Shareholder Activism Gaining Momentum In Europe

Interest in shareholder activism has been steadily building in Europe for a number of months, with 13 European companies having been publicly targeted by activists in 2014 so far. The June 2014 issue of Activist Insight points out most activist investors have a different approach than value investors in their research. Shareholder activism gaining currency in Europe The Activist Insight points out that Bill Ackman’s claim in October 2013 that an invasion of U.S. hedge funds was inevitable has merely added fuel to shareholder activism in Europe. Though activism hasn’t yet become commonplace in Europe, there is a sense that…