Josh Black

Don't cry for me, Argentina. Plenty of activist investors have been shying away from bets on the oil industry…

As pressure increased on US President Barack Obama to send lethal weapons to Ukraine's military, I analysed t…

In January 2015, Activist Insight published its third annual review of trends in shareholder activism. I mana…

Sanctions have a terrible record of achieving their aims. In this article for Europe & Me, I explain why Russ…

As an Associate Editor of Timothy Garton Ash's Free Speech Debate, I attended a lecture by UN High Commission…

I devised and led an independent investigation into the reported costs of shareholder activism, based on info…

A trip to New York for meetings with several activist investors and their advisers yielded this breaking news…

Marcato Capital Management's intervention at Intercontinental Hotel Group was a key moment in a slow year for…

I recently wrote an article for CityAM, explaining the rise in shareholder rebellions over executive pay at F…

A blog I wrote last year has been quoted by Vox in one of its characteristic "explainer" pieces. The piece pu…

A new book examines the impact of techies on London's economy. Review of Douglas McWilliam's book

Labour's plans to fund a cut in tuition fees by capping pension relief are politically naïve, if not suicidal…

Mili-Missionaries: Labour under Miliband In a new book, political scientist Tim Bale has analysed every twist…