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

KKR is to acquire Clinisupplies, a specialist in continence care products in the UK, from Healthium. Financial details of the transaction, which will see Clinisupplies’ existing management team continue to hold a minority position in the business, have not been disclosed. KKR is investing in Clinisupplies through KKR Health Care Strategic Growth Fund II, a $4.0 billion fund focused on investing in high-growth health care companies. KKR has a long track record of supporting health care companies globally, having invested approximately $17 billion in the sector since 2004. Claus Bjerre, KKR Senior Advisor and former Chief Executive Officer of Atos

A secondary funding round led by Square Peg and Wellington Management has seen the valuation of e-commerce tech company Rokt increase to $2.4 billion, less than 12 months after the firm raised $325 million in a Series E fundraising round.

China Investment Corporation, the Carlyle Group, and CVC Capital Partners, have opened preliminary talks with Eni over a deal for gas and oil producer Neptune Energy for around $5 billion to $6 billion, according to a report by Reuters.