March 5 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in
the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and
does not vouch for their accuracy.
Headlines
- Cinven agrees to buy majority stake in fund administrator
Alter Domus
- Jeremy Hunt set to give motorists 5 bln pound tax break in
the Budget
- 'Erroneous' filings highlight flaws in Companies House
data
- UK Treasury told to do more to track value for money on
gilt sales
Overview
- British private equity firm Cinven agreed to buy a
majority stake in fund administrator Alter Domus from Permira,
in a 4.9-billion-euro ($5.32 billion) deal.
- British finance minister Jeremy Hunt will give motorists a
5-billion-pound ($6.35 billion) pre-election tax break in the
upcoming budget.
- British supermarket group Sainsbury's ( JSNSF ), private
equity group Macquarie and the Bank of England are some of the
companies affected by hundreds of "erroneous" filings at the
UK's corporate register.
- A cross-party group of MPs has warned the UK Treasury that
it must do more to ensure government debt is issued at the
lowest possible cost to taxpayers ahead of a record year for
gilt sales.
($1 = 0.7880 pounds)
($1 = 0.9217 euros)
(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)