Shareholder Activists – A bigger Threat than Strategic Buyers

A Strategic Communications Perspective

A wave of activism is sweeping across the Atlantic
While the past decade has seen a steady increase of shareholder activism in the UK, the true battleground has been continental Europe, which has witnessed a dramatic surge in activity.

Meanwhile, the US, long the centre of activism, has seen the number of campaigns stagnate since 2016. The growing threat represented by shareholder activism is more than just anecdotal – idle chatter heard on the streets of Europe’s financial capitals. It is evidenced in the hard data and recent high-profile campaigns that clearly point to a wave of activism sweeping across the Atlantic, even if the number of attacks has dipped recently.

Auch wenn die Anzahl der Attacken von aktivistischen Investoren in letzter Zeit etwas nachgelassen hat, sollten sich Unternehmen auf potenzielle Angriff vorbereiten, rät die Kommunikationsberatungsagentur Kekst CNC in einem aktuellen Paper.

Das Paper als PDF finden Sie hier.