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Seven firms ripe for a shake-up

Edward Bramson’s Sherborne Investors has finally called time on its campaign against Barclays. In 2018, the activist investor built up a 6% stake in the bank, and used that shareholding to campaign for the removal of the chief executive, and a shake-up of its management and strategy. Not many other investors got on board, however. Last week, he finally called it a day. But if

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