Advent will pay £37.63 per share for the FTSE 250-listed company, valuing Spectris at £3.8 billion, or around £4.4 billion ...

More than 50 artists and collectives chose to boycott Sonar, one of Spain's biggest music and arts festivals as anger ...

The board of Assura has recommended Primary Health Properties' (PHP) revamped offer for the company, switching from its ...

Shares in instrumentation business Spectris were up more than 15% in early trading after a bidding war between Advent and KKR ...

Advent International is set to win the race to buy British scientific instruments maker Spectris after the two companies ...

Brookfield’s sale of its Aveo retirement living business for a bullish $3.85bn was a win that the private equity firm needed.

Industrial group Spectris has agreed to a £3.8 billion takeover by US private equity firm Advent International but could be set for a bidding battle as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts weighs up a rival ...

An increased £1.79bn takeover offer from Primary Health Properties (PHP) has been recommended to Assura's shareholders in the latest development in the takeover battle for the ...

However, a rival bidder could yet emerge after KKR, the New York-based private equity firm, on Monday said it continues to engage "constructively" with Spectris, although KKR said there "can be no ...

Assura has accepted a takeover offer from rival London-listed real estate investment trust Primary Health Properties (PHP) ...

The long-running bidding war for Assura between PHP and KKR could be coming to a close after the former trumped the latter's ...