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April 01, 2026
British Business Bank said Wednesday that its venture capital investment vehicle has achieved its first close of £200 million ($266 million) after winning backing from three U.K. pension funds.
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April 01, 2026
Global mergers and acquisitions rebounded "with a vengeance" in the first three months of 2026, Willis Towers Watson said Wednesday, fueled by a record number of blockbuster transactions even though corporate buyers face global geopolitical turmoil and market volatility.
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April 01, 2026
Mercia kicked off on Wednesday a share buyback program worth up to £3 million ($4 million) to return cash to the asset manager's investors and reduce share capital.
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April 01, 2026
Investment manager Ashmore Group has agreed a partnership with Japan Post Insurance Co. Ltd. in which the insurer would acquire a stake of up to 2.9% in the group and invest $1 billion in its managed emerging market funds.
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April 01, 2026
IG Group Holdings PLC rolled out a share repurchase program worth up to £62.5 million ($83 million) on Wednesday, the first phase of the financial technology company's wider £125 million buyback plan designed to downsize its share capital.
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April 01, 2026
Mears Group PLC began on Wednesday a share repurchase program worth up to £20 million ($26.6 million) to return surplus cash to shareholders and reduce the social housing manager's share capital.
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March 31, 2026
Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly & Co., advised by Kirkland & Ellis LLP, announced plans Tuesday to acquire daytime sleepiness-focused pharmaceutical company Centessa Pharmaceuticals PLC, led by Goodwin Procter LLP, in a deal worth up to $7.8 billion.
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March 31, 2026
Some 57% of defined benefit pension schemes in the U.K. are considering using surplus extraction amid rising funding levels and forthcoming legislation designed to allow plans to invest billions of pounds tied up in retirement saving plans, Legal & General said Tuesday.
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March 31, 2026
GlobalData began a share buyback program of up to £10 million ($13 million) on Tuesday to reward investors and lower its share capital.
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March 31, 2026
Engineering group Senior PLC said Tuesday that its board and the Takeover Panel have extended the deadline for a consortium comprising private equity giant Blackstone and investment company Tinicum to formally make or cancel a takeover approach.
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March 31, 2026
Howden Group Holdings said Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire the insurance and financial services consulting team of Hymans Robertson LLP to create a new actuarial and longevity advisory business for insurers.
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March 31, 2026
A majority of the U.K.'s largest defined benefit pension funds are now looking at alternative options to striking an insurance deal, a survey has found, as the government prepares to push through new rules that will allow £160 billion ($212 billion) to be reinvested into the economy.
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March 31, 2026
McCormick & Co. Inc. said Tuesday it has agreed to acquire Unilever's foods business at a $44.8 billion value to create a global ingredients powerhouse, in a deal steered by four law firms.
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March 31, 2026
Sullivan & Cromwell was the leading legal adviser on global merger and acquisitions in the first quarter of 2026, while Slaughter and May topped the tables in Europe and Britain, according to rankings published by London Stock Exchange Group.
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March 31, 2026
Optima said Tuesday that it will raise up to £35 million ($46.3 million) in equity to partly fund its £100 million acquisition of occupational health and wellbeing services PAM Healthcare Ltd.
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March 31, 2026
Rosebank Industries PLC confirmed Tuesday that it plans to shift to the main market of the London Stock Exchange from the LSE's junior investment platform, potentially paving the way for the company to join the FTSE index.
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March 31, 2026
Rainbow Rare Earths Ltd. said Tuesday that it has raised £11.1 million ($14.6 million) via a sale of new shares to fund the development of its projects in South Africa and Brazil.
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March 31, 2026
GB Group PLC said Tuesday that it will extend its share buyback program by an additional £10 million ($13 million) after it bought back stock worth £45 million in the 2026 financial year.
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March 30, 2026
Private equity shop Inflexion on Monday announced that it closed its seventh buyout fund above target at its hard cap of €4.5 billion ($5.2 billion).
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March 30, 2026
German entrepreneur Lars Windhorst was given an 18-month suspended prison sentence after being held in contempt in a London court Monday for refusing to attend a hearing to provide evidence of his company's assets after it failed to pay €27 million ($31 million).
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March 30, 2026
Accesso Technology Group PLC said Monday that it has acquired data analytics and artificial intelligence platform Dexibit Ltd. for up to approximately 20.9 New Zealand dollars ($11.9 million).
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March 30, 2026
The U.K.'s pension risk transfer market posted a record number of buy-in deals in 2025, even as the overall value of transactions fell from the previous two years because fewer blockbuster agreements were completed, Lane Clark & Peacock LLP said.
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March 30, 2026
Athora Holding Ltd. has said it will shift its base of operations to the U.K. after it completed a £5.7 billion ($7.5 billion) acquisition of Pension Insurance Corp. Group PLC to expand its services in Europe and get access to investment.
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March 30, 2026
Halo Minerals PLC began trading its shares on London's Alternative Investment Market on Monday after the battery metals exploration company recently raised £4 million ($5 million).
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March 30, 2026
Keller Group PLC said Monday that it has launched a two-part buyback program worth up to £100 million (£132 million) to reward investors as part of its multi-year share repurchase scheme.