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Private equity firms target London again as debt markets thaw

'We’re moving in the right direction and we’re certainly seeing signs of life'

UK-listed companies issuing 75 profit warnings between January and March 2023

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Sebastian McCarthy

Takeover fever gripped the City of London in April, with private equity houses tabling offers for a swathe of London-listed companies.

Sitting on billions of dollars of dry powder, some of the world’s biggest buyout shops sought to end the recent dealmaking drought by putting in bids for FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 assets over the last month.

Some...