As Alliance Trust reaches an uneasy truce with activist investor Elliott Advisors, Investment Week looks at previous attempts at boardroom coups, and how they ended.
Edward Bramson's Sherborne Investors has further upped its interest in Electra Private Equity as it plans its next move following an unsuccessful attempt to take control of the trust last year.
Electra Private Equity has urged shareholders to reject a fresh approach from activist investors Edward Bramson after he wrote a critical letter to Electra's shareholders.
Edward Bramson is to stand down from his role as chairman of F&C Asset Management, to be replaced by Kieran Poynter.
Edward Bramson's investment vehicle Sherborne has lifted its stake in 3i to 5%, five months on from first building a position in the private equity firm.