Alternative Investment Management / Private Markets
Strategic Profile
CVC ranked fourth in Private Equity International's PEI 300 ranking among the world's largest private equity firms in June 2024. CVC's network comprises 30 offices globally, making it one of the most geographically diverse and longest-established networks of any private equity or credit investor worldwide. The firm is executing a growth strategy through strategic acquisitions and expanded distribution channels.
Cyborg Score Rationale
Deployment remained strong at €25.7bn driven by Credit, Secondaries and Infrastructure, with highly attractive gross returns of 3.2x MOIC and 23% IRR in 2025. Recent major acquisitions and strong fundraising momentum demonstrate market leadership.
Top Insights
CVC's Marathon acquisition will create a credit platform with 61 billion euros in fee-paying AUM with the goal of more than doubling this figure to 200 billion euros by 2028
Private Wealth reached €3.6bn of aggregate value, nearly 5x vs. €0.8bn at Dec24, with broadening of products and distributors to drive growth in 2026
In 2023, CVC raised the largest ever raised private equity fund globally at €26 billion
Private Equity realisations increased 77%, and over the past 4 years, CVC has returned more capital than deployed, underpinning confidence in future fundraising
Named Competitors
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KKR — Major private equity and alternative asset manager
Apollo Global Management — Diversified alternative asset manager with significant credit presence