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U.S. and European activist investors are targeting some of the U.K.’s biggest publicly traded companies, taking advantage of slumping stock prices to push for changes

Elliott Management, Third Point and Trian Fund Management are among the firms pushing for changes at big U.K. companies Daniel Loeb’s Third Point holds a large stake in Shell and has urged the oil giant to split into two companies.

 

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