The proportion of takeovers of UK companies by overseas predators has reached a new high of 70 per cent, highlighting how British companies have shied away from acquisitions in the wake of the financial crisis.
This reverses a trend at the start of the past decade, when the biggest chunk of completed UK deals were domestic.
International bidders are being drawn by low valuations in Europe. The UK has an added attraction of UK takeover rules that make the UK one of the most open markets for M&A. Unlike countries such as Australia, the US or Canada, the UK has no foreign investment rules.
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