Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

(Adds: Bain Capital, Vista Outdoor, Martin Midstream Partners, Grab)

July 11 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1500 GMT on Thursday:

** Private equity firm Bain Capital will buy Envestnet in a $4.5 billion deal, with backing from a cohort of investors, including BlackRock and Fidelity Investments, the financial software vendor said.

** Institutional Shareholder Services has recommended Vista Outdoor shareholders to vote against the proposed merger of the company's ammunitions unit with Prague-based defense firm Czechoslovak Group (CSG), in a letter seen by Reuters.

** Hedge funds Nut Tree Capital Management and Caspian Capital are making an offer for Martin Midstream Partners , a letter seen by Reuters showed, aiming to scupper a bid from the fuels storage and transporter's largest shareholder to buy it out.

** Singapore-based ride hailing firm Grab's deal to buy smaller rival Trans-cab Holdings is likely to significantly lower competition in the domestic market, the city-state's competition watchdog said.

** AustralianSuper, the country's biggest superannuation fund, has bought a 5.02% stake in Woodside, making it the energy giant's second-largest shareholder, an exchange filing showed.

** Singapore-listed data centre real estate investment trust Keppel DC REIT and sponsor Keppel are set to buy a data centre in Tokyo for 23.4 billion yen ($145 million), in the REIT's first Japanese acquisition.

** Honeywell said on Wednesday it would buy Air Products' liquefied natural-gas process technology and equipment business for $1.81 billion in cash, marking the industrial giant's fourth acquisition this year.

** Google parent Alphabet decided not to pursue a takeover of online marketing software company HubSpot weeks ago, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

** The National Basketball Association has finalized a $76 billion deal that will make Comcast's NBC Universal and Amazon.com's Amazon Prime Video new partners, and it will maintain Disney's ESPN as the home of the NBA finals, the Athletic reported on Wednesday, citing sources.

(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Christy Santhosh in Bengaluru)