Why the UK Stock Market May Be Slowly Dying
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The UK stock market is experiencing a decline as pension funds, wealth managers, and individual investors are pulling out money at an alarming rate, according to Charles Hall, Peel Hunt's head of research. This is causing valuations to decrease and UK companies to suffer. If the current rate of mergers and acquisitions and private equity takeovers continues, there may not be any small caps left in the UK market by 2028. Hall also suggests that the UK could lose some large caps as executives consider listing in US markets for better valuations and compensation. The lack of a healthy capital market is a contributing factor to the UK's underperformance compared to the US economy and stock market. Hall discusses these issues in an episode of Merryn Talks Money.
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