Luxembourg-based private investment firm CVC Capital Partners is in discussions to acquire one of the eight franchises in The Hundred, marking what would be the first private equity investment in English cricket, according to a report by the Guardian.

Copilot Capital, a new $200m pan-European private equity fund backed by global investment firm The Friedkin Group, has made a majority investment in SecureFlag, an software company focussed on cybersecurity training.

Sycamore Partners, a private equity firm specialising in consumer, distribution and retail-related investments, has acquired Playa Bowls, a rapidly expanding franchise restaurant concept, from Tamarix Equity Partners and other investors.

One Rock Capital Partners, a value-oriented, operationally focused private equity firm, is to sell electric and building systems specialist ArchKey Solutions to an affiliate of 26North Partners.

Baird Capital has sold its investment in end-of-life aircraft services provider, ecube Solutions Limited, to Unical Aviation Inc, an aftermarket parts supplier to the global aerospace industry backed by Platinum Equity.

Blackstone, in conjunction with CPP Investment, has agreed a deal to acquire Asia-Pacific data centre platform AirTrunk from Macquarie Asset Management and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board, in a deal worth over AUD24bn ($13.5bn).

Goldman Sachs’ private equity investment firm, Petershill Partners, has sold an 18% stake in hedge fund LMR Partners for up to $258m in a move aimed at addressing investor concerns about the accuracy of the firm’s asset valuations, according to a report by The Times.