Videos

In the last decade or so, core real estate investment lived a golden era. Low interest rates and cheap financing meant managers could buy assets in the core segment and secure an attractive return from rent collection. But with the emergence of a new macro regime many of those macro tailwinds have become headwinds. Going forward, double-digit IRR returns in real estate will increasingly depend on a hands-on approach to thematic sourcing and asset transformation. In this Q&A, Mike Bryant, Head of Private Real Estate at Partners Group, explains how investors are turning their attention to the ‘value-add’ segment of real estate. Through value-add strategies, we have the capacity to transform assets with a hands-on approach to meet evolving ESG requirements as well as the preferences of tenants in the corporate and consumer segments.

In this video, Gaëlle Olivier, the newest member of Partners Group's Board of Directors, shares her views on the critical role of private markets as rapid technological advancement – including AI – fundamentally changes society and business. Gaëlle joined the Board in May following a distinguished 30-year career in financial services. Through her Board committee assignments, she will contribute to Partners Group’s strategic Board-level initiatives with a focus on clients and operations.

The secondaries market has grown significantly in recent years, surpassing the USD 100 billion mark in transaction volume. Rather than just a by-product of relentless growth in investment activity, secondaries are now supporting the evolution of private markets into a more versatile and liquid asset class.

In this Q&A, Andres Small, Managing Director at Partners Group, outlines the long-term factors underpinning this trajectory and explains how a thematic and integrated approach to the asset class – particularly in a period of market dislocation – makes secondaries an especially compelling strategy right now.

The private markets industry has its roots in leveraged buyouts, where firms often looked to break up conglomerates. To be successful today, private markets firms need to be business builders that combine scale of resources with a transformational investing approach. In this video, Steffen Meister, the Executive Chairman of Partners Group’s Board, explains that modern private markets firms can actually learn from the best conglomerates, which rank highly in five specific dimensions: strategic rigor, entrepreneurial governance, operational excellence, proven playbooks, and talent strategy.

We combined two companies – Ammeraal Beltech and Megadyne – to form AMMEGA, taking the business from belting experts to a strong global team. Through our deep thematic expertise, we identified an attractive transformative trend across industrial automation and saw strong development potential in the sector. Ammega is now the global leader in industrial power transmission, lightweight process, and conveyor belting. Together with the management team, we have been working to strengthen Ammega, bringing in the best of both companies, by attracting and developing top talent since our investment on behalf of our clients in 2018. Watch the video to learn more about our long-term, transformational investing approach at Ammega.