Returns to Shareholder Activism: Evidence from a Clinical Study of the Hermes UK Focus Fund.

This article reports a unique analysis of private engagements by an activist fund. It is based on data made available to us by Hermes, the fund manager owned by the British Telecom Pension Scheme, on engagements with management in companies targeted by its UK Focus Fund. In contrast with most previo...

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Main Authors: Becht, M, Franks, J, Mayer, C, Rossi, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2009