October 7 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,

acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on Tuesday:

** RedBird Capital Partners-backed Bishop Street Underwriters

has acquired London-based MGA Avid Insurance, the company said.

** CapitaLand Ascendas REIT said that it will acquire

three industrial and logistics properties in Singapore for about

S$565.8 million ($438 million) from Vita Partners, as part of a

S$1.3 billion domestic investment drive for the year.

** Investment firm Vinci Compass said on Monday it has

agreed to acquire Brazilian asset manager Verde, one of Latin

America's most established hedge funds, in a stock and cash

deal.

** AI-powered customer survey software maker Qualtrics has

agreed to buy healthcare market research company Press Ganey

Forsta in a $6.75 billion deal, both companies said on Monday.

** Fifth Third on Monday agreed to buy regional lender

Comerica ( CMA ) in an all-stock deal valued at $10.9 billion,

striking the biggest U.S. bank deal of the year that would

create the nation's ninth-largest lender.

** Defense contractor Science Applications International Corp ( SAIC )

said on Monday it had agreed to buy peer SilverEdge

Government Solutions from private equity firm Godspeed Capital

for $205 million in cash.

(Compiled by Sahil Pandey and Rajarshi Roy in Bengaluru)