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But when a magnificent male rears to his full 5ft height, stretches out his 7ft wingspan and hisses like a steam iron, what are the secrets of harmonious cohabitation?]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/dc618a61-35ca-4698-8574-8608d585fe9a</link><guid isPermaLink="false">dc618a61-35ca-4698-8574-8608d585fe9a</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2025 11:00:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thames Water faces weeks of uncertainty as watchdog reviews £4bn creditor plan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Senior bondholders propose injecting equity to match KKR’s defunct bid but plan needs approval from Ofwat and courts]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/dc7aeba9-78db-4fcf-9d36-ff8922b1cfb5</link><guid isPermaLink="false">dc7aeba9-78db-4fcf-9d36-ff8922b1cfb5</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2025 18:01:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thames Water’s financial options are narrowing]]></title><description><![CDATA[KKR’s exit highlights difficulty of pursuing market-based solution for embattled utility]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/766c18f0-775c-4e7e-b965-f5ac55b12b02</link><guid isPermaLink="false">766c18f0-775c-4e7e-b965-f5ac55b12b02</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2025 04:00:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[What next for Thames Water?]]></title><description><![CDATA[UK’s largest utility at risk of nationalisation after KKR walked away from £4bn rescue deal ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/a59451c4-dd9b-4cdf-aed2-26f2a4f6096e</link><guid isPermaLink="false">a59451c4-dd9b-4cdf-aed2-26f2a4f6096e</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2025 17:16:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[KKR feared political risk from Thames Water rescue deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[US private equity firm’s withdrawal throws future of Britain’s largest water utility into doubt]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/594937ca-2ff0-4e3f-81c5-9a6cf2508e6a</link><guid 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Water on collision course with government over bonuses]]></title><description><![CDATA[Utility claims new legislation to block bonuses will not capture ‘retention payments’]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/b08e724a-e2aa-46f7-8758-a300dda3d04c</link><guid isPermaLink="false">b08e724a-e2aa-46f7-8758-a300dda3d04c</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 18:11:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thames Water executives to receive bonuses from £3bn emergency loan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Utility’s chair tells MPs that retention payments are needed to prevent rivals ‘picking off’ staff]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/1f6d1583-a931-4eb5-be04-b46c32f70db9</link><guid isPermaLink="false">1f6d1583-a931-4eb5-be04-b46c32f70db9</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2025 17:20:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Macquarie’s Thames Water pride]]></title><description><![CDATA[Plus, the lawyer facing Trump’s wrath and Japan’s Toyota-inspired stock rally]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/bbab927b-096d-42c5-bc74-eede02a896c5</link><guid isPermaLink="false">bbab927b-096d-42c5-bc74-eede02a896c5</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Macquarie ‘very proud’ of Thames Water ownership]]></title><description><![CDATA[Debt-laden utility a ‘better business after our stewardship’, says executive from Australian group]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/e23d289f-82a7-4703-bfab-9a366134d291</link><guid isPermaLink="false">e23d289f-82a7-4703-bfab-9a366134d291</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Barbarians at the sluice gate: KKR’s Thames Water quest]]></title><description><![CDATA[US private equity firm is preferred bidder for UK utility trying to avert renationalisation]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/8e03d9b0-33f8-4544-9fef-2dcf8658d2bb</link><guid 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