In the Media

Our Global Head of Infrastructure Esther Peiner sat down with Infrastructure Investor to talk about our portfolio company North Star, which now has one of the largest fleets of offshore wind support vessels in Europe. In this interview, Esther talks about how we built conviction in this sector, how our value creation plan has evolved, and our likely exit route. As Esther notes, "this is one of those niche, niche sectors that is so easy to overlook. But once you think it through, it’s super interesting from a risk-return and growth perspective."

"We are deeply embedded in the European living market. As a result, we can convert fragmentation into an edge, with the ability to design bespoke investment strategies and unlock additional value," Henrik Orrbeck, our Co-Head of Real Estate, told PERE in an interview on the residential sector. Henrik was joined by Lahcen Knapp, Chairman of Empira Group, to discuss where we see opportunities, what is driving rental growth, and how differentiation impacts asset performance.

Following the launch of our new Total Return Strategy, Todd Miller spoke to Private Equity International about how we see white space for a yield-focused strategy in the corporate private equity market, which type of assets will fall within focus, and what returns the strategy will be targeting. The strategy complements our existing private equity, private credit, infrastructure, real estate, royalties, and special opportunities offerings, further expanding our range of differentiated solutions.

Despite the macro noise, 2025 was our second-best year ever for private equity realizations. How did we achieve this? As Ben McLean, a Managing Director in our Private Equity business, explains to Private Equity International in this interview, it boils down to quality. You cannot predict volatility, so you have to prepare for it by backing great business models that can sustain all weather conditions.

One year on from the launch of our partnership with Generali Asset Management, we sat down with Private Debt Investor to look at how the secondaries market is evolving on each side of the Atlantic. Lori Pomerantz and Callum Smith from our team were joined by Marco Busca from Generali Asset Management to discuss how the opportunity set is evolving, the impact of recent volatility, and the advantages of our partnership.

Rapidly growing power demand in the US, driven largely by the proliferation of AI, is placing huge strain on the country's grid infrastructure. So, what's the solution? In this interview with Infrastructure Investor, Andre Burba and Patrick Langan from our Infrastructure Americas team explain how using power more efficiently, whether that’s through energy efficiency, storage or demand response, will be an important part of the solution.