A review of hedge funds and their investor activism: do they help or hurt other equity investors?

M Schneider, LV Ryan - Journal of Management & Governance, 2011 - Springer
Hedge funds tend to be highly activist investors who exercise their “principal power” over
their portfolio firms. We observe that, compared to other investor types, hedge funds appear …

[BOOK][B] Gone global: The international diffusion of hedge fund activism

RV Aguilera, R Federo, Y Ponomareva - 2020 - books.google.com
Having originated in the US context, hedge fund (HF) activists have become prominent
players on the global corporate governance landscape (Brav et al., 2010, 2015; Ahn and …

Managerialism versus shareholderism: An examination of hedge fund activism

M Schneider - Shareholder empowerment: A new era in corporate …, 2015 - Springer
F or investment institutions that fully exploit their private status, hedge funds command a
surprisingly large public profile. For example, the media gave significant coverage to SAC …

[PDF][PDF] Gone Global: The International Diffusion of Hedge Fund Activism

RVAR Federo, Y Ponomareva - ruthaguilera.com
After decades of being primarily a US-based phenomenon, the globalization of hedge fund
(HF) activism is increasing at an unprecedented speed. This chapter reviews the empiri cal …