Macquarie takes a hit as it considers KCOM exit

Joe Purnell2026-04-13T13:47:00

Source: KCOM

Investment group writes down more than half a billion pounds on Hull-based operator as reports swirl of imminent sale.

This article includes:

Themes: Asset impairment; Broadband competition; Debt restructuring; Fibre overbuild; Financial write‑down; Market consolidation; Strategic rethink; UK fibre market; Valuation decline.
Geographic: Hull; United Kingdom.
Organisations: BT/Openreach; CityFibre; Connexin; Grain Connect; KCOM; Lloyds; Macquarie Asset Management; MS3; NatWest; Perella Weinberg Partners; PJT Partners; VIRTUS Data Centres; Voneus.

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