Partners Group has forged a number of arrangements to distribute and produce investments in and around the private markets space, which is growing in popularity in the mass-affluent/HNW area.

Partners Group, a Switzerland-listed private markets specialist, has inked a new distribution agreement with Sella Group – one of the largest private and independent banking groups in Italy.

Sella Group's private banking clients in Italy will be able to invest in Partners Group Private Equity Opportunities SICAV, which Partners said is the first ever private equity evergreen fund that complies with the European Long Term Investment Fund regime. The fund, which was launched in 2024, has a minimum investment level of €10,000 ($11,581).

Investors in the fund, which include retail clients that are not considered professional investors, will invest strictly in parallel with institutional investors in other Partners Group products, the firm said.

The business said its “pro rata allocation policy” ensures that all investors have access to the same investment content.

Partners Group manages $48 billion across its private wealth solutions and serves wealthy individuals globally through a network of over 130 selected distribution partners. Partners Group launched its flagship Global Value SICAV private equity evergreen strategy in 2007, followed in the US by the first private equity 1940 Act Fund in 2009. 

In other recent moves, in early June, Partners Group appointed Anastasia Amoroso as managing director and chief investment strategist for private wealth and retirement. She will be joining at the end of June, based in New York.

In September 2024, Partners Group announced a strategic partnership with BlackRock to launch a model portfolio solution streamlining retail wealth access to private equity, private credit, and real assets.

Sella Bank dates its origins in Northern Italy to 1827. A number of business groups operate under the Sella brand, including Banca Patrimoni Sella & C, a private bank based in Turin.