Sentences with phrase «rise of activist investors»

One new factor leading to more REIT purchases is the rise of activist investors such as Jonathan Litt, co-founder of Land & Buildings Investment Management.

This fostered the rise of activist investors.

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One of Adamczyk's first big tests will be his handling of activist investor Dan Loeb's proposal that Honeywell spin off its aerospace unit, where margins have risen, but sales growth has lagged.

In after - hours trading on Tuesday, Panera's shares rose about 4 %, while Buffalo's grew 5.3 %, as that stock continues to benefit from a jolt in the wake of interest from an activist investor.

So increasing focus on shareholder - friendly corporate governance, the rising clout of activist investors and the robust market for corporate control are all manifestations of the fact that shareholders want big companies to give them back their cash, and that companies are increasingly willing to do so.

The nonprofit arm of America Rising, known as America Rising Squared, oversees some of the group's most controversial work on climate change: deploying «trackers» to videotape activists like Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org, and Tom Steyer, the billionaire investor and Democratic donor.

Observing that stock prices rose dramatically when owner - managers of «Wall Street's orphaned stars» decided to sell, and outside investors were «typically a diffuse bunch in no position to put heat on the controlling insiders,» activist investors saw the obvious value proposition and path to a catalyst and entered the fray.