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Cheap UK assets will fuel M&A frenzy, says Bonham Carter

The former vice-chair of Jupiter Fund Management says Brexit and Covid have driven down prices for UK assets

Edward Bonham Carter says the UK has become 'broadly cheaper' post-Brexit
Edward Bonham Carter says the UK has become 'broadly cheaper' post-Brexit

A flurry of M&A activity in the UK since the start of the year — including several deals in the fund management sector — is predicted to continue as deal-hungry investors search for cheap British assets to snap up.

“The UK is cheap, and it’s got broadly cheaper post-Covid and Brexit,” says Edward Bonham Carter, the former vice-chair of Jupiter Fund Management.

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