shareholder activism
Owners demanding change
Shareholder activism is the use of an ownership stake in a company to pressure its management toward changes in policy, strategy, or governance.
Activist shareholders may push for cost cuts, board changes, environmental commitments, or breaking up the company.
Tactics range from private negotiations to public campaigns and proxy fights: The hedge fund's shareholder activism forced a spinoff of the struggling division.
- activist investorStockholder seeking corporate change
- share buybacksCompany reacquiring its equity
- proxy votingEntrusting your ballot elsewhere
- proxy fightBattle for shareholder votes
- executive compensationSenior management earnings package
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- economic activismboycott, divestment, corporate accountability, proxy voting, ethical shopping
- ethical financeethical investing, impact investing, fair lending, green bonds, microfinance
- Shareholder Activismproxy fight, proxy vote, proxy voting, board seat, majority stake
- takeovershostile takeover, hostile bid, tender offer, takeover bid, corporate raider
- environmentalismecology, conservationism, recycling bins, campaigner, environmentalism
- governancegovernance, government, democracy, vote, parliament
shareholder activismabsentee ownership
Possessing property without presence
shareholder activismalgorithmic trading
Computer-driven market transactions