Which firms are notorious for being aggressive with their investments, like more dividend recaps, break up of the company, spinning off business, changing management team, drastic cost cutting, etc
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I would look for a thread with worst work life balance for associates and then there's a good chance many of those names have the characteristics you're looking for - completely unironic suggestion
Yeah, excluding the Tech/software sweatshops, this is 100% the best take lmao. These shops create value by bidding low-ish for every asset (sweaty), bully lenders (sweaty), do ridiculous amounts of add-ons (sweaty). and help fix shitty management / operations (sweaty).
Apollo
Sycamore definitely on the list.
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Apollo is quite notorious, but Lenders can’t say much and suck it up. Read the Cesar Palace Coup, great book. Novalpina tried to do something similar on OEG but got screwed. BX from a financial engineering perspective can be considered “aggressive” too
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