Retaliation...

[Guest Hickory6]

Hello, everyone.

I'm a financial journalist working on a story on corporate activism in the mutual fund and pension fund world. Many people have speculated that asset management companies who rely on managing corporate assets have a powerful disincentive to rocking the boat via shareholder activism, since they are vulnerable to retaliation by the withdrawal or withholding of assets.

Can anyone identify specific instances where a company threatened to withdraw or actually withdrew pension assets or 401(k) business in retaliation for shareholder activism on the part of the asset management company?

Does this ever happen?

If needed, your identities will be ferociously guarded--all I ask is that I'm able to verify or corroborate everything I write.

Feel free to respond here, publically or privately, or to email me at Jason_Van_Steenwyk@timeinc.com.

Many thanks,

Jason