Post Proxy Fight, Activist Investors Still Need To Communicate Their Long-Term Value

By Zach Kouwe Activist investors just wrapped up another record year shaking up companies across the globe. But as anyone in professional sports will tell you, with success comes the spotlight, and criticism of activist investors has ratcheted up and begun creeping into the mainstream. Activist Investors In November, The Atlantic Monthly ran a lengthy article with the headline: Can America’s Companies Survive America’s Most Aggressive Investors? It ponders whether activist investors are damaging the economy and hurting American workers by pushing companies to embrace strategies for short-term stock boosts instead of long-term sustainability. Aside from Harvard professor Lucian Bebchuck,…