LDC, a private equity investor which is part of Lloyds Banking Group, has exited its investment in Cardel, a manufacturer and supplier of components used in the production of secure ID documents, and payment cards, to Lifco.

New Mountain Capital, a growth-oriented private investment firm with approximately $50bn in assets under management, has closed a ‘significant’ growth investment in Grant Thornton, a US provider of audit, assurance, tax and advisory services.

French private equity firm Eurazeo has sold its 25% stake in MCH Private Equity, an asset manager specialising in small-cap private equity investments in Spain.

Private equity firm 777 Partners’ bid to acquire English Premier League football team Everton FC has failed after the investment firm failed to complete a deal to acquire Farhad Moshiri’s majority stake in the club by Friday’s deadline, according to a report by Reuters.

Africa-focused private equity firm Adenia Partners has exited its entire stake in Cresta Paints to Uhuru Investment Partners, a middle-market private equity firm focused on investing in West Africa.

Texas-based private equity firm Satori Capital has invested in Automatic Fire Protection, a provider of fire sprinkler and alarm systems in Texas.

Cerberus Capital Management has launched North Wind, a business focused on hypersonic test capabilities in the US, following the acquisition of Calspan’s hypersonic and defence test systems business units from TransDigm Group.

The LS Starrett Company, a manufacturer of precision measuring tools, cutting equipment and metrology systems, has been taken private by an affiliate of private equity firm MiddleGround Capital in an all-cash transaction.