In the Media

“We are very thematic. We have industry experts in different verticals on the team and we are often tracking assets for months before any kind of transaction is even on the table,” Anthony Shontz, Head of Private Equity Partnership Investments, says in an interview with Private Equity International about Partners Group’s investment approach to secondaries. In this interview Anthony is joined by Roy Baumann, Managing Director, Private Equity Partnership Investments, to discuss the outlook for secondaries, the advantages of Partners Group’s integrated platform, and how the firm’s ownership mindset translates into secondaries.

Private markets’ push into private wealth has made headlines recently. In a timely interview, our Global Co-Heads of Private Wealth, Rob Collins and Christian Wicklein, spoke with Private Equity International for its Democratization of PE report. In it, Rob and Christian discuss what less experienced investors need to know about private equity, the need for greater education on the asset class, and the challenges managers face when dealing with an uptick in investors seeking liquidity.

"We have strong conviction towards the logistics sector and there remains an appetite among investor clients for us to deploy capital on their behalf," Peter Holden, our Co-Head of Asset Management Private Real Estate, says in a new keynote interview with PERE. In this interview, Peter and Audrey Symes, Lead Investment Researcher Private Real Estate, discuss demand drivers for logistics, the importance of sustainability in attracting occupiers, and current macro headwinds.

"Energy efficiency may not get the attention that renewable generation does, but it is an indispensable component of climate change mitigation," says Todd Bright, our Co-Head Private Infrastructure Americas, in a Q&A with Infrastructure Investor. In this Q&A, Todd explains the different energy efficiency solutions available, what new opportunities the Internet of Things is creating within energy efficiency, and the great work our portfolio company Budderfly, which provides energy efficiency as a service, is doing.

Following a thematic approach that looks to invest through economic cycles has never been more important for mid-market managers, Ben Russell, Senior Asset Class Manager at Partners Group, writes in a Buyouts guest article. In this piece, Ben provides examples of Partners Group's thematic investing approach in action and explains how second order thinking can help identify sectors and assets with sticky demand, above-average growth rates, and market resilience.

As public markets shrink in the US and globally, there is growing interest amongst retail investors in evaluating and diversifying into private markets, Rob Collins, Head Private Wealth US at Partners Group, told Private Equity International in this keynote interview. Rob goes on to talk about the main barriers to retail investors accessing private markets, the products being developed for this investor group, and the future role blockchain technology can play in democratizing the asset class.