The sound of silence

The chairman broaches the subject of shareholder activism over a drink in The Silent Assassin

"I don't remember seeing this pub before," said the chairman of the insignificantly-sized investment company SmallBlue Planet as we stood outside The Silent Assassin. "Shall we try it?" "Why not?" I said. "Everybody's talking about it." "So you've heard about this place before?" asked the chairman as we sat down with our pints of Granny Tiner's Financial Incapability. "I'm surprised you haven't," I replied. "The newspapers have been full of little else over the last few weeks. It's been something of a circus but you know what the media are like - they'll get bored soon enough and move on. ...