Why UK private and public markets need each other to succeed

Panellists at an industry event in London have argued that the UK's private and public equity markets are interdependent, and that a healthy balance between the two is required for the next generation of UK companies to grow and succeed, according to Private Equity International. The panel framed this balance as dependent on a deep pool of domestic savings, which would allow capital to flow across the lifecycle of a business, from early-stage and growth financing in private markets through to listing and secondary trading on public exchanges.

The argument reflects a long-running policy and industry debate in the UK about whether domestic capital is sufficiently deployed at home and whether companies that once would have listed on public markets are instead remaining private for longer, drawing on private capital. Private Equity International's coverage of the event was behind a registration wall, so further detail on individual speakers, specific proposals, or quantitative benchmarks discussed on the panel could not be verified from the available text.