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Last year was one to forget for many UK investors, but 2024 promises to be much brighter. We need only observe the continued wave of takeovers of British stocks that highlight the gulf between the prices investors in the public market are willing to pay compared with those private equity seems to consider appealing.
A few weeks ago, Currys announced it had rejected an offer from Elliott Advisors (an American private-equity firm) worth 62p per share – a premium to the closing price of 47p the session before. And 50 minutes later, Chinese giant JD.com announced that it was also in the early stages of a potential cash offer.