After being outmanoeuvred in its attempt to buy London-listed property company Assura, KKR is now now trying to outmanoeuvre rival private equity house Advent to get its hands on Spectris, the FTSE 250-listed supplier of precision instruments and controls.
Hacks at the venerable Wall Street Journal dug out a cracking new line about the Spectris takeover situation yesterday afternoon.
Arch rivals at Bloomberg have dug out a top scoop about a potential takeover of Spectris, the FTSE 250-listed supplier of precision instrument controls.