Entries tagged "Rachel Posner"
With the economic downturn and shareholder activism on the rise, it is more important than ever for corporations to communicate strategies to shareholders. At The Deal's M&A Outlook 2009 conference, Timothy Brog, a portfolio manager at Locksmith Value Opportunity Fund LP; Damien Park, president and CEO of Hedge Fund Solutions; Jared Landaw of Barington Capital Group LP; and Rachel Posner, senior managing director and general counsel of Georgeson Inc., addressed how companies should communicate with shareholders in regards to shareholder activism. See the video after the break. - Maria Woehr...
At The Deal's M&A Outlook 2009 conference, panelists discussed how and why activist shareholders are gaining support. In this video Matthew Sherman, a partner at Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher, and Rachel Posner, senior managing director and general counsel for Georgeson Inc., explain that there is an upswing in support for activist investors due to a lack of strategy communication by companies. - Maria Woehr...
Activist shareholders campaigns have increased, and many are gaining the support of other shareholders and institutional investors. At The Deal's M&A Outlook 2009 conference Tuesday, panelists discussed how and why activist shareholders are gaining support. ...
