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

Israeli software company Sapiens International Corp. NV said on Wednesday that private equity firm Advent will acquire it for $2.5 billion in cash. The announcement sent the company's U.S.-listed ...

The Bank of England has cut interest rates by 25 basis points to 4%, its lowest in more than two years. The pound has ...

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 ...

In July 2025, there were five Rule 2.7 announcements made across the UK public M&A market and three further possible offers ...