Activist Firms
Research, Custom Data, and Communication Tools for Activist Firms
Access market-leading insights to execute your strategy and reach key decision-makers assessing contested situations

Shareholder activism is surging globally, adding complexity to investment workflows. Glass Lewis provides activist firms with in-depth analysis, vote recommendations, extensive data, and communications tools to identify risks and opportunities, engage stakeholders, execute campaigns, and reach key decision-makers at scale.
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Our Core Benefits
Present Your Case on Contested Situations
Frame your narrative and articulate your case to the world’s leading investors through our Proxy Talks and RFS services.
Engage with Key Stakeholders
Our Proxy Papers are published ~19 days before a meeting, and Special Situations Research ~12 days before, giving activist investors more time to engage stakeholders.
Identify Risks and Opportunities
Harness 20+ years of governance research and data to evaluate director qualifications, related-party transactions, and insider affiliations, which helps to uncover opportunities and mitigate risks.


How Plurality Voting Allows Directors to Stay on the Board Without Majority Support
This article looks at the drivers and implications of majority-unsupported directors, with a focus on the use of plurality voting and governance practices that undermine board accountability.


How Plurality Voting Allows Directors to Stay on the Board Without Majority Support
This article looks at the drivers and implications of majority-unsupported directors, with a focus on the use of plurality voting and governance practices that undermine board accountability.


Free Float, Ownership Transparency and Governance Quality: What Indonesia’s Market Stress Revealed
This article examines recent volatility in Indonesia’s equity market following MSCI’s investability and ownership transparency concerns in early 2026. It considers broader governance implications, drawing on OECD observations regarding ownership concentration and minority shareholder influence.


Free Float, Ownership Transparency and Governance Quality: What Indonesia’s Market Stress Revealed
This article examines recent volatility in Indonesia’s equity market following MSCI’s investability and ownership transparency concerns in early 2026. It considers broader governance implications, drawing on OECD observations regarding ownership concentration and minority shareholder influence.


Stewardship in Action: Engagement Snapshots on Consumer Rights and Unethical Business Practices
This article relays how Glass Lewis’ Stewardship team engages on protecting consumer rights with a transportation technology company and on addressing unethical business with a pharmaceutical company.


Stewardship in Action: Engagement Snapshots on Consumer Rights and Unethical Business Practices
This article relays how Glass Lewis’ Stewardship team engages on protecting consumer rights with a transportation technology company and on addressing unethical business with a pharmaceutical company.
