By Schulte Roth & Zabel, Activist Insight and Hedge Fund Insight staff Recently, Schulte Roth & Zabel (SRZ), a leading financial services law firm, and Activist Insight released their 2018 Activist Investing Annual Review. The review analyzes recent trends in shareholder activism, ranks the top activist investors, and predicts what’s to come for activist investing. 2017 proved to be a […] Read more »
A Lone Star Activist – An interview with Jeff Eberwein of Lone Star Value Management
From Activist Insight Not many activists run as many as five proxy contests a year, still less when their team consists of two members. Jeff Eberwein is no ordinary activist, however. His Lone Star Value Management has the most newly disclosed positions in 2014 according to Activist Insight’s count, making entering the activist investing game […] Read more »
Bulldog Investors Returns To Using Proxy Contests
From Activist Insight Bulldog Investors LLC didn’t run a proxy contest in the first half of 2013, but all of a sudden two have come along at once. The activist, still one of the busiest around but less aggressive in recent years, announced last month that it would nominate directors at two companies – Firsthand Technology […] Read more »
Icahn Tops Activist Activity in 3Q
From Activist Insight In this article from “Activism Monthly”, recent trends in shareholder activism are tracked and uncovered after a busy third quarter. Activity rate As anticipated, the number of Schedule 13D filings (i.e.initial disclosures of US activist positions) fell in quarter three, from 33 in each of the first two quarters to 25 […] Read more »