Private acquisitions strip more than $1tn from European equity markets

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Private acquisitions strip more than $1tn from European equity markets - Financial Times

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Thomadakis warned that the shift to private capital would “reduce transparency” and “weaken price discovery” and meant that the continent risked losing control of strategically important companies to non-European private actors.

The UK last year announced its biggest listings overhaul in decades, while the EU is seeking to create a capital markets union, after former European Central Bank head Mario Draghi recommended its completion in an influential report on the future of the region’s competitiveness.

Fund managers also warn market volatility since Donald Trump announced his “reciprocal” tariffs could accelerate the trend by making listed companies cheaper and more attractive for private takeover, especially as buyout firms are sitting on vast amounts of cash waiting to be deployed.