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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jillian Ambrose

Thames Water’s second largest investor slashes value of its stake

A Thames Water maintenance site sign reads; ‘Thank you for your patience’
Thames Water pipe maintenance in Windsor. Thames is the UK’s largest water supplier, Photograph: Mark Kerrison/In Pictures/Getty Images

One of the biggest investors in Thames Water has slashed the value of its stake in the debt-laden utility by almost two-thirds, weeks after the company admitted that it does not have enough money to make its debt repayments.

A fund controlled by Thames Water’s second largest investor, the University Superannuation Scheme (USS), reported a loss of almost £600m last year after writing down the value of the embattled water company as it struggles to shore up its balance sheet.

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