Meet the Super Hedge Fund
The investment world has a love-hate relationship with activist hedge funds. Some activist funds have achieved impressive results over the years by shaking up sleepy corporations, extracting results for shareholders and kicking out ineffective management. On the other hand, other activist funds have caused more trouble than they are worth by entering a position, shaking up a business to draw out every drop of profit and then moving on with little regard to employee welfare and company longevity.
Hedge fund activism isn’t perfect, but in some cases, activists are needed to help a company realize its full potential. Furthermore, hedge fund activism can rally institutional investors to promote certain operational goals at major US companies although...
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