Financial Times: Private equity group pays discount price for Yorkshire Water stake

Financial Times

Financial Times: Private equity group pays discount price for Yorkshire Water stake

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July 29, 2026 7:25 am
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 |Carolyn Essid

An article published in the Financial Times on 29 July, 2026 examining EQT’s discounted acquisition of a stake in Yorkshire Water amid the UK water sector’s financial and regulatory challenges, features comments by Tim Whittaker, Director of the EDHEC Infrastructure & Private Assets Research Institute (EIPA):

Tim Whittaker, who directs infrastructure and private assets research at Edhec Business School, said EQT had achieved a “significant discount” with the deal. “[The sector] has a stink around it, so people are not investing as much,” he said.

📖 Read the full article in the Financial Times.