Nest, the pension scheme representing a third of the UK workforce and £24 billion worth of assets, has confirmed its appointment of Schroders Capital to help its savers invest in private equity.

Compass Group Equity Partners, a St Louis-based private equity firm, has held the closing of Compass Group Fund II at its hard cap of $255 million, exceeding an original target of $200 million. The firm secured commitments from a broad array of high-quality limited partners, including university endowments, family offices,

aXedras Group AG (aXedras) has concluded its Series B funding round, including a strategic investment from the World Gold Council (WGC), which will be represented on the Board of Directors by CEO David Tait. aXedras, which uses blockchain/distributed ledger technology to develop and implement a secure, confidential, digital supply chain

Following the announcement of an exclusivity agreement in January 2022, global private equity firm Astorg has completed its investment in ARMOR-IIMAK, an ARMOR Group company, via its newly launched Mid-Cap fund. Hubert de Boisredon and ARMOR-IIMAK’s Management team remain the majority shareholders with Astorg owning a 40% stake in the

Varagon Capital Partners is serving as Administrative Agent, Joint Lead Arranger and Joint Bookrunner on a senior secured credit facility to support CapVest Partners’ acquisition of Second Nature Brands. Headquartered in Detroit, MI, Second Nature Brands is a leading creator of snacks and treats that make lives better, naturally. Under

TPG Growth has acquired a stake in private equity firm Granite Creek Capital’s portfolio company, Morrow Sodali, a global shareholder engagement and governance advisory firm. TPG Growth is the middle market and growth equity platform of global asset management firm TPG. As part of the transaction, Granite Creek continues to

Affiliates of Stellus Capital Management (Stellus), a specialist in lower middle market direct lending, have provided senior debt financing and an equity co-investment in support of Abry Partners’ (Abry) investment in Inoapps.

PrimeSource Brands (PrimeSource), a North American provider of specialty branded residential building products backed by Clearlake Capital Group (Clearlake), has acquired Axxis, a provider of fastening tools and collated fasteners. The transaction is PrimeSource’s fourth acquisition during Clearlake’s ownership.  Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.   Axxis,

Puma Private Equity has exited its stake in global digital wellbeing platform Tictrac, returning a 2x money multiple and 38% internal rate of return on its investment after just two years. The overall transaction is valued at up to £35 million.   The exit has been realised following a bid

Palatine-backed Construction Testing Solutions (CTS), a provider of construction consulting and testing services, has made a further strategic acquisition as it continues its drive to become an industry leading provider of services to the construction sector. The acquisition of GT Certification is the seventh acquisition since Palatine’s investment in CTS