Recent actions by hedge fund Elliott indicate management teams that fail to perform may be in the firing line.

Activist investors are expected to step up their campaigns across Europe this year, with American firms increasingly involved ...

The rapid onslaught by Musk and his pseudo-government agency, the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has happened ...

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The attack on Jay Sures' Brentwood home last week by protesters has seen an eruption of support for the UTA chief from ...

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The conservative activist group Advance wants to make a big impact on this year's federal election and it's got The Greens and progressive independents in its sights. It's revived material that it ...

The logo of US software company Palantir Technologies is seen in Davos, Switzerland, on May 22, 2022. (File photo: Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann) 04 Feb 2025 05:06AM (Updated: 04 Feb 2025 05:13PM) ...

The appointment of activist-nominated directors is an emerging phenomenon, but they’ve come with increased reports of stakeholder harm. A new study published in Strategic Management Journal ...

Elliott Management built a stake of more than GBP 300M in London-listed Smiths Group (SMGZY) ahead of the conglomerate’s announcement last week that it would pursue a break-up, the Financial ...

LPL Financial (LPLA) announced that the advisors at Charter Oak Wealth Partners have joined LPL Financial’s broker-dealer, RIA and custodial platforms, aligned with existing firm Academy Financial.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Smiths’ announcement came just weeks after Engine Capital, with a roughly 2 per cent stake in the company ...