A new antitrust era is underway in the US. Keen to curb corporate power, Joe Biden has appointed officials set on challenging companies that have grown to dominate swathes of the American economy. As the FT’s Stefania Palma reports, if US officials make good on their pledge to crack down on buyout groups, we could soon see the biggest antitrust showdown in the history of private equity.

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