Understanding Activist Investors in the Boardroom

Several hundred companies in the US have been subjected to activist investor demands with over half of those demands being successful. Activists ...

Activists in the Boardroom: How to Prepare and Keep the Dialogue ...

“The focus of investors has shifted from a board-centric to a shareholder-centric environment,” noted Ms. Ruggeri. She explained that in the past, institutional ...

The director's guide to shareholder activism

Understanding what these shareholders may seek will help the company assess its risk of becoming a target and help it know what tactics to ...

Preparing For An Activist Investor - Corporate Board Member

The best defense against shareholder activism is a clear strategy that is well-articulated to shareholders, executed deftly and evidenced by financial and ...

Demystifying Activist Investors Fireside Chat

Gonzalez-Sussman. VICE CHAIR, SHAREHOLDER ACTIVISM PRACTICE. Elizabeth possesses a clear understanding of market practices, deep knowledge of the law, and ...

What to Do When an Activist Shows Up - Directors & Boards

Well before any outreach from an activist investor, the board should schedule periodic updates to review vulnerabilities. This includes a ...

An Activist Investor Lands in Your Boardroom — Now What?

Contrary to the adverse experience of some governing boards, activist investors can actually prove to be a leadership asset on the board rather ...

How Boards Can Respond to Shareholder Activists - Boardroom Pulse

In fact, when companies experience a decline in prices, they may see a rise in shareholder activism, in which activist investors actively seek a change in the ...

Dealing with Activist Directors on the Board

With no end in sight to the rapid increase in shareholder activism and activist settlements, companies must be prepared for the new reality of dealing with ...

Wachtell Lipton Discusses How to Deal with Activist Investors

While traditional activism focused on short-term profit, stock price and total shareholder return (TSR) continues, a new set of activists has ...

Activism Defense and Preparedness: Three ways boards can prepare

Do you have the right talent in the boardroom ... Our decades of experience contribute to our knowledge of activists and our understanding of investor views of ...

Is Your Board Ready for an Activist Investor?

Many company executives tend to fear them, and a recent study seems to validate their personal concerns: when activist investors target a company, over 34 ...

Shareholder activists: Barbarians in the boardroom or capitalism's ...

Activist investors have been called many things over the past decade, from barbarians in the boardroom to capitalism's unlikely heroes.

Dealing with Activist Hedge Funds and Other Activist Investors

The Attack Devices Used by Activists · ownership from 10 calendar days to 5 business days. · Prevention of, or response to, an activist attack is ...

What Is an Activist Shareholder? What They Do and How They Work

Understanding a Shareholder Activist ... Shareholder activism is a way that shareholders can influence a corporation's behavior by exercising their rights as ...

Activist Investors Take On the Board - Korn Ferry

Activists, those pesky investors who buy a small stake with the goal of making big changes to a company, are no longer the short-term players gunning for a ...

Activist Investors Often Use These Arguments To Oust Board Members

Directors should understand that some of those activists could be considered “professional takeover artists” who firmly believe they can achieve better ...

How to Outsmart Activist Investors - Harvard Business Review

Reprint: R1405F Since the start of the 21st century, a new breed of shareholder—the activist hedge fund—has frequently played a decisive role in ...

How to handle activist investors - Fortune

How to handle activist investors ... Directors often dismiss or provoke these investors—who often agitate for a board seat—at their own peril.

What is an activist investor? | Corporate Governance | CGI

Activist investing is about creating shareholder value by causing change. Activist investors often advise company management, force a restructuring, or replace ...