In the Media

Today, the roles of public and private markets have almost completely reversed from those in the 1980s. When it comes to raising new capital, public markets are the realm of opportunistic IPOs, while private markets are the realm of real economy investment and strategic corporate development, writes Steffen Meister, the Executive Chairman of the Board at Partners Group, in Private Equity International. Steffen argues this role reversal will attract new entrants to private markets, resulting in firms differentiating themselves between active and passive investment approaches. Truly active private markets firms, which are business builders focused on value creation, will be best positioned to deliver sustainable returns in the future.

Partners Group's Tim Michalas and four other Sydney-based infrastructure professionals talk to Infrastructure Investor about the evolving definition of infrastructure in the Australian market, the growing trend towards renewable energy investments and the outlook for the Australian infrastructure sector.

The secondaries market is breaking new records as it continues to bed into in the private equity landscape. Six industry professionals, including Partners Group's Anthony Shontz, talk to Private Equity International about what is driving more investors to the strategy, how an evolving market leads to opportunities for innovation, and why the PE secondaries market is well positioned to weather future downturns in the economy.

Partners Group is proud to be a first adopter of the IFC's newly launched Operating Principles for Impact Management. Partners Group played an active role in developing the Principles, which provide a clear common market standard for what constitutes an impact investment, and will be applying them to its impact-at-scale strategy PG LIFE.

Download the Operating Principles for Impact Management: www.impactprinciples.org

As renewable energy projects become increasingly cost-competitive, four industry professionals, including Partners Group's Shreya Malik, tell Infrastructure Investor why they prefer a subsidy-free market. This even though the sector's changing risk profile makes investing more challenging for infrastructure investment managers.

Partners Group wins awards from Private Equity International and Private Debt Investor in their 2018 awards.