Posts tagged: Activist investor

The American corporate raider and the FTSE 100 target...

Wednesday, 17 October 2018, 10:57 pm

So, Alison Brittain can rest easy. Why?

Well, apparently Nelson Peltz's firm was seriously considering targeting Whitbread for the corporate raider's new London-listed fund (https://www.trianinvestors1.com) but City souces said Trian recently decided against such a move.

And it's not just because Brittain has struck a deal to sell Costa Coffee to Coca Cola for £3.9 billion...

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