Feb 13 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1030 GMT on Friday:
** Alkem Laboratories' <ALKE.NS> medical devices unit will buy a stake of up to 55% in Switzerland's Occlutech Holding for 99.4 million euros ($118 million), the pharma company said, marking its entry into the advanced cardiovascular devices segment.
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** ByteDance is in advanced talks to sell Shanghai Moonton Technology, the studio behind the popular mobile game Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, to Saudi Arabia's Savvy Games Group in a deal valued at between $6 billion and $7 billion, sources said.
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** Activist investor Independent Franchise Partners has taken a stake in Universal Music Group <UMG.AS> and owned 3.01% of the world's biggest music label as of Monday, a filing by Dutch financial watchdog showed.
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** Norway's Elkem <ELK.OL> said it has agreed to sell the majority of its Silicones division to its biggest owner, China's Bluestar, and that the Chinese company would cease to be a shareholder in the Norwegian group following the transaction.
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** Japan's Sumitomo Forestry <1911.T> agreed to acquire U.S. homebuilder Tri Pointe Homes <TPH.N> for $47.00 per share in cash, valuing the deal at about $4.5 billion, the companies said.
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** SiriusPoint’s insurance services and assistance services subsidiary International Medical Group will acquire World Nomads, a division of Australian health insurer Nib Group.
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** Britain's Schroders <SDR.L> is being taken over by U.S. asset manager Nuveen for 9.9 billion pounds ($13.5 billion), in one of Europe's largest ever fund manager deals that spells the end of independence for the 222-year old London firm.
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(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Megavarshini G. Somasundaram in Bengaluru)
((Rajarshi.Roy@thomsonreuters.com))
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