerialism because the funds' underlying legal regime gives managers near complete authority over the structure and ...

Corporate Governance and Hedge Fund Management

This view is hardly surprising for hedge funds that are private equity-like in their investment strategies but it does not appear to be the way in which ...

Corporate Governance and Hedge Fund Activism

Over the past two decades, hedge fund activism has emerged as a new mechanism of corporate governance that brings about operational, financial ...

Corporate Governance - The Hedge Fund Journal

Non-executive directors on hedge fund boards are there for several reasons, one of which is to protect the shareholders (i.e. your investors). Do you really ...

Hedge funds in corporate governance and corporate control.

We first examine the "dark side" of activism--instances where the interests of activist hedge funds conflict with those of their fellow shareholders--to see ...

Hedge Fund Activism and the Market for Corporate Quasi-Control

Hedge funds may hold shares for longer periods when they obtain board seats and often become heavily involved in corporate strategy and ...