Partners Group overview
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Partners Group warns evergreen outflows could hit $20bn
Private equity also accounts for two-thirds of Partners Group’s underperforming assets, the firm disclosed in its Wednesday earnings presentation.
Partners Group targets long-hold and yield 'white space' with new PE strategy
The Total Return Strategy plans to hold businesses for up to 12 years and will focus on immediate cash yield in addition to long-term equity appreciation.
Partners Group chief: AI, credit fears are ‘wildly overdone’
The firm has not levered its private credit evergreen funds in the same way some of its peers have, according to chief executive David Layton.
Side Letter: Gating-gate
In today's edition, Blue Owl's recent asset sale has thrust semi-liquids into the spotlight; Partners Group tries to assuage investors' AI concerns; Gridiron Capital is back in the market.
Side Letter: PIK-ing a winner
Why payment-in-kind interest is sometimes unfairly maligned. Plus: Partners Group is understood to be on track for a record year of secondaries deployment. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Industry consolidation: New investor classes drive acquisitions and partnerships
The top force fuelling M&A among private markets managers is the ambition to become as relevant to private wealth and insurance money tomorrow as institutional capital today.
BlackRock PE co-head: Semi-liquids could facilitate model portfolio adoption
Semi-liquid fund structures allow private market exposures to link into model portfolios more easily, according to Johnathan Seeg, global co-head of BlackRock Private Equity Partners.
Public-private partnerships: Who’s tied up with whom?
PGIM and Partners Group became the latest firms this week to disclose partnerships amid a trend of traditional asset managers and private markets specialists partnering to tap more non-institutional capital.
Partners Group contact information
Offices
Unternehmer-Park 3, Baar, 6340, SwitzerlandContacts
| Name | Job title | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
Key Contact Mr. Luc Kicken | Job titleMember of Management, Client Solutions and Co-Head of Sustainability | LocationBaar, Switzerland | Email  ----- |
| Mr. Joris Gröflin | Job titlePartner, Chief Financial Officer, Head Finance and Treasury | LocationBaar, Switzerland | Email --------- |
| Ms. Lindsay Luth | Job titleManaging Director, Chief Operating Officer, Private Equity and Co-Head of Sustainability | LocationDenver, United States | Email ----------- |
| Mr. Ross Hamilton | Job titleManaging Director | LocationLondon, United Kingdom | Email ----- |
Partners Group fund commitments
Known fund commitments: 599
| Fund | Manager | Commitment date | Commitment size |
|---|---|---|---|
Manager ----------- | Commitment dateJul 2026 | Commitment size$250m | |
Manager --------- | Commitment dateDec 2024 | Commitment size ----- | |
Manager ------- | Commitment dateJun 2025 | Commitment size ----------- | |
Partners Group funds managed
Funds in market: 4
| Fund | Fund size | Open date | Strategy |
|---|---|---|---|
Fund size ----- | Open dateMar 2026 | Strategy -------- | |
Fund size ----- | Open dateAug 2024 | Strategy ------ | |
Fund size ----------- | Open dateSep 2023 | Strategy ---------- | |
Closed funds: 47
| Fund | Fund size | Close date | Strategy |
|---|---|---|---|
Fund size --------- | Close dateApr 2026 | Strategy --------- | |
Fund size ----------- | Close dateJun 2024 | Strategy ------ | |
Fund size ---------- | Close dateSep 2021 | Strategy ----- | |
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Side Letter: A giant departs
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PEI 300: The shifts that are changing Europe
Mega-funds, market bifurcation and a resurgent investor base are reshaping the continent’s private equity landscape.
How private equity firms are managing the road to 401(k)
Recent updates from the US administration are paving the way for clearer partnership between private markets and American defined contribution capital.
Lessons to be learned from the credit evergreen redemption rush
The recent redemption rush in credit evergreens underscores that the democratisation of private markets still requires careful calibration.
HK’s Gaw eyes Gulf ‘retrenching’ with new growth fund
Gulf capital that was previously earmarked for the US or Europe could be redirected towards home countries, Andrei Rotaru, head of Middle East private equity, tells PEI.
CVC sees record year of exits with €21.9bn realised in 2025
Private equity generated €19.5bn in exit value in 2025, a 77% increase on the prior year, according to the firm's FY 2025 earnings report.
Private wealth investors’ risk appetite bodes well for private markets – with some caveats
As companies stay private for longer, private markets are expanding and offering private wealth investors a broader opportunity set.
Side Letter: Au fait with TPA?
In today's edition, Two more LPs on opposite sides of the globe are considering the TPA, with implications for their private equity portfolios; An EMEA IR head departs; Another global firm eyes an Asia-Pacific office opening.