A leading consultant to activist hedge fund campaigns says the UK could see additional activism, notes US targets are increasingly harder to find. US running out of easy targets Speaking in a question and answer format in Bloomberg Brief’s Mergers publication, David Rosewater, a partner at Schulte Roth & Zabel who consults with activist investors, noted US activists are running out of easy targets. “It’s gotten a lot more crowded, and people are running a lot of similar screens,” he said, referring to the same view of available deals seen by many. “I think that’s one of the reasons you’re seeing activists…
UK Should Expect To See Rise In Activist Hedge Fund Activities
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.