CVC Capital Partners
CVC-Marathon is the credit platform created following CVC’s July 2026 completion of its acquisition of Marathon Asset Management.
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- Event-driven and special-situations investment manager
- Event-Driven & Special Situations Hedge Funds
- Tier I
Overview
CVC-Marathon is the credit platform created following CVC’s July 2026 completion of its acquisition of Marathon Asset Management. Marathon’s investment programs span opportunistic and public credit, asset-based lending, structured credit, high yield, leveraged loans, emerging markets, and real estate-related opportunities.
The Marathon franchise was built around fundamental credit underwriting and the ability to invest through different phases of the cycle. Its opportunistic activities address stressed and distressed securities, dislocations, refinancings, capital solutions, and situations requiring asset-level or capital-structure analysis. Within The Economy Wiki, the institution is connected to the Event-Driven & Special Situations Hedge Funds category.
Firm facts
| Institution | CVC Capital Partners |
| Type | Event-driven and special-situations investment manager |
| Headquarters | New York, United States |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Primary ranking focus | Event-Driven & Special Situations Hedge Funds |
| Highest 2026 tier | Tier I |
Activities and investment capabilities
CVC Capital Partners is active in corporate events, restructurings, distressed securities and complex capital structures. Its category-specific capabilities are summarized below.
Core capability
corporate events, restructurings, distressed securities and complex capital structures
Institutional relevance
Capabilities are assessed for professional investors, investment organizations, counterparties or hedge-fund operating teams.
Risk and execution
The profile considers research quality, implementation, governance, resilience and category-specific operating requirements.
Strategy and market coverage
Strategy and workflow coverage
corporate events, restructurings, distressed securities and complex capital structures
Institutional context
Coverage reflects the institution’s role in hedge-fund investment, data, trading, financing, risk or operational workflows.
Market position
CVC-Marathon fits Tier II because Marathon retains a substantial and recognizable credit heritage within a larger global platform. The combination expands sourcing and institutional reach while preserving the investment capabilities developed by the Marathon team since 1998.
CVC Capital Partners is assessed within the Event-Driven & Special Situations Hedge Funds framework. For wider market context, see Private Credit Lending Models as Banks Retreat.
Competitive context
CVC Capital Partners is recognized Tier I in Top 30 Global Private Equity Leaders 2026; Tier II in Top 30 Event-Driven & Special Situations Hedge Funds 2026. The rankings compare institutions by category relevance, investment or operating capability, research depth, risk and execution quality, institutional credibility and current activity. Comparable links support navigation and do not imply identical mandates, products or counterparties.
Leadership and governance
Leadership, investment-committee composition, product ownership and operating resources may change over time. Current information should be confirmed through the institution’s website or public institutional source.
| Leadership area | Current source |
|---|---|
| Leadership and governance | Current institutional information |
Corporate and public information
This profile refers to CVC Capital Partners as the public-facing institution or platform. Individual funds, advisers, broker-dealers, banks, administrators, data businesses and regulated affiliates may use separate legal names across jurisdictions.
Corporate and disclosure information
| Organization | CVC Capital Partners |
| Headquarters | New York, United States |
| Public source | www.cvc.com |
| Profile basis | Public institutional information and Capital Ranking editorial research |
Ranking recognition
Related Economy analysis
Selected Economy Markets articles provide context for the investment, market-structure, technology, financing and institutional themes relevant to this profile:
- Private Credit Lending Models as Banks Retreat
- Private Credit’s Trillion-Dollar Growth Meets Its AI Debt Test
- The Silent Reshuffle of the Advisory Market
- Middle-Market Private Equity: Returns, Scale and Manager Selection
