Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions
Adds Enfusion, Commerzbank, REA Group and B. Riley Financial
Sept 20 (Reuters) -The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1930 GMT on Friday:
** Enfusion ENFN.N, a U.S. software provider for asset managers, is in talks with investment bankers to evaluate options that could include a potential sale, according to people familiar with the matter. nL1N3L20SK
** Germany will not sell any more shares in Commerzbank CBKG.DE for now and the bank's strategy is "geared towards independence," the country's Finance Agency said, in the clearest sign yet that the government doesn't currently favour a takeover of the nation's No. 2 lender. nL8N3L21B5
** REA Group REA.AX, majority-owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp NWSA.O, has sweetened its takeover offer for Britain's real estate portal Rightmove RMV.L to about 5.9 billion pounds ($7.86 billion), the Financial Times reported. nL4N3L21HI
** Embattled investment bank B. Riley Financial RILY.O is in talks to sell its wealth management business to Stifel Financial SF.N for more than $100 million, a source familiar with the matter said. nL1N3L20PX
** Cardinal Health CAH.N agreed to acquire Integrated Oncology Network, an independent community oncology network, for $1.12 billion in cash.nL4N3L215L
** U.S. IT communications specialist Viavi Solutions is considering whether it could make another bid for telecoms testing group Spirent Communications if a takeover by its rival Keysight Technologies fails, sources familiar with the matter said.nL1N3L20CQ
** Raiffeisen Bank International RBIV.VI said it is selling its Belarus business at a loss to an investor from the United Arab Emirates, as the Austrian lender faces mounting pressure to also pare back its Russian arm.nL8N3L20GV
** Taiwan's CTBC 2891.TW has dropped its bid to acquire rival Shin Kong 2888.TW, the financial conglomerate said, citing objections from regulators. nL4N3L20O4
** Lottomatica LTMC.MI shareholder Gamma Intermediate completed the sale of a 6% stake in the group at a price of 11.10 euros per share ($12.39) through an accelerated bookbuilding launched late on Thursday, the Italian betting firm said. nL8N3L206D
** French bank Societe Generale SOGN.PA said it had reached a deal with Atlantic Financial Group for the sale of a 57.93% stake in its Guinean unit. nL1N3L205Z
(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy, Ananta Agarwal and Pritam Biswas in Bengaluru)
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