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| Sep 1, 2026 | Trio of firms poised to quit London Stock Exchange as exodus gathers pace | The scale of the exodus from the London Stock Exchange has been laid bare on the first trading day back from the summer break after three listed companies simultaneously unveiled plans to exit the market.
FTSE 250 members Bodycote and Gamma... |
| Aug 13, 2026 | Exclusive: Easyjet shareholder rights to be watered down under Apollo deal | Easyjet shareholders risk having their stake in the airline seized from them unilaterally and are highly unlikely to be paid a dividend if they opt to retain their stake in the carrier once Apollo’s takeover is complete.
According to docume... |
| Aug 12, 2026 | Revealed: Natwest banked company used by MFS founder to ‘siphon off’ funds | Natwest provided banking services to a company allegedly used by the founder of collapsed property lender MFS to divert investors’ cash and “siphon off” funds, City AM can reveal.
The bank held the day-to-day account for Twinwin, a company ... |
| Aug 11, 2026 | Hadrian's Defense Funding Surge Highlights AI's Dual Impact on Shifting Markets | Defense technology commands significant capital. Hadrian, a key player in advanced manufacturing for defense and aerospace, secured $1.4 billion in new funding, elevating its valuation to $7.9 billion. This surge reflects a broader military... |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Private equity is circling budget airlines after Apollo’s EasyJet deal — and this carrier could be next | Private equity buyers could launch further bids for European budget airlines, after Apollo said this week it would acquire EasyJet.
Low cost carrier Jet2 could be a potential target, said Hargreaves Lansdown strategist Anna Macdonald.
She s... |
| Aug 6, 2026 | Apollo agrees to buy UK airline EasyJet in $7.7 billion deal as Castlelake withdraws | EasyJet shares rose Thursday afternoon after Apollo Global Management said it would buy the U.K. airline after private equity rival Castlelake announced it was withdrawing its bid.
Castlelake last month unveiled an improved offer for the Lo... |
| Aug 6, 2026 | Apollo snaps up Easyjet after Castlelake walks away | Easyjet has agreed a £5.7bn takeover deal with Apollo after rival bidder Castlelake pulled out of the bidding process.
In a joint announcement with the low-cost airline on Thursday, the American private markets juggernaut said it had “reach... |
| Aug 5, 2026 | S&P 500 falls as oil prices pressure stocks; Dow drops more than 450 points to end 5-day win streak | The S&P 500 fell on Thursday as traders kept an eye on the Middle East, with a deal to reopen the key Strait of Hormuz in the works, and weighed a slew of corporate earnings releases.
The broad market index lost 0.18% to end at 7,709.96... |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Easyjet extends window for another Castlelake bid | Easyjet has extended the window for another takeover bid from asset manager Castlelake after its offer was usurped by investment giant Apollo last month.
The budget airline said on Monday that it was still set to recommend the Apollo deal t... |
| Aug 2, 2026 | City trading ‘higher than thought’, FCA believes | Trading volumes in London are up to three times higher in value than thought after so-called “dark trading” is taken into account, the City regulator believes.
Analysis by the Financial Conduct Authority believes that trading valuations are... |
| Jul 11, 2026 | Global Headlines Roar: Trump's FIFA Move, Soaring Markets, and Geopolitical Shifts | President Trump executed an unprecedented FIFA intervention, overturning a World Cup red card for US striker Folarin Balogun. Prediction markets surged with billions in trading volume. Wall Street futures pointed to new highs post-holiday. ... |
| Jul 10, 2026 | UK's Devolution Gamble: Burnham's 'No. 10 North' Faces High Stakes | Andy Burnham, the UK's incoming prime minister, champions a radical devolution agenda. His "No. 10 North" proposal aims to decentralize power from London. It seeks to tackle regional inequalities and foster economic growth ac... |
| Jul 10, 2026 | Easyjet agrees to £5.7bn Apollo takeover | 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 be... |
| Jul 10, 2026 | EasyJet pops 13% as airline weighs $7.7 billion rival takeover bid from Apollo | A bidding war has broken out for budget carrier easyJet as private equity firms Apollo and Castlelake have both submitted takeover offers.
EasyJet shares soared after the market opened, gaining as much as 14%.
It comes as the global aviatio... |
| Jul 10, 2026 | Easyjet proves too tempting a bargain for gatecrasher Apollo | 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 si... |
| Jul 8, 2026 | Andy Burnham’s theory of devolution for Britain | Andy Burnham — the U.K.’s prime minister in waiting — wants to devolve power from London to the nation’s regions.
The U.K. is the developed world’s most centralized economy and Burnham wishes to address the regional inequalities critics of ... |
| Jul 7, 2026 | Stock markets meander as US tech stocks climb | NEW YORK: Major stock markets meandered Monday (Jul 6) while US tech names climbed, as quarterly earnings season kicks into gear.
After a tough end to June fuelled by worries that the valuation of companies linked to AI may have been overdo... |
| Jul 6, 2026 | CNBC Daily Open: Trump sees red, prediction markets score and NATO’s defensive | President Donald Trump thanks FIFA for overturning U.S. striker Folarin Balogun’s red card.
A report suggests European body UEFA could challenge the red card suspension.
Norway defeats Brazil, and England scores a victory against Mexico to ... |
| Jul 6, 2026 | Billionaire Easyjet founder in line for £800m payday from takeover | Easyjet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou could be in line for a bumper £800m payday as part of the airline’s proposed takeover by private equity firm Castlelake.
The British-Cypriot entrepreneur, who founded the company in 1995, holds some ... |
| Jul 6, 2026 | EasyJet shares soar 10% as budget airline agrees to $7.3 billion Castlelake takeover | EasyJet shares hit a new 52-week high on Monday.
The low-cost airline on Sunday agreed in principle to an improved takeover bid from U.S. private equity outfit Castlelake.
EasyJet shares took off in early dealmaking Monday after the U.K. lo... |
| Jul 5, 2026 | Easyjet board reaches agreement over £5.2bn Castlelake takeover | The board of Easyjet is poised to accept a takeover bid by private equity firm Castlelake, in a move that could add the airline to a growing list of blue-chip companies that have unveiled plans to quit the London Stock Exchange since the st... |
| Jun 29, 2026 | ‘Sh*tloads to come’: London takeover spree set to accelerate | At a gathering of some of London’s top bankers in the City of London last week, the mood was one of uncertainty.
On the one hand, London’s dealmakers are not in want of work. In the past two weeks alone Easyjet has opened the door to an app... |
| Jun 25, 2026 | Easyjet rejects fourth bid but holds out for ‘more attractive’ offer | Easyjet has slapped down suitor Castlelake for a fourth time but said it was open to a “more attractive proposal” from the US private equity firm.
The budget airline revealed on Thursday it had rejected a £6.50 per share bid, which valued i... |
| Jun 23, 2026 | Easyjet investors call for £600m more from US bidder | Easyjet investors have said they are holding out for at least £600m more from Castlelake, the US private equity firm whose bids have been brushed off by the budget airline.
Shareholders in the FTSE 250 firm said that they would not consider... |
| Jun 22, 2026 | Castlelake urges Easyjet investors to back £4.7bn takeover bid | Private equity firm Castlelake is calling on investors in Easyjet to lobby the budget airline to accept its third takeover offer, after the FTSE 250 carrier slapped down its latest bid over the weekend.
The bidder said on Monday that Easyje... |
| Jun 9, 2026 | Tate & Lyle becomes latest market stalwart to quit London | Tate & Lyle on Monday became the latest City stalwart to head for the door. Felix Armstrong recounts the accelerating exodus from London’s stock market
As the summer holidays beckon, stalwarts of the London Stock Exchange are packing th... |
| Jun 7, 2026 | Air France-KLM CEO signals openness to joint bid with Castlelake for Easyjet | Air France-KLM Chief Executive Officer Ben Smith has indicated a willingness to explore a potential involvement in a takeover bid for EasyJet Plc, stating he would entertain a proposal from investment firm Castlelake LP if approached. While... |
| Jun 4, 2026 | For stock-picking success, think like a PE investor | How do you pick shares for your investment portfolio? If you don’t understand the stock market, you could just chuck everything into a basic tracker fund and leave it be. If you’ve got a computer science PhD under your belt, you could devel... |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Easyjet fires back at ‘highly opportunistic timing’ as Castlelake weighs takeover bid | Easyjet has fired back at speculation of a takeover, after reports emerged that private credit firm Castlelake was weighing a bid.
The budget airline said it notes the “highly opportunistic timing” of a potential offer as it asserted its sh... |
| May 30, 2026 | Easyjet attracts takeover interest from US private credit firm | Budget airline carrier Easyjet has drawn takeover interest from private credit firm Castlelake, which could make the airline the latest UK-listed company to be snatched off the stock market.
Castlelake said it was in the “early stages of co... |
| May 18, 2026 | Why a small UK lender has major U.S. credit firms on edge | The failure of U.K. specialist lender Market Financial Solutions has left banks and investment firms on both sides of the Atlantic facing potentially hundreds of millions in losses.
The MFS collapse has underscored the need for closer scrut... |
| Apr 7, 2026 | MFS software platform put up for sale after lender’s collapse | A software platform developed for Market Finance Solutions has been put up for sale by administrators following the lender’s collapse, City AM can reveal.
The software, which has been designed to be used in conjunction with Salesforce, was ... |
| Feb 24, 2026 | Spirit Airlines plans to slash flights, fleet in bid to emerge from bankruptcy as early as spring | Spirit Airlines has reached an agreement with creditors for a plan to emerge from its second bankruptcy in a year.
Spirit plans to slash its Airbus fleet further to come out of bankruptcy.
The airline has already furloughed pilots and fligh... |
| Feb 12, 2026 | Spirit Airlines sells more planes, calls back 500 flight attendants from furlough ahead of spring break | Spirit Airlines said it sold another 20 aircraft as it continues to slim its fleet.
The airline is in its second bankruptcy in less than a year and has held talks with Frontier Airlines and an investment firm, though these have not yielded ... |
| Jan 22, 2026 | Spirit Airlines is in deal talks with investment firm Castlelake as struggling carrier seeks path forward | Spirit Airlines is in talks with investment firm Castlelake for a potential takeover of the discount airline, CNBC has learned.
The struggling budget airline filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last August for the second time in a ye... |
| Nov 9, 2025 | Upstart: $1.5 Billion Forward Flow Agreement Secured With Castlelake | Upstart announced a new forward-flow commitment from funds managed by Castlelake, L.P., in which Castlelake has agreed to purchase up to $1.5 billion in consumer loans originated through the Upstart platform. Upstart is a lending marketplac... |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Pagaya, Castlelake reach deal for up to $500 million in auto loans | WASHINGTON :Lending platform Pagaya Technologies on Monday announced an agreement to sell up to $500 million of its auto loans to asset-based private credit manager Castlelake.
In a statement, New York City-based Pagaya said the deal "... |
| Sep 16, 2025 | LCM Partners Announces €3.8 Billion First Close of Credit Opportunities 5 Strategy | LONDON, Sept. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- LCM Partners, one of Europe's leading private credit managers and a member of Brookfield's group of strategic credit partners, is pleased to announce the first close of its flagship Credit Op... |
| Sep 13, 2025 | Aequum Capital: $250 Million Debt Facility Secured From Wells Fargo | Aequum Capital Financial, a specialty finance lender backed by global investment manager Castlelake, announced it has closed a $250 million debt facility led by Wells Fargo & Company. The financing marks a significant step in Aequum’s g... |
| Aug 17, 2025 | Castlelake: $1.8 Billion Aviation Lending Platform Launched | Castlelake, a global alternative investment manager with 20 years of experience, has launched Merit AirFinance. This aviation lending business will provide debt capital to airlines and leasing companies for new and used aviation assets.
Mer... |
| Dec 3, 2024 | Avolon: Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility Extended And Upsized To $5.8 Billion | Avolon, a leading global aviation finance company, announced the extension and upsizing of its unsecured revolving credit facility, supported by a syndicate of 25 banks. And the facility’s maturity date has been extended by two and a half y... |
| Nov 4, 2024 | YouLend: US Financing Capacity Expanded To $1+ Billion Through Castlelake Deal | YouLend, a global embedded financing platform, announced that it has secured a new financing facility with funds managed by Castlelake, a global alternative investment firm specializing in asset-based private credit.
This new facility broad... |
| Oct 28, 2024 | Embedded Finance Platform YouLend Announces Financing Facility with Castlelake to Fund US SMBs | Listen to this article
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| Jun 20, 2024 | Castlelake Agrees to Purchase up to $1.2 Billion of Consumer Installment Loans Originated on Upstart's Platform | MINNEAPOLIS, June 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Castlelake, L.P. ("Castlelake"), a global alternative investment manager specializing in asset-based private credit investments, has reached an agreement to purchase up to $1.2 billion of... |
| May 31, 2024 | Itasca MGA Provides Aircraft Finance Insurance Cover to Virgin Atlantic | HAMILTON, Bermuda, May 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Itasca MGA Limited ("Itasca MGA"), an aviation-focused managing general agent created by alternative investment manager Castlelake and Pine Walk Capital, a wholly owned subsidiary of... |
| May 7, 2024 | Канадская Brookfield инвестирует $1,5 млрд в частного кредитного менеджера Castlelake | Частные кредитные фирмы становятся все более популярным источником капитала, поскольку они не подвергаются более жесткому контролю со стороны регулирующих органов, чем традиционные кредиторы.
Этот многотриллионный рынок имеет значительные п... |
| Mar 7, 2024 | Q1 2024: SAS reaches milestones in the Chapter 11 process and prepares for a busy summer season | Q1 2024: SAS reaches milestones in the Chapter 11 process and prepares for a busy summer season
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I am pleased to conclude a busy first quarter and winter season for SAS, marked by increased pas... |
| Oct 23, 2023 | Castlelake to Provide $200 Million Private Structured Financing Solution to Oportun to Finance Personal Loan Product | |
| Oct 3, 2023 | SAS reaches major milestone in SAS FORWARD – announces the winning consortium, including details of the transaction structure | SAS reaches major milestone in SAS FORWARD – announces the winning consortium, including details of the transaction structure
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SAS has reached a major milestone in its ongoing chapter 11 proces... |
| Jan 26, 2022 | Castlelake grabs $1.6B for aviation fund | Minneapolis-based Castlelake has closed its fourth aviation fund at roughly $1.6 billion. The vehicle will focus on younger mid-life aircraft and related aviation assets. Castlelake closed its third aviation fund at $1 billion in 2017.
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| Oct 14, 2021 | Allegiant Travel : Castlelake Provides Loan to Allegiant-backed Sunseeker Resort | MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Castlelake, L.P. ("Castlelake"), a global alternative investment manager with 16 years of experience investing in asset-rich opportunities, announced today it has provided a loan to Sunse... |
| Jun 2, 2017 | Castlelake closes its third aviation-focused fund on $1bn | Minnesota-headquartered Castlelake has closed its third aviation-dedicated fund on its $1bn hard cap. The fund, Castlela |
| Jun 2, 2017 | Term Sheet — Friday, June 2 | NEW MONEY, FOOD IPO
Spin-outs: Last week we reported on the trend of junior partners at venture firms striking out on their own. In addition to the seven new firms we named in that article, here are two more worth watching:
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| Dec 20, 2013 | Castlelake raises more than $500m for latest fund | Private equity firm Castlelake has raised more than $500m for its third distressed fund, AltAssets has learned. Castlela |
