Stonepeak, a US based infrastructure investor, will be taking Textainer, a company that focuses on purchasing, leasing, and resale of marine cargo containers, private in a $2.1bn deal, according to a report by Reuters.

Italy’s Audit Court does not find the terms of transaction in the sale of Telecom Italia SpA’s phone network to KKR & Co adequate, but it has not yet blocked the deal, according to a report by Bloomberg.

In the first nine months of 2023, buyout made only $584bn from selling companies outright or taking them public – $100bn short of what the industry raised in the same period last year, according to a report by the Financial Times.

Vista Equity Partners, a global private investment firm focused exclusively on enterprise software, data and technology-enabled businesses, has made a strategic growth investment in Gatekeeper, a Vendor & Contract Lifecycle Management platform.

I Squared Capital, a global infrastructure investment manager, has agreed a deal to acquire Arriva Group, including all of its operating businesses across 10 European markets, from Deutsche Bahn.

KKR has completed its $1.6bn acquisition of CIRCOR International, a provider of flow control products and services for the Industrial and Aerospace & Defence markets. CIRCOR common stock has ceased trading and will no longer be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.