RAC slams brakes on blockbuster London IPO Business The RAC has slammed the brakes on its £5bn London listing in favour of a private deal, landing another blow against the UK’s ailing public markets. Britain’s oldest breakdown recovery service has begun working on a deal which would see private equity backer CVC Capital Partners remain a major investor while other shareholders exit the [...]
Mark Kleinman: Healey unlikely to resist clamour for bank windfall tax Business Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City editor and the man who gets the Square Mile talking in his City AM column. The sense of déjà vu among Britain’s bank chiefs is palpable. Eight weeks ahead of new Chancellor John Healey’s inaugural fiscal statement and the industry is engaged in another frantic round of lobbying against tax rises. This [...]
CVC and AIG forge landmark $3.5bn investment alliance insurance Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners announced a $3.5bn (£2.61bn) strategic partnership with American International Group (AIG) to support “long-term investment objectives”. As part of the agreement, announced on Monday, AIG will act as a ‘cornerstone investor’, a private equity secondaries evergreen platform, contributing up to $1.5bn from AIG’s existing private equity portfolio. This aims [...]
Exclusive: Former Man United CEO’s firm partners with CVC volleyball league January 14, 2026 Former Manchester United chief executive Richard Arnold’s sport commercial consultancy has entered into a partnership with the CVC Capital Partners-run Volleyball World, City AM can reveal. Red Tiger Marketing will today announce a deal with the league, owned by the private equity giant thrusted into the sporting world through Formula 1, which will “drive the [...]
Exclusive: CVC Capital Partners nearing external investment for $14bn Global Sport Group December 30, 2025 Six Nations investors CVC Capital Partners is close to securing external investment in its $14bn Global Sport Group, which is expected to trigger a wave of new sporting acquisitions at the start of next year. GSG, which is chaired by former EE chief executive Marc Allera, was formed earlier this year to run CVC’s existing [...]
Smiths Group strikes deal to offload detection business for £2bn December 3, 2025 London listed Smiths Group is set to offload another of its businesses, as it works to streamline its operations after bowing to increasing investor pressure. The FTSE 100 company has agreed to sell its Smiths Detection division to private equity firm CVC Capital Partners in a £2bn deal. The business manufactures threat detection technology, including [...]
Exclusive: Volleyball World boss hails involvement in CVC’s Global Sport Group November 12, 2025 The chief executive of Volleyball World has described his organisation’s integration into CVC Capital Partners’ Global Sport Group as an “immediate win”. The private equity giants who count the Six Nations, LaLiga, Prem Rugby, and Ligue 1 as part of their sporting portfolio have pooled their assets into one mega sport fund chaired by former [...]
Six Nations investors CVC Capital Partners in debt plan talks with Ares, reports October 15, 2025 CVC Capital Partners’ recently formed £9bn sport fund juggernaut is in talks with Ares Management about a mega debt deal. The Global Sport Group – which includes investments such as LaLiga, Premiership Rugby and the Six Nations – is reportedly in talks with a number of firms including US-based Ares Management over a multi-billion dollar [...]
CVC Capital Partners launch $14bn Global Sport Group September 11, 2025 Six Nations investors CVC Capital Partners have formed a $14bn Global Sport Group entity which will focus on the growing interest in the sporting sector. Reportedly announced in London this week, the private equity juggernaut – with over $225bn assets under management – will house the firm’s sporting investments and offer opportunities to scale valuations. [...]
Advisory giant Teneo valued at £1.7bn in fresh deal August 4, 2025 Advisory firm Teneo has received fresh backing from a top Liechtensteiner buyout firm valuing it at $2.3bn (£1.73bn), in a deal that suggests the malaise afflicting the world’s largest holding companies and consultancies is not extending to more specialist or diversified firms. LGT Capital Partners is backed by Liechtenstein’s royal family and has over $100bn [...]