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Is private equity the new traditional asset class?

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What is required to create value in a higher rate environment, how his family office is investing in a range of uncorrelated asset classes, and the evolution of Blue Earth Capital, a global impact investing firm, initiated by Urs in 2015.

In this podcast, Urs Wietlisbach, Co-Founder of Partners Group, explains how the private equity industry has matured over the past few decades and why he believes private equity is the ‘new traditional asset class’.

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Infrastructure Investing – Navigating Growth, Sustainability & Digitalisation

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