Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

(Adds: Goldman Sachs Group, NCR, Saudi Aramco, Bharti Group, Go First, Xerox Holdings, Spin Master)

Oct 11 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Wednesday:

** Goldman Sachs Group has agreed to sell GreenSky, its home improvement lender, and associated loans to a consortium led by investment firm Sixth Street Partners.

** NCR Corp is in advanced talks to merge its automatic teller (ATM) business with cash management firm Brink's Co, creating a combined company worth close to $12 billion, including debt, people familiar with the matter said.

** Saudi Aramco is in talks to buy a 10% stake in Shandong Yulong Petrochemical Co, a deal that would further boost the state oil giant's investments in China.

** Bharti Group will acquire French insurer AXA's 49% stake in Bharti AXA Life Insurance Co, taking full control of a venture that was jointly run for nearly two decades.

** Indian insolvent airline Go First has received an expression of interest from Jindal Power Ltd, two banking sources and two people aware of the development told Reuters.

** Printer maker Xerox Holdings said it had sold its operations in Russia to local management for an undisclosed sum.

** Canadian toys and games-maker Spin Master said that it has agreed to buy U.S.-based toy-maker Melissa & Doug for $950 million in cash.

** LVMH-backed Birkenstock was set to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange after the German luxury sandal maker notched a valuation of $9.3 billion in its U.S. initial public offering (IPO).

** Bunge has agreed to buy South Korean CJ Cheiljedang Corp's equity stake in Brazilian soy crusher CJ Selecta, according to a statement.

** Siemens Energy is selling Trench, its high-voltage component business, to private equity firm Triton, the company said, having announced a review of the business earlier this year.

** Electric-vehicle maker VinFast Auto said it would acquire battery tech maker VinES from its chairman, Pham Nhat Vuong, under which it would assume 11.122 trillion Vietnamese dong ($455 million) in debt.

** Evolyn said it signed a deal to purchase 12 trains from Alstom for its planned high-speed rail service under the English Channel which aims to compete with Eurostar.

** British apparel retailer Next is close to buying fashion chain FatFace in a deal worth more than 100 million pounds ($123 million), Sky News reported.

** Exxon Mobil agreed to buy U.S. rival Pioneer Natural Resources in an all-stock deal valued at $59.5 billion that would make it the biggest producer in the largest U.S. oilfield and secure a decade of low-cost production.

** Britain's antitrust watchdog said on Wednesday it is looking into whether Vodafone and CK Hutchison's $19 billion tie-up to create the country's biggest mobile operator would lead to substantial lessening of competition.

** BP and Abu Dhabi National Oil Co's (ADNOC) $2 billion bid to acquire a 50% stake in Israeli gas producer NewMed Energy remains on track, a BP executive has told investors.

** The head of Nigeria's oil regulator said he is "very optimistic" that oil major Exxon Mobil's asset sale to Seplat Energy can move forward, he told Reuters on Wednesday.

** Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart has taken a 19.9% stake in lithium miner Liontown Resources, her company Hancock Prospecting said, potentially hindering a takeover bid launched by U.S. mining giant Albemarle Corp.

** Private equity firm Blackstone has held preliminary discussions with Walt Disney to acquire a stake in the Indian arm of the entertainment firm, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

** Britain's antitrust regulator said it has decided to refer for an in-depth investigation into Turkish domestic appliances maker Arcelik's proposed purchase of Whirlpool's appliances business in Europe. (Compiled by Arsheeya Bajwa and Tanay Dhumal in Bengaluru)