Data source: The Activist Investing Annual Review 2018 produced by Activist Insight in association with Schulte Roth & Zabel (SRZ). Elliott Management tops “The Activist Top 10” for the third year in a row. Activist Insight selects the list based on the number of campaigns, average size of targets, news stories generated and annualized returns. “The Activist Top […] Read more »
The Year in Activism Infographic
From Activist Insight related content: Consultant Verus Negative on Outlook for Event Driven Hedge Funds (Jan 2017) Can Activism Survive A Down Market? (March 2016) John Paulson on the Benefits of Activism (Dec 2010) Read more »
Activists Post Best Month In Two Years
From Cliffwater LLC Risk assets rallied strongly in February led by developed equity markets. This propelled the HFRI Event Driven Index to its best monthly return since October 2011 at 3.0%. While positive returns were generated across all event driven sub-strategies, activist and equity special situations strategies benefited the most from the equity market […] Read more »
The Activist Top Ten
From Activist Insight In The Activist Investing Annual Review 2014, Activist Insight looked at which activists created the biggest splash in 2013. Using its unique database, the company gave each of these well-known activists a ranking for categories such as the number of new investments in 2013, the average size of these investments, and […] 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 »