Cube Infrastructure Managers has acquired MVV Energie CZ, an operator of district heating networks in Czech Republic, through its Cube Infrastructure Fund III.

Morrison & Co is to to sell five New Zealand infrastructure assets to Amber Infrastructure Group for approximately NZ$200 million (£105 million). Under the agreement, the five assets from Morrison & Co’s Public Infrastructure Partners portfolio will be 100% owned by the Amber-advised, London-listed investment company, International Public Partnerships Limited.

Tiger Infrastructure Partners a private equity firm focused on middle market growth infrastructure investments, has acquired International Aerospace Coatings (IAC), an aviation services provider headquartered in Shannon, Ireland and Irvine, California.  

MidOcean Partners, a New York-based alternative asset manager specialising in middle-market private equity and alternative credit investments, has exited its position in Nutrabolt, an active health and wellness company.

DWS, the asset management arm of Deutsche Bank AG, is exploring the possible sale of its private equity secondaries business as part of a wider company plan to withdraw from areas of operation where it currently lacks scale, according to a report by Bloomberg. The report cites unnamed sources as revealing that DWS has already been in contact with several parties interested in potentially acquiring the unit.  Chief Executive Officer Stefan Hoops, who has been conducting a broad review of DWS’ operations since his appointment six months ago, reportedly believes that the PE secondaries business requires substantial investment, and that

Avant, a credit-first financial technology company that provides access to financial solutions to underserved non-prime consumers, has secured $250 million of corporate debt and redeemable preferred equity from Ares Management Alternative Credit funds .

Arlington Capital Partners, a Washington, DC-based private equity firm, is to sell Octo, a pure-play digital modernisation solutions provider to the US federal government, to IBM. 

New figures from Datasite, a virtual data room provider for mergers and acquisitions due diligence, reveal that M&A deals are up by 3% when compared to the same period last year. Datasite, which facilitates approximately 13,000 deals annually, compiled the figures based on the deals taking place on its platform from January to November. These deals are recorded at their inception, and are not yet announced, giving clear evidence that dealmaking is continuing and there is a steady deal volume already being worked on, although many won’t be announced for another six to nine months. Behind the scenes, M&A markets