Advent buys into software developer Encora at $1.5bn valuation

Advent buys into software developer Encora at $1.5bn valuation

Global buyout major Advent International has bought into software developer Encora at $1.5bn valuation. Existing majority shareholder Warburg Pincus will retain a minority stake. Encora provides outsourced software products using deep technical expertise in machine...
OMERS sells stake in Scottish gas network for $1.6bn

OMERS sells stake in Scottish gas network for $1.6bn

The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System pension fund sold a long-held stake in the U.K.’s second-largest natural gas distribution network on Wednesday for $1.6bn, more than tripling its original investment and raising capital for new infrastructure projects....