In the Media

In a recent Factsheet published by data provider Preqin, Partners Group was featured in a performance ranking of the largest diversified global buyout firms following the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). According to Preqin, the high valuation environment that persisted post-GFC ushered in a new era of private equity investing focused more on operational value creation to generate returns.

In this report from Swiss Sustainable Finance, Partners Group looks at how private equity managers are ideally positioned to not only invest in businesses or projects that support the low carbon transition, but also better manage the environmental impact of their portfolio assets than public markets firms. This is because private equity managers typically have a stronger influence over how assets are managed, enabling them to implement sustainability initiatives more effectively. Partners Group also explains in the report how we assess the potential for assets to support the low carbon transition and how impact is measured longer term.

This SASB report outlines how Partners Group navigates the ESG ecosystem, and how our approach considers key principles, frameworks, and industry standards that shape responsible investment, ESG, and impact integration. To demonstrate the practical application of these concepts, the case study examines our direct equity investment in EyeCare Partners, the largest vertically integrated medical vision services provider in the US, which we acquired in December 2019 on behalf of our clients.

In an excerpt from one of our Thematic Research papers, published by Institutional Real Estate, Inc., Partners Group's Infrastructure Research team assesses how technology expands the investable infrastructure universe and can unlock value creation potential for its portfolio companies. Through our Thematic Sourcing process, we aim to identify these disruptions early and capitalize on the opportunities to generate positive returns for our clients, while preparing our businesses for the economic landscape of tomorrow.

Partners Group investment leader Evelyn Zhang recently spoke to Private Equity International about how the current economic environment is shaping the opportunity set for private equity secondaries players and what it takes for managers to succeed in today's competitive secondaries market.

Partners Group's Christopher Hardison and Anna Filipovich spoke to Private Debt Investor about opportunities and risks in today's US private debt market, and how Partners Group approaches deal sourcing in a market that continues to grapple with the impacts of covid-19.