Partners Group has launched a special opportunities strategy to capitalise on market dislocation caused by the uncertain macro-environment.
The private markets manager said the strategy will focus on three types of transactions across corporate solutions, real assets and other liquidity-driven opportunities, investing on a global basis.
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“We believe the coming economic transformation, amplified by continued macro-economic uncertainty, will offer a significant untapped market opportunity for special opportunities investments; the time is right to build on our track record with a dedicated team,” said Juri Jenkner, president at Partners Group. “Our strategy, leveraging the full breadth of the transformational investing skillsets from across our platform, will look to create asymmetric upside while protecting from downside risk.”
The strategy will be led by Joshua Hartz, who has joined the firm as a partner from Bain Capital.
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The special opportunities strategy is the latest investment vehicle launched by Partners Group, which manages $185bn (£137.9bn) in assets under management. The firm has continued to expand its multi-strategy private markets platform, including the addition of royalties in late 2024.
“Historically, during both times of dislocation and market expansion, special opportunities strategies have been relied on to drive transformation and growth in companies,” said Hartz. “In the coming economic transformation, driven by the increasingly fast pace of technological change and enhanced by looming debt maturity walls, slower GDP growth, and elevated global inflation, the volume of transaction opportunities requiring flexible private capital solutions is only increasing.”
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