(Adds: Thoma Bravo, Qatar Investment Authority, Jadwa Investment)
Aug 23 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1330 GMT on Wednesday:
** Tech-focused private equity Thoma Bravo said it has closed its $2.3 billion all-cash deal to acquire identity andaccess management software firm ForgeRock FORG.N .
** Qatar Investment Authority will invest $1 billion for a 1% stake in India's Reliance Retail Ventures, the retail armof billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries RELI.NS , nearly doubling its valuation to $100 billion from its last funding round in 2020.
** Saudi Arabia's Jadwa Investment has acquired a 35% equity stake in Kuwait's Gissah Perfumes Company, which isslated for a listing in Riyadh, the companies said in a joint statement on Wednesday.
** Private equity firm Everstone Capital said it has fully exited India's SJS Enterprises SJSE.NS by selling its remaining 29.5% stake in the company.
** Eurobank EURBr.AT , one of Greece's largest lenders, said it has agreed to acquire an additional 17.3% stake in Cypriot Hellenic Bank for 167.9 million euros ($181.53 million) to reinforce its business in core markets.
** Thailand's second-biggest lender Kasikornbank KBANK.BK is in talks to buy consumer finance provider Home Credit Vietnam in a deal worth up to $1 billion that would further its push to expand in Vietnam, two sources said.
** APA Group (APA) said it will acquire Alinta Energy's power assets in Western Australia's remote Pilbara region for A$1.7 billion ($1.1 billion) including debt, as it looks to expand in power production.
** Private equity firm Roark Capital is in the lead to acquire sandwich chain Subway for well over $9 billion after attaching conditions to some of the windfall the two families that own it will get, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
** The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is expected to open an in-depth probe of Qualcomm's QCOM.O purchase of Israeli auto-chip maker Autotalks, Politico reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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