Telegraph.co.uk TCI takes stake in freshly floated Royal MailFinancial TimesOne of the world's most aggressive hedge fund activists has taken a 5 per cent stake in Royal Mail, making it the newly floated company's second largest shareholder after the UK government. The Children's Investment Fund disclosed a holding of just …
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