Banks feel the heat as activism fuels M&A and shakes up corporate relationships

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Banks feel the heat as activism fuels M&A and shakes up corporate relationships

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Unilever’s failed bid for GSK’s consumer division has brought an activist out into the open and disrupted the company’s recently remodelled banking group, writes David Rothnie

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