Partners Group has closed its third direct infrastructure program with $8.5 billion of total commitments coming from a mix of public and corporate pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, endowment funds and foundations.
The firm said a third of the commitments came from outside of Partners Group's European home market, reflecting broadening investor appetite for the firm's globally diversified but thematically focused infrastructure offering.
The closing follows an intense period of investment activity for the firm, with $5.4 billion committed in 2021 to infrastructure assets and companies that reflect the firm's thematic investment convictions, Partners Group said.
The remainder of the program will be deployed globally, on behalf of investors, with a focus on infrastructure investments in high-conviction thematic areas associated with the overriding themes of digitization and automation; new living; and decarbonization and sustainability. A
