We introduce a decomposition showing precisely how actively-managed portfolio returns can be separated into three measurable components that we call Opportunity, Foresight, and Active Management Risk. Opportunity reflects the degree to which the investment opportunity set contains exploitable...

Recent research on blockholders focuses on activist hedge funds and documents positive stock but negative bond returns. This study investigates the role of blockholder heterogeneity on security market effects and target firm follow-on activities across three important dimensions: identity,...