ANALYSIS: Q4 Activism Boosts 2022 Activity to Five-Year High

Jan. 11, 2023, 10:00 AM UTC

Geopolitical tensions and legal developments in the US motivated investors last year to try to modify company behavior. In 2022, activists launched the most investor activism campaigns (632) since Bloomberg began tracking global investor activism in January 2017.

This five-year high is largely thanks to Q4’s 178 new campaigns—the highest for Q4s that Bloomberg has on record, and the second highest across all quarters since 2017 (behind Q2 2018’s 194 campaigns).

Q4’s Numbers, Explained

Last year’s busy tech sector and high-profile M&A activity help explain Q4’s numbers.

Tech Sector’s Busy Year

The technology sector led all sectors in the number ...

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