U.S. Fund Elliott Battles the Odds in Latest Showdown with Hyundai

(Reuters) The showdown between U.S. activist hedge fund Elliott Management and Hyundai Motor Group is set to come to a head on Friday when shareholders gather to vote on the fund’s demands for a hefty special dividend and a board shake-up. Elliott’s challenge to South Korea’s second-biggest family-run conglomerate is the latest example of shareholder activism in Asia’s fourth-biggest economy, long dominated by powerful cliques that took minority investors for granted.

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