LGIM issues warning about Morrisons takeover as US firms circle supermarket - reports

Morrisons directors recommended Fortress-backed offer

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Legal and General Investment Management’s (LGIM) Andrew Koch has said that Morrisons should not be “taken over for the wrong reasons”, after a third US private equity firm revealed its interest in making an offer for the supermarket chain.

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