FT News Briefing

Private equity giant CVC bets on going public

Netflix stemmed its subscriber losses in the third quarter and Russia is using Iranian drones in its war against Ukraine. Plus, Europe’s top private equity firm, CVC Capital Partners, is preparing to go public and the move has implications for the whole sector. Mentioned in this podcast:<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/3b1e8a70-73e0-40a9-bd7d-7dcd6e015c42" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Netflix shares jump as it gains 2.4mn new subscribers</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/86ce59dc-8625-4000-a52f-603046354d19" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CVC’s biggest bet yet: the fiercely private buyout firm set to go public</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/5bd20e77-d368-49dd-a7bd-bcb93fc4594b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Military briefing: Russia rolls out Iranian drones to ‘terrorise’ Ukraine</a> The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music.  <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/38ba7219-362d-49a4-a976-180f10ff1770" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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