In the Media

What are the opportunities and challenges facing direct lenders on both sides of the Atlantic? How do debt markets in Europe and the US differ? Showcasing Partners Group's global debt platform, Chris Bone, Head Private Debt Europe, and Tom Stein, Head Private Debt Americas, answer these questions and more in a keynote interview with Private Debt Investor.

In this interview, Anthony Shontz, Co-Head Private Equity Integrated Investments at Partners Group, talks to Private Equity International about why GP-led secondaries are attractive to buyers, the highly competitive dynamics of the GP-led secondaries space, how LP attitudes have evolved, and what the future holds for this part of the market.

Why is it so important that Governance is not overshadowed by the Environmental and Social components of ESG? Getting governance right is what enables investors to positively influence the way a company works and create long-term value. In this interview, Partners Group's Carmela Mondino, Head of ESG & Sustainability, and Richard Thackray, Managing Director Operating Directors & Entrepreneurial Governance, dig into this topic and look at the ways of engaging with portfolio company employees.

This EducationInvestor Global case study looks at how Partners Group has transformed portfolio company International Schools Partnership from a start-up with no assets into the fifth largest K-12 school group globally. ISP now has 50 schools in 15 countries with around 45,000 students. In the case study, Andrew Deakin, Managing Director of Private Equity Services at Partners Group, explains that "you need to be patient if you're going to be transformational."

How can infrastructure investors stay on the right side of disruptive change? Partners Group's Todd Bright, Head Private Infrastructure Americas, talks to Infrastructure Investor about why the firm invests behind three giga themes, what levers can be pulled to create value across sub-sectors, and the importance of having ESG front of mind.

Partners Group's Andrew Bellis, Head of Liquid Loans, and Christopher Bone, Head of Private Debt Europe, talk to Private Debt Investor about how ESG has risen up the agenda of debt investors, the different approaches to assessing ESG, and why investors need to "lift up the bonnet" when it comes to ESG credentials.