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.

** Eli Lilly ( LLY ) is in advanced talks to acquire gene

editing startup Verve Therapeutics ( VERV ) for up to $1.3

billion, aiming to strengthen its pipeline of experimental

medicines, the Financial Times reported on Monday.

** 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.

(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Padmanabhan Ananthan in

Bengaluru)