She warns that it would be difficult to superimpose the corporate model on an existing partnership — and that all concerned would have to be wary of the corporate
goal of maximizing shareholder value.
Certainly, in the 1920's and 1930's, the idea of management running a company for the
purpose of maximizing shareholder value was a totally «foreign» concept, one which didn't really come into the mainstream until the past decade and, even now, is certainly not an operative principle at all U.S. firms.
This is why, as a professional investor who is charged with looking after my shareholders» and clients» wealth and savings, I find it distressing when corporate boards and managements get distracted from their
role of maximizing shareholder value.
The Fund's strategy is value - oriented seeking to purchase shares at a discount to a company's true worth, as well as event - driven with the goal
of maximizing shareholder value either through dividend increases, share buybacks, spin - offs or an outright sale.