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Where’s the premium? UBS’ Sujit Dey questions Perpetual’s KKR deal

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UBS hedge fund sales trader Sujit Dey’s rapid-fire maths on Perpetual’s $2.2 billion deal to sell its wealth management and corporate trust businesses – the tax implications of which were finally released on Thursday morning – argues that shareholders aren’t exactly walking away with a huge premium.

Perpetual’s outgoing chief executive Rob Adams. Brook Mitchell

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Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones. Email Sarah at sarah.thompson@afr.com
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