Experts in Shareholder Activism

Shareholder activism will only increase in the next few years. With corporate valuation down and an economic and political environment favorable to change, we are witnessing a new wave of investor demands. In particular, due to the liquidity problems facing many corporations, there is a clear shift from the financial-oriented activism campaign aiming at cash extractions to new initiatives pursuing strategic, operational, and governance-related corrections.

Activist campaigns are disruptive and costly. Hedge Fund Solutions advises corporate clients on activism avoidance strategies and how to build best practices of governance and stakeholder relations. We provide early intelligence on activist activity and predictive behavior, and program-manage response and mediation strategies. If activists start to lobby for change and control, and a full-blown proxy contest ensues, we have the expertise and resource reach to help executive teams navigate through the complexities and intensities of this.

Hedge Fund Solutions conducts ongoing and extensive research about activist shareholder groups, their investment strategies, personalities and practices. We follow each activist campaign closely to stay adept and current and monitor securities regulations and governance trends on a constant basis. We share this knowledge through our blog and complementary research reports, and well as provide detailed situation-specific analysis to subscribers.

Our principals have all had direct experience managing publicly-traded companies where activist shareholders have demanded strategic, operational and financial change.  These lessons of experience, combined with our developed expertise advising CEOs, boards of directors and institutional investors on shareholder activism through multiple engagements, uniquely positions Hedge Fund Solutions to provide practical solutions to clients in this particularly challenging and specialist domain.

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