Extreme Value Hedging: How Activist Hedge Fund Managers Are Taking on the World
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (600 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 047045024X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 370 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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He also predicts activist investors and corporate executives will soon be taking their battles online."--RiskMetrics Group. "a surprisingly entertaining read if you want to understand this phenomenon, and how it's impacting our investments" --bloggingbuyouts "Orol examines how activist investors are impacting corporate boards through interviews with activist investors, money managers and corporate executives
Author Ronald D. Solomon (Ramius Capital Group LLC), Michael Van Biema (Van Biema Value Partners), Eric Rosenfeld (Crescendo Partners), Lars Förberg (Cevian Capital) and Emanuel Pearlman (Liberation Investment Group), among many, many others.. and how they are spreading their influential gospel around the globe to places like China, Ukraine, South Korea and Sweden. He discusses everything from activist investor efforts to breakup the clubby insider world of corporate boardrooms to their deal-making or breaking pressure tactics and courtroom battles. These types of managers are here to stay and Extreme Value Hedging tells the story of their rise to power in the U.S. Orol has a unique understanding of this world and through this book he shares his unparalleled insights in an easy to comprehend manner. Orol skillfully makes his case for each subject by offe
"well documented but could be streamlined" according to P. T. Kelly. author does a very thorough job citing quantitative analysis and primary sources of information on a variety of activist situations and topics.however, IMO book could have used some better editing and sequencing. chapters frequently reference those same academic research and primary sources and in each chapter we are introduced to those sources as if it was the very first time they were mentioned. the upside to this is that chapters can stand on their o. "Fascinating subject but unstructured" according to investingbythebooks. To some, activists are a flock of locusts destroying all what comes in their way. Others see them as champions of the rights of owners and slayers of corporate waste and inefficiency. In 2000 Financial journalist Ronald Orol got assigned to the task of scanning the SEC filings called 1Fascinating subject but unstructured To some, activists are a flock of locusts destroying all what comes in their way. Others see them as champions of the rights of owners and slayers of corporate waste and inefficiency. In 2000 Financial journalist Ronald Orol got assigned to the task of scanning the SEC filings called 13D to scout for news. These filings, where activists describe the strategic options they propose to companies paved the way for a carer reporting on a growing segment of t. D to scout for news. These filings, where activists describe the strategic options they propose to companies paved the way for a carer reporting on a growing segment of t. GREAT INSIGHTS N. Horner This is a great distillation of what is happening all around us in the world of activist fund management. While the book is highly accessible to the average reader, the behind the scenes glimpse at the personalities and strategies in the activist fund world are a treat for anyone with an interest in finance/investing.