Direct investing

Mario Giannini, the firm’s executive co-chairman, will relinquish his duties next March after helping build a platform that manages and advises on more than $1trn of assets.

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The $37bn investment arm of Denmark’s Novo Nordisk Foundation is building a roster of homegrown GPs in Asia and growing its regional headcount, says managing partner Amit Kakar.

A more than fivefold growth in resources will put OMERS in the unique near-term position of having plentiful capital for fund commitments at a time when many LPs are struggling with liquidity issues.

Private equity also accounts for two-thirds of Partners Group’s underperforming assets, the firm disclosed in its Wednesday earnings presentation.

The institution aims to increase its allocations to AI-focused investments, private credit and core-plus infrastructure assets by March 2031.

The firm blew past its $2.5bn target for its sixth equity opportunities fund.

The $1.8trn pension saw its PE portfolio grow by around $1.4bn year-on-year, per its latest annual report.

In his first interview since becoming BCI's global head of private equity, Jon Salon tells Buyouts about the factors driving robust PE investing and distributions in 2025 and his plans for the strategy going forward.