Partners Group, the Swiss-based alternative asset manager, has expanded its Asian presence with the opening of its Beijing office.
Partners Group, the Swiss-based alternative asset manager, has expanded its Asian presence with the opening of its Beijing office. The firm says the rapid growth of the Chinese private equity market, in terms of both investment opportunities and investor segments, offers attractive opportunities for future development.
Linda Cai, who will head the Beijing office and develop Partners Group’s presence in the region, joined the firm in January 2007 after holding various positions in private equity investment management and marketing in the US and China.
‘Having been active investors in China since 2005, we have seen rapid growth in market size and depth, with investment opportunities offering superior returns,’ says the firm’s head of Asia Philipp Gysler. ‘This local presence represents a natural next step, securing our leading position and ensuring market proximity, which is crucial in China.’
Chief investment officer and co-founder Marcel Erni adds: ‘In the evolving Chinese market Partners Group, as an experienced private equity investor, is focused on supporting the development of the market.
‘We are in a regular dialogue with regulatory entities as well as other decision-making bodies, allowing us the opportunity of participating in this nascent private equity market, which offers exciting potential and scope for investment as well as for new co-operation with clients and business partners.’
Partners Group manages more than CHF 24 billion in a broad range of funds, structured products and customised portfolios with private equity, private debt, private real estate, listed alternative investments, hedge funds and alternative beta strategies for an international clientele of institutional investors, private banks and distribution partners.
The firm, which employs more than 270 people at its headquarters in Zug and offices in Guernsey, London, Luxembourg, New York, San Francisco, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo, is listed on the SWX Swiss Exchange and is majority-owned by its 38 partners and principals as well as employees.
