Purpose – This paper seeks to analyse Steel Partners' investments and activism targeting United Industrial, Ronson, and BKF Capital to provide context for the debate surrounding shareholder activism by hedge funds and how incumbent management should cope with it. Steel Partners is one of the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate short‐selling around private investment in public equity (PIPE) issuances, for evidence of manipulative short‐selling by hedge funds. Design/methodology/approach – The authors use the Regulation SHO short‐selling data in combination...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to investigate the benefits of using a more diverse derivative strategy of a fund in relation to their performance and risk characteristics. Design/methodology/approach – In this study, samples of 3,382 individual hedge funds and 761 funds of hedge...

The dynamic environment of investment banks, hedge funds, and private equity firms comes to life in David Stowell's introduction to the ways they challenge and sustain each other. Capturing their reshaped business plans in the wake of the 2007-2009 global meltdown, his book reveals their key...

Updated edition of the book that gives investors, advisors, and managers the tools they need to launch and maintain a hedge fund in today's economy The hedge fund industry has gone through dramatic changes in recent years. Investors of all types continue to want to place their assets into these...

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- FIRST Part - The UCITS directives -- Chapter I. UCITS - a short history -- Chapter II. Key Statistics -- II.1 Global and European key figures -- II.2 Luxembourg key figures -- Chapter III. The legal set-up -- III.1 Law-making process (EU Directives and...

Purpose – The paper was written with the intention of drawing attention to a fundamental dysfunction that is widespread in large organizations today – a myopic focus on maximizing shareholder value. Design/methodology/approach – The paper identifies the source of the dysfunction, the...

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