2014Governance DirectionsRequires access

Trends in shareholder activism

Brendan Sheehan

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Abstract

The past year and a half has seen a significant shift in the world of shareholder activism. Once regarded as the realm of short-term hedge funds looking to effect change at a company in order to achieve an immediate return often at the expense of long-term investors activism is now considered mainstream.

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The past year and a half has seen a significant shift in the world of shareholder activism. Once regarded as the realm of short-term hedge funds looking to effect change at a company in order to achieve an immediate return often at the expense of long-term investors activism is now considered mainstream.

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The past year and a half has seen a significant shift in the world of shareholder activism. Once regarded as the realm of short-term hedge funds looking to effect change at a company in order to achieve an immediate return often at the expense of long-term investors activism is now considered mainstream.

Key concepts: Hedge fund, Mainstream, Shareholder, Business, Term (time), Realm, Order (exchange), Economics

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