Investor activists launched an impressive 823 campaigns in 2023—the most annual campaign launches since Bloomberg began tracking global activism in 2017. And they did this despite the regulatory changes that impacted investor activism in 2023 such as the universal proxy and updates to Regulation 13D-G.
But it wasn’t just a standout year: The campaign launch totals for every quarter last year surpassed the highest totals Bloomberg has on record for that quarter.
And Q4’s 244 campaigns marked the most campaigns launched by activists in a single quarter in at least the last six years.
These heightened numbers could ...
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