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What Is Driving Informa’s £2.2bn Buy of Blackstone’s Clarion?
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Subscribe07 OCT 2026 / BUSINESS
Informa is set to acquire Clarion Events from Blackstone for roughly $3 billion, while also beginning a process to separate from its slower-growing academic publishing division, Taylor & Francis. This acquisition signals Informa's strategic shift towards concentrating more heavily on its global B2B events business, prompting questions on whether the company can convert this larger scale into better margins and stronger cash generation.
Informa is not simply buying another events company. It is drawing a much sharper line around what kind of business it wants to become. The FTSE 100 group has agreed to acquire Clarion Events from Blackstone for £2.24 billion, roughly $3 billion, while st...
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