Easyjet takes £200m profit hit in Iran war travel chaos Transport & Infrastructure Easyjet has revealed a £200m profit hit as the budget airline battles with the soaring energy costs and falling travel demand caused by the Iran war. The FTSE 250 carrier posted an £85m profit in the three months to June, down 70 per cent on £286m in the previous year, as passenger volume slipped by [...]
Easyjet shares crash on fears of EU probe Aviation Shares in Easyjet plummeted on Wednesday after reports the European Union was preparing a probe into the ownership of airlines, potentially complicating the carrier’s mooted takeover by Apollo. The London-listed budget airline said this month it was likely to accept an all-cash offer from the US investment behemoth, trumping an earlier bid from another US [...]
We reached Mars 50 years ago, why haven’t we sent people? Opinion Viking 1 landed on Mars 50 years ago, so why haven’t we sent people there? Because there are no property rights in space, says Rainer Zitelmann Today marks the 50th anniversary of one of the greatest achievements in the history of space exploration. On July 20, 1976, NASA’s Viking 1 became the first spacecraft to [...]
Thames Water creditors expect Burnham talks despite legal contigency plans July 18, 2026 The creditors bidding to rescue Thames Water remain confident they will be able to present a revised takeover proposal to Andy Burnham’s government, despite preparing for the possibility ministers reject the deal, a source told City AM. People close to the London & Valley Water (L&VW) consortium said they expected to engage with the new [...]
Easyjet proves too tempting a bargain for gatecrasher Apollo July 10, 2026 Apollo has gatecrashed Castelake’s cut-price Easyjet bid – setting up a potential buyout behemoth battle for the skies, writes Ali Lyon, Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the colourful force behind London’s Easyjet, founded his low-cost carrier on a simple philosophy: promise travellers cheaper fares, and open up budget air travel for millions of customers who for decades had [...]
Easyjet agrees to £5.7bn Apollo takeover July 10, 2026 Apollo has agreed to buy budget airline Easyjet for £5.7bn in a shock deal that usurps an earlier bid from alternative asset manager Castlelake. Easyjet said on Friday that it was poised to accept an all-cash offer from the US investment behemoth valuing the airline at 714p a share, trumping the 690p a share bid [...]
Exclusive: Reynolds never met Thames Water investors before rejecting rescue deal July 1, 2026 Environment secretary Emma Reynolds never met the investors behind a proposed Thames Water rescue package before slapping down their deal out of hand last month, City AM can reveal. Reynolds, who is the minister responsible for water policy, has left officials in her department to meet representatives of a large creditors’ group, which includes investment [...]
Ares Management flagship private credit fund slammed with withdrawal requests June 25, 2026 Ares Management was plagued by investors attempting to pull out over $1.5bn from one its flagship private credit funds in the second financial quarter, as wealthy individuals continue to flee the asset class. The firm’s Ares Strategic Income fund, which holds roughly $11bn (£8.3bn), said it has received redemption requests worth 14.4 per cent of [...]
Private credit firms draft in City advisers to help with ‘meltdown’ stress test June 25, 2026 Firms taking part in the Bank of England’s inaugural private credit stress test have been allowed to draft in external City advisers to help them manage the substantial workload required to respond to the doomsday scenario, which participants have branded “extremely severe”. So-called shadow banks will be allowed to lean on consultants, two people involved [...]
Goldman Sachs flagship private credit fund bucks industry sell-off April 7, 2026 Goldman Sachs’ flagship private credit fund has said investors looked to pull less than five per cent of their holdings in the first three months of this year, dodging an industry-wide redemptions wave that has forced some rivals to gate their funds. The investment bank’s direct lending arm, which functions like a private equity fund [...]