Tag Archives: activist


Breach Inlet Capital Urged Atlanta Braves Holdings to Run a Sale Process:

HedgeCo.Net — Breach Inlet Capital Management, describing itself as a top-20 institutional shareholder of Atlanta Braves Holdings (BATRK) for nearly a decade, publicly urged the bo… Continue reading

Palliser Capital Pressed Recordati to Drop Support for a €51.29 Tender:

HedgeCo.Net — Palliser Capital, a Recordati S.p.A. shareholder, on September 14 publicly issued a letter dated September 1 calling on the company’s board to withdraw support for Re… Continue reading

Oasis Management Nominated Four Directors to the Vail Resorts Board:

HedgeCo.Net — Vail Resorts confirmed in a September 11 PR Newswire statement that Oasis Management nominated Robert A. Chapek, M. Ashton Hudson, Bryce Roberts, and Picabo Street fo… Continue reading

Barington Built a Bath & Body Works Stake and Pushed for a Sale:

HedgeCo.Net — Barington Capital Group has built a stake in Bath & Body Works (BBWI) and is pressing the company to explore a sale, including a potential private-equity deal, accord… Continue reading

STARTEEPO Urged a Strategic Review of Xerox Financial Services:

HedgeCo.Net — STARTEEPO SICAV a.s. issued a September 7 letter and presentation to Xerox Holdings’ board urging a formal strategic review of Xerox Financial Services (XFS), includi… Continue reading

Flashlight Capital Sought Samsung Shareholder Lists in Its S-1 Campaign:

HedgeCo.Net — Singapore-based activist Flashlight Capital Partners has requested the shareholder registers of five Samsung Group units that collectively own 20.6% of South Korean s… Continue reading

Elliott Built a Stake in Air Liquide and Pushed for Higher Margins:

HedgeCo.Net — Reuters reported on August 31, 2026 that Elliott Investment Management has built a stake in Air Liquide (AIRP.PA) and is urging margin improvements versus rivals. Sta… Continue reading

Engine Capital Urged EPAM to Launch Aggressive Buybacks or a Strategic Review:

HedgeCo.Net — Engine Capital LP said Monday it had delivered a letter to the board of EPAM Systems urging either an aggressive share-repurchase program or, failing that, a formal s… Continue reading

Elliott Built a Stake in Air Liquide and Pressed the Industrial-Gases Group on Margins:

HedgeCo.Net — Elliott Investment Management has built a stake in Paris-based Air Liquide and is urging the industrial-gases group to improve margins versus listed peers, people fam… Continue reading

Paul Singer Escalates War on Phillips 66: Activism Returns to the Core of U.S. Energy:

(HedgeCo.Net) Activist investing is once again asserting itself at the highest levels of corporate America, and few developments illustrate this resurgence more clearly than the intensifying campaign led by Paul Singer and Elliott Management against Phillips 66. What began as a targeted critique of strategy […]

The “Dow Jones Activist Wave” Gains Momentum: Why America’s Most Iconic Companies Are No Longer Untouchable:

(HedgeCo.Net) For decades, inclusion in the Dow Jones Industrial Average represented more than just scale—it symbolized stability, institutional confidence, and, perhaps most importantly, insulation. The so-called “Dow 30” companies were widely viewed as too large, too entrenched, and too systemically […]

Personality Meets the Public Market: Bill Ackman’s “Brand Equity” Pershing Square USA:

(HedgeCo.Net) The “Retailization” Rubicon In the history of activist investing, few figures have commanded the spotlight with as much calculated precision as Bill Ackman. Today, March 10, 2026, marks a pivotal moment in that narrative as Pershing Square USA (PSUS) moves […]