2008
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1100945
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Hedge Funds versus Private Equity Funds as Shareholder Activists - Differences in Value Creation

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“…The two studies on the German market however, find significantly weaker stock reactions on the PD (Bessler et al . (), Mietzner and Schweizer (). A possible reason might be the lack of information about the objective of the HFs’ transaction in Germany.…”
Section: Price Effects To Hf Activism: Information and Price Pressurecontrasting
confidence: 54%
“…The two studies on the German market however, find significantly weaker stock reactions on the PD (Bessler et al . (), Mietzner and Schweizer (). A possible reason might be the lack of information about the objective of the HFs’ transaction in Germany.…”
Section: Price Effects To Hf Activism: Information and Price Pressurecontrasting
confidence: 54%
“…Dependent variables. In a similar vein to previous studies (Brav et al., 2008; Mietzner & Schweizer, 2008), we used a dichotomous variable – foreign blockholding acquisitions – to indicate whether a firm was targeted by foreign investors. If a foreign institutional investor acquires at least five percent stake in a publicly listed company during the course of a calendar year, the variable was coded 1 and 0 otherwise.…”
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confidence: 99%
“… Interestingly, short‐term investors (actively managed mutual funds and hedge funds) have acquired twice as much blockholding stakes in French companies as compared to German firms (Goyer, 2011); and companies targeted by hedge funds in Germany have not experienced positive market reactions (Mietzner & Schweizer, 2008). In other words, shareholder value oriented institutional investors with short‐term horizons have displayed a marked preference for a system of corporate governance characterized by greater institutional “proximity” with that of the home country.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Dabei zeigt sich, dass in Reaktion auf die Ankündigung eines Minderheitsblockerwerbs durch einen PE‐Investor substantiell positive Aktienkursbewegungen bei den Zielunternehmen zu verzeichnen waren. Mietzner und Schweizer (2007) berichten durchschnittliche positive Ankündigungseffekte von bis zu 5,05% bei deutschen Akquisitionsobjekten 2 Klein und Zur (2009).…”
Section: Literaturüberblickunclassified
“…Andererseits kann die Kursbewegung auch Ausdruck einer erwarteten Managementleistung in Folge intensivierter Corporate Governance sein (Monitoringqualität). Mietzner und Schweizer (2007) führen den Wertanstieg nach dem Blockerwerb durch PE‐Investoren auf den Abbau von Agency‐Kosten und verbesserte Governance zurück. Insbesondere der positive Zusammenhang zwischen der Höhe der freien Cash Flows und dem Ankündigungseffekt lässt zudem vermuten, dass Agency‐Probleme gerade bei Unternehmen mit guter operativer Performance von erheblicher Bedeutung und PE‐Investoren hier in der Lage sind gegenzusteuern.…”
Section: Literaturüberblickunclassified