Activist Shorts In 2017 – Short Sellers Take Pause

Rising markets seem to make activist short sellers more hesitant in H1 2017

Activist short sellers launched just 100 campaigns in the first half of 2017, compared to more than 250 in each of the last two years, according to data published in the Activist Insight Monthly Half-Year Review 2017, produced in association with Olshan Frome Wolosky.

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