Activist-Investor Interest in Procter & Gamble Could Change the Game

Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) has one of the best long-term reputations on the market, but it's really lagged in performance in the last five-to-10 years, which has drawn the attention of activist investor Nelson Peltz from Trian Partners.

In this clip from Industry Focus: Consumer Goods, host Vincent Shen and contributor Asit Sharma explain why Procter & Gamble has lagged the market so much in the last few years, what Nelson Peltz is proposing to do about it, how Peltz and Trian Partners are getting their hold on Procter & Gamble's company and voting processes, and how this could change things for Procter & Gamble going forward.

A full transcript follows the video.

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