Monitor's research suggests that while the financial meltdown claimed a number of hedge funds, those funds with activist strategies are worth watching. This report, by Michael Armstrong and Jonathan Joffe from Monitor's Integrated Strategy and Finance practice, describes typical behaviors of shareholder activists and how CEOs and boards of directors can deal with them. 

In the third quarter of 2008, as the global financial crisis continued to worsen, Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) sought to limit their exposure to the riskiness of OECD markets while putting more capital to work in their domestic economies, according to research by Monitor Group. This report is part of a quarterly series Monitor is producing to track the behavior of SWFs.

Nick Turner, a partner at Monitor Group and co-president of the Global Business Network, explains how scenario planning is a key to readiness in uncertain times in an article in CEO Journal.

Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) are shifting investments away from the United States and Europe and into the Middle East and Asian economies, according to research released today by Monitor Group, one of the world’s leading advisory and consulting firms.

Compiled in an effort to use fact-based research to move beyond stereotypes and common assumptions related to sovereign wealth funds’ intent, this report analyzes the actual behaviors and financial transactions of sovereign wealth funds and challenges widespread beliefs on the economic and political motives behind sovereign investments.

A framework for helping nonprofits and foundations to think about how they capture, organize, and share knowledge, along with a sampling of the knowledge management tools, options, and approaches that are now available.

More than ever, executives are facing an imperative to drive more sustainable growth.