Talk:Partners Group

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An update for the lead section[edit]

Hi, I was thinking it can be useful to update the lead section as it is not updated. In my proposal here below I have also added some third-party sources to the primary ones currently available in the article. As far as I understood, they should be more in line with what is required. Finally, I would add information regarding Private Equity International's award for Partners Group, supported by the necessary source. I've highlighted all of the changes I am proposing in green. What do you think? Thanks ahead of time for whatever suggestion you may want to share with me :) Milevka Grceva (talk) 11:16, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Extended content

Partners Group AG (SIX: PGHN) is a Swiss-headqurtered global private equity firm with US$109 billion in assets under management in private equity, private infrastructure, private real estate and private debt.^[1]

The firm manages a broad range of funds, structured products and customized portfolios for an international clientele of institutional investors, private banks and other financial institutions. The firm has completed more than 250 private equity investments in portfolio companies.^[2]

As of 2018, Partners Group is the third most-valuable publicly-listed private markets firm in the world by market capitalization.~~, after The Blackstone Group.~~^[2] Partners Group was awarded firm of the year in Switzerland for four years in a row (2017-2020) by Private Equity international (2020, 2019, 2018, 2017).^[3]

Partners Group has been a component of the Swiss Market Index, since 2020.

^ "Partners Group: «Netto 3 bis 5 Prozentpunkte besser als kotierte Aktien»" (in German). Retrieved 21 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b "One of the Most Valued Private Equity Firms Isn't on Wall Street". Retrieved 21 May 2021.
^ "PEI Awards 2020: Winners". Retrieved 21 May 2021.

Hi @Milevka Grceva: Thank you for making the request concise and clear. I have implemented your requested changes with some minor adjustments I did not think the firm of the year award belonged in the lead as the notability of the award is unclear so included it in the History section instead. If at all possible in the future, please refrain from using sources that are behind a pay wall as it makes the review difficult, if not impossible. Also, you do need use the edit request template next time (instructions also on your talk page) so editors are aware. S0091 (talk) 17:49, 6 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@S0091: Thanks a lot for your help . I perfectly understand the need to possibly refrain from paywalled sources. Unfortunately, sometimes it is the only available option. I will shortly propose an expanded and sourced version of the first part of the history section I have been working on for the past few days, I'll propose it on this same page but in a separate discussion. There are some paywalled sources in the second part I will submit later on, but I have tried to add as many freely available sources as possible.

I will use the edit request template for the draft I am about to submit, as you suggested.

Thanks again for your help. Should you feel like helping with my next proposal as well, it would be greatly appreciated :) Talk to you soon. --Milevka Grceva (talk) 08:07, 11 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

An expanded version of the first part of the History section[edit]

Hi all, over the last few days I have been working on expanding the history section with new information as well as sources.

Find the draft I have prepared below. I have highlighted information that is already on the page in yellow.

I have added some additional historical information between the first and second paragraphs of the history section currently in the article.

I will keep on working on what follows, in the meantime it would mean the world if you could tell me what you think about the content below. --Milevka Grceva (talk) 08:34, 11 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest was declined.

History

Founding

Founded in 1996, the firm is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland with global offices. In 2019, the firm opened its 129,400-square-foot North American headquarters in Broomfield, Colorado. The founding partners met at Goldman Sachs and saw growth potential in the private equity market, given the legal and regulatory limitations that were placed on European and institutional investors’ access to closed-ended private equity programs.^[1]

The firm began by building a client-base across Europe for private equity, eventually recruiting Steffen Meister to join the firm, who then also became CEO and later Executive Chairman.^[1]

Early growth

The firm raised its first direct buyout fund by 1998, Partners Private Equity LP, with total commitments of CHF 150 million. Partnering with Coller Capital, in the same year the firm made its first and at the time largest secondary transaction and established a secondaries business.^[1]

From 1998 to 2003 Partners Group created capital-protected offerings, convertible bonds, listed private markets vehicles, rated vehicles and funds. These elements provided liquidity for European institutional investors and allowed for their investments in private equity.^[1]

In 2003, with around EUR 400 million, Partners Group launched a fund called Secondary 2004.^[1]

By the end of 2005 Partners Group also established offices in New York, London, Singapore, and Guernsey. ^[1]

The company’s first public offering

In 2006, with the value of the firm at CHF 1.7 billion, Partners Group listed 33% of its shares on the SIX Swiss Exchange for CHF 63 per share. This made the firm one of the first private equity firms to go public.

Partners Group is a joint stock company under Swiss law, listed on the Swiss Exchange since its 2006 initial public offering (minority floating). Around 45% of the shares are held by all employees and partners. The firm's founding partners are Alfred Gantner, Marcel Erni, Urs Wietlisbach and Stefan Degen. As of 2016, according to Forbes' annual billionaire's list, founders Gantner, Erni, and Wietlisbach are listed as three of the 25 wealthiest private equity managers in the world, each with net worths totaling $1.3 billion.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Lietz, Nori Gerardo; Andrade, Ricardo (2016). "Partners Group: Ain't No Mountain High Enough". Harvard Business School Case: 25. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

@Milevka Grceva:

Not done and not likely to be done Primary author of the only source you use was a partner at Partners Group which means that the source likely fails WP:COISOURCE. You need a better, third party, non-affiliated source. Your wording is also non-encyclopedic, phrases like 'saw growth potential' sound like they are directly lifted from promo material. Melmann 12:13, 11 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

[Finanz_und_Wirtschaft-1] "Partners Group: «Netto 3 bis 5 Prozentpunkte besser als kotierte Aktien»" (in German). Retrieved 21 May 2021.

[Bloombergquint-2] "One of the Most Valued Private Equity Firms Isn't on Wall Street". Retrieved 21 May 2021.

[privateequityinternational-3] "PEI Awards 2020: Winners". Retrieved 21 May 2021.

[HBS-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Lietz, Nori Gerardo; Andrade, Ricardo (2016). "Partners Group: Ain't No Mountain High Enough". Harvard Business School Case: 25. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

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