Declining UK IPOs and rising M&A have created a 'perfect storm'

'Unusual to see the two come together'

Eve Maddock-Jones
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UK IPOs have declined significantly year on year while at the same time, more businesses are being taken private, partly caused by lacklustre UK valuations.

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