Activist Hedge Funds Want a Seat on Your Board of Directors

Activist hedge funds exert their influence in several ways, but recently they’ve been trying something new: acquiring board seats on their portfolio companies. Once there, fund representatives can advise and monitor company leadership to maximize the company’s value.Ipek Yavuz, Assistant Professor of Finance at the Desautels Faculty of Management, studied the impact of activist board members who perform advisory and monitoring roles in target portfolio companies. She shares her findings on the latest McGill Delve podcast episode.--More from McGill Delve: delve.mcgill.caProfessor Yavuz’s study: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P5PRykJ_eV60X3iFnPzOmnAx6n6aeD-E/view--McGill Delve is the official thought leadership platform of McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management. Subscribe to the McGill Delve podcast on all major podcast platforms, including Apple podcasts and Spotify, and follow Delve on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.