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ACTIVIST SHAREHOLDER
Activist shareholders are investors who use their ownership stakes in publicly traded companies to influence strategic changes in the hopes of increasing shareholder value. The goals of activist shareholders vary from financial (i.e., increasing value) to non-financial (i.e., moving to sustainable practices). Prominent activist shareholders include pension funds, such as Calpers and Calsters, as well as hegde fund managers like Carl Icahn, Bill Ackman and Chris Hohn.
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Pershing Square Capital Management sent out its latest investor letter at the beginning of this month.
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Pershing Square Capital Management, which is run by shareholder activist Bill Ackman, revealed yesterday that it has...
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Peter Cohen's Ramius Capital Group has upped its investment in the technology sector, increasing share amounts in...
Today, in the very birthplace of capitalism, an entrenched, arrogant, and incompetent congress equates greedy...
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Lansdowne Partners, a London-based hedge fund manager, is teaming up with co-founder of Children's Investment fund...
Diversified asset manager and financial services firm GAMCO was very active last month. According to a recent Catalyst...
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This week, activist hedge fund manager Steel Partners revealed that it had increased its holdings in Adaptec Inc.
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After a string of disastrous investments and his departure from Yahoo!'s (YHOO) board last Friday, it's time for Carl...
Adaptec Inc. (NASDAQ: ADPT), a technology data storage manufacturer, issued a strongly worded letter last week to its...
Activist Investing Returns Rebound in 2009
The OZ Master Fund, Och-Ziff Capital Management\'s flagship fund, gained 2.39 during September, outperforming the hedge...
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