Macquarie seeking to sell some assets to ease UK utilities deal concerns
By Jon Menon ( October 6, 2026, 12:54 GMT | Insight) -- Macquarie Asset Management is seeking to divest some gas-metering operations to ease UK competition concerns over its acquisition of Energy Assets Group, MLex has learned. The Competition and Markets Authority said last month that the deal may harm competition in the supply of non-domestic, non-smart gas metering services in Britain as it conducted a phase I investigation.Macquarie Asset Management is seeking to divest some gas-metering operations to ease UK competition concerns over its acquisition of Energy Assets Group, MLex has learned....
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