Partners Group Curbs Hedge Fund Access to EUR 6 Billion Refinancing While Reshaping Credit and Equity Units
Published on 10/19/2026 at 11:20 | Editorial boerse-global.de
Partners Group is rewriting the terms on which outside capital meets its portfolio companies. At the same time, it is retooling its fund range and trimming its buyout team — a three-front response to tougher conditions across the private markets, where weaker returns on older portfolios and rising redemption requests from investors in open-ended evergreen vehicles have squeezed the operating backdrop.
The most striking move sits in debt management. According to Bloomberg, the Swiss asset manager is shutting hedge funds out of buying certain loans as it refinances obligations totaling roughly EUR 6 billion. The restrictions are embedded in special credit agreement clauses and cover borrowings at portfolio companies Emeria SASU, Ammega Group BV and Breitling AG. Through these contractual guardrails, Partners Group is shaping who holds its companies' debt, aiming to keep specific market players from gaining uncontrolled influence over liabilities during refinancing rounds.
Product development is moving in parallel. Roughly two weeks ago the firm launched a global multi-sector private credit income strategy, structured through an open evergreen vehicle and aimed at both institutional investors and the private wealth segment. Partners Group is targeting high single-digit to low double-digit returns, generated predominantly from running income. The launch was flanked by a chartbook published on October 6 under the title "Higher-for-Longer," framing the strategy against a changed interest-rate environment.
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A Two-Portfolio Split for the Global Value SICAV
Existing large structures are being reworked as well. For the Global Value SICAV, which holds EUR 6.6 billion in total, management has put forward a realignment concept reported in the media. The plan would divide the fund into two standalone sub-portfolios: legacy holdings would be moved into one vehicle, while newer commitments stay bundled in the other.
A separate decision landed at an externally listed entity. Shareholders of Partners Group Private Equity Limited, which trades in London, approved an orderly wind-down of its portfolio. The company is managed by Partners Group Holding AG, but the holding itself is not the entity being wound down — a distinction that leaves the asset manager's core business untouched by the vote.
Buyout Desk Slims as Shares Stay Under Pressure
Internally, the private equity division has seen dozens of positions cut or shifted elsewhere in the group, Bloomberg reported. A company spokesperson characterized the departures as the product of a regular performance review, adding that team size remains within its long-term average. Bloomberg linked the adjustments to weaker returns on older portfolios and growing investor appetite for exits from open evergreen vehicles.
Equity markets have yet to be convinced. The stock closed Friday at EUR 655.20 and stood at EUR 652.80 in the latest reading, down 0.4% on the day. Year to date the shares have lost 38%, and they now trade 5.2% above their 52-week low. By leaning harder into private credit, the firm is trying to open more dependable earnings channels and blunt the headwinds buffeting its other segments.
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