Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

October 9 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Thursday:

** Italy's Monte dei Paschi BMPS.MI bank is focused on completing its integration with Mediobanca MDBI.MI as quickly as possible, its CEO said, when asked about potential interest in Banco BPM BAMI.MI. nL5N3VQ18D

** Germany's PSI Software PSAGn.DE is close to being taken over, with several financial investors circling the maker of software for energy networks, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. nL5N3VQ139

** Telefonica Chile said that it had received non-binding expressions of interest and conducted due diligence with several potential buyers for its assets. nS0N3US00Z

** Artificial intelligence-focused broker consolidator Equal Parts announced that it has acquired Albuquerque-based Strategic Insurance.

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** Novo Nordisk NOVOb.CO said it would buy U.S.-based Akero Therapeutics AKRO.O for up to $5.2 billion to gain access to a promising liver disease drug candidate, in the first major deal by the Danish drugmaker's new CEO to spur growth.

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** Lloyds Banking Group LLOY.L is to buy out Schroders' SDR.L 49.9% stake in their UK wealth joint venture, the companies said, as the British bank looks to expand in the so-called 'mass affluent' sector.

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** SoftBank's 9984.T payments app operator PayPay Corp has acquired a 40% equity stake in Binance Japan, the Japanese subsidiary of Binance said, without disclosing details of the transaction.

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** Saudi Aramco 2222.SE said it had completed the acquisition of a 22.5% stake in its refining and petrochemicals joint venture Petro Rabigh 2380.SE from Japan's Sumitomo Chemical 4005.T for 2.63 billion riyals ($701.8 million), part of a turnaround plan for the loss-making venture.

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** Brown & Brown (Europe) has acquired the entire share capital of UK digital insurance broker All Medical Professionals Limited (AMP).

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