KKR, the US private equity powerhouse actively pursuing acquisition targets amid ongoing market volatility, is weighing a potential buyout of Italian health-care technology company GPI SpA, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Keensight Capital, a private equity manager focused on pan-European Growth Buyout investments, has signed an exclusivity agreement to acquire a majority stake in Dimo Maint, a European leader in CMMS (Computerised Maintenance Management System) solutions.

Froneri International, the UK-based ice cream manufacturer behind brands like Häagen-Dazs, has priced a €3.9bn debt package to finance one of the year’s largest shareholder distributions, enabling its private equity co-owner PAI Partners to extend its hold on the business.

Atletico Madrid, which has been controlled by the same family for nearly four decades, is in discussions with private equity investment firm Apollo Global Management over a potential €2.5bn capital raise, according to a report by Football España.

ShawKwei & Partners, one of Hong Kong’s oldest private equity firms, which relocated its base to Singapore three years ago, is deliberately avoiding investments in China despite a growing bullish sentiment around the world’s second-largest economy, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Gerresheimer, the German packaging and medical equipment specialist, has officially ended discussions regarding a potential sale after several months of engagement with private equity suitors, according to a report by Reuters.