June 17 - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on Tuesday:
** London-listed venture capital investor BP Marsh has acquired a 27% shareholding in Cameron Specialty, a London-based specialty MGA.
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** Eli Lilly is in advanced talks to acquire gene editing startup Verve Therapeutics for up to $1.3 billion, aiming to strengthen its pipeline of experimental medicines, the Financial Times reported on Monday.
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** Private equity firm KKR said it had agreed to acquire Australian power producer Zenith Energy from a consortium comprising Australia-based Pacific Equity Partners, Canada's OPSEU Pension Trust and London-listed Foresight Group .
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(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Padmanabhan Ananthan in Bengaluru)
((Padmanabhan.Ananthan@thomsonreuters.com))