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Claims of CMA toughening up on merger control don't tell whole story, Raftery says

By Victoria Ibitoye ( December 14, 2020, 14:25 GMT | Insight) -- Criticism that the UK's merger regime has got tougher because of an uptick in blocked and abandoned mergers at phase II doesn't tell the whole story, the Competition and Markets Authority's senior director for mergers has said. Statistics tend to fluctuate from year to year, and like-minded authorities are seeing similar trends, Colin Raftery said.Criticism that the UK's merger regime has got tougher because of an uptick in blocked and abandoned mergers at phase II doesn't tell the whole story, the Competition and Markets Authority's senior director for mergers has said. ...

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