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Author Butu, Mihaela, author.

Title Shareholder activism by hedge funds : motivations and market's perceptions of hedge fund interventions / Mihaela Butu.

Publication Info. Hamburg, Germany : Diplomica Verlag GmbH, 2013.
©2013

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Description 1 online resource (58 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Reihe Alternative Investments ; Band 5
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Shareholder Activismby Hedge Funds; Table of contents; List of figures; List of tables; 1 Introduction; 2 Shareholder Activism; 2.1 Activism by traditional institutions; 2.2 Activism by hedge funds; 3 Data and overview of types of activism; 3.1 The sample; 3.2 Classification of events by type of activism; 3.3 Examples of activist events; 4 Stock returns on hedge fund activism; 4.1 Methodology; 4.2 Empirical results; 5 Summary and conclusion; Appendix: Two examples of activist events -- Schedule 13D; References.
Summary In recent years, hedge funds' successful interventions in some large public companies have revealed their critical role in the corporate governance landscape in the United States and Europe. Due to public opinion, this new form of shareholder activism is accompanied by much polemic. This study examines the nature of hedge fund activism, the types of them, and the market's perception of interventions in the United States. Starting with a distinction between shareholder activism by traditional institutions, and activism performed by hedge funds, the study elucidates why the latter may be more ef.
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Subject Corporations -- Investor relations -- Germany.
Corporations -- Investor relations.
Germany.
Stockholders -- Germany.
Hedge funds -- Germany.
Stockholders.
Hedge funds.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Advertising & Promotion.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Butu, Mihaela. Shareholder activism by hedge funds : motivations and market's perceptions of hedge fund interventions. Hamburg, Germany : Diplomica Verlag GmbH, ©2013 56 pages Reihe Alternative Investments ; Band 5 9783842889149
ISBN 9783842839144 (electronic book)
3842839146 (electronic book)
3842889143
9783842889149
9783842889149
3842889143 (Trade Paper)
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