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Moody's: Shareholder activism likely to pick up in North America and elsewhere in 2017

New York, February 02, 2017-- Shareholder activists will be busier pursuing North American non-financial corporate targets in 2017 following a slowdown last year, Moody's Investors Service says in a new report. But while activists still have the spending power to take on even the largest companies, they'll be challenged to find attractive targets and to persuade them to implement shareholder-friendly changes. "Rising M&A activity, as well as companies' growing cash piles and...
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