The business lender’s private equity owners, Pollen Street Capital and BC Partners, have pushed ahead with plans for an IPO with a targeted valuation of £2bn, people familiar with the matter told the Financial Times. 
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Shawbrook Group was previously listed on the London Stock Exchange until it was acquired by the private equity consortium in July 2017. 
According to the FT, Shawbrook was lining up a return to London’s capital markets earlier this year before market turmoil stymied the floating process. 
The listing would …