Investors tell Thames Water to ‘eat humble pie’ over failed takeover and open bids

CK Infrastructure says watchdog should intervene to let other firms bid after KKR pulled out

Thames Water’s bosses should eat “humble pie” over a failed takeover process last year and let other firms bid for it, according to a Hong Kong investment group angling to buy the troubled water company.

CK Infrastructure (CKI), which is owned by Hong Kong’s richest man, Li Ka-shing, has already acquired Northumbrian Water and has been trying to launch a bid for Thames since February last year.