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Activist investing

  • Downing Strategic Micro-Cap hits back at activist investor attempt to ‘thwart’ wind-down

    Investment

    Activist investor Milkwood Capital has been condemned by an investment trust it is targeting for an attempt to thwart its pursuit to shutter.

    The survey put activity in the services sector at its fastest pace since April, extending the current period of growth to ten months.
  • Smith & Nephew shares jump after activist investor Cevian takes stake

    Health

    The FTSE 100 firm's stock price rose as much as seven per cent in early trading, with Cevian taking a shareholding of just over five per cent.

    The Stockholm-based investor now holds 43.9m shares in the company.
  • UK investors missed the global rally in 2023 as they dumped equity funds for bonds

    asset management

    IA’s figures showed UK retail investors pulled £24.3bn from open-ended funds in 2023, although slightly better than the figure reported for 2022 it was still one of the highest and fastest levels recorded. 

    IA’s figures showed UK retail investors pulled £24.3bn from open-ended funds in 2023
  • Activist investor Kelso gains board seats at The Works as it tries to enhance shareholder value

    February 14, 2024

    Kelso chief John Goold and chief financial officer Mark Kirkland have gained non-executive director positions, and will focus on "all matters relating to shareholder value."

  • Cheap London firms in crosshairs of trigger-happy activist investors in 2024

    January 10, 2024

    Activist investors are circling the London Stock Exchange this year in a bid to capitalise on the “significant valuation gap” facing UK firms, a new report has claimed.

  • Disney gets backing from investors amid boardroom clash with Peltz

    January 4, 2024

    Disney has secured support from activist hedge funds in its battle against billionaire investor Nelson Peltz's attempts at a board coup.

  • Hipgnosis Songs Fund reports revenue and asset value decline amid uncertainty over its future

    December 21, 2023

    Hipgnosis Songs Fund, the investment company that owns a portfolio of music and song royalty rights, has today published its delayed interim results for the six months to 30 September.

  • Hipgnosis Songs Fund delays results as value of company’s assets thrown into question

    December 19, 2023

    Hipgnosis Songs Fund, the embattled investment trust, has today delayed the publication of its financial results.

  • What’s going on at Disney as the board battle with activist investor Peltz reignites?

    December 1, 2023

    Activist investor Nelson Peltz has reignited the boardroom battle at Disney in a fresh clash between his investment firm and Disney.

  • Activist Nelson Peltz lifts stake in Disney as shares near decade low

    October 9, 2023

    Activist investor Nelson Peltz has reportedly raised his fund’s stake in Disney and is eyeing multiple seats on the board for himself and his underlings. Trian Fund Managament, founded by billionaire Peltz in 2005, has increased its stake in the Mickey Mouse creator to more than $2.5bn (£2bn), according to a Wall Street Journal report [...]

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