Quilter linked with private equity buyer - reports

Warburg Pincus is among the largest private equity buyer of financial services investments, having bought stakes in Chinese firm Ant Financial and Swiss banking-software developer Avaloq Group AG. People familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that the private equity firm is not in formal talks with Quilter but has held internal discussions about a possible bid for the wealth manager. Quilter adds eight advisers to regional offices through £800m AUA acquisition Quilter's share price spiked yesterday by more than 12% in the wake of reports of a possible acquisition to 172p per share,...