The investor has been gathering up assets across Europe, most recently bidding for Spectris and target is a Tel-Aviv-based ...

The US private equity giant’s $2 bln bid for Assura lost out to domestic rival PHP’s. Keeping the UK healthcare landlord public is a rare win for London. But deal-specific factors look to have been ...

The deal comes months after Advent entered exclusive negotiations to acquire Paris-based Kereis, the largest broker for ...

There is an old saying that bull markets only end when the money runs out. Right now, however, the UK stock market is ...

The blue-chip index FTSE 100 gained 0.4% and the British pound fell 0.2% against the dollar to 1.34. DAX index in Germany ...

The U.K. precision-measurement company agreed to the terms of an improved cash offer from KKR valuing the target at 4.2 billion pound ($5.65 billion)--or 41.75 pounds a share--last week. On Tuesday, ...

Spectris is an obvious target, with an international sales profile, high R&D spend and a rocky ride on the London stock market since 2023. But where a mid-sized listed company might balk at Spectris’s ...

In June, a bidding war for Spectris began with an initial offer from Advent. After KKR entered the fray with its own bid, the British company's board repeatedly changed its recommendation between the ...

Spectris has failed to achieve such ratings as a public company due to weaker profitability, low scale and relative ...

Spectris raised its interim dividend by 5.3% to 28 pence per share from 26.6p. Spectris on Tuesday withdrew its recommendation of a takeover offer from Advent International LP and instead backed an ...

Precision instrumentation supplier Spectris said on Thursday that second-quarter momentum and strategic cost savings had ...