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Partners Group warns of virus impact on exits and performance fees

After a stellar 2019, the listed buyout group was more cautious in its 2020 forecast

Partners Group, the Switzerland-listed private equity firm, has warned that the coronavirus outbreak will impact most of its exit activities, which will hit performance fees in the first half of the year.

In a conference call on the firm’s annual results, co-head of group finance and corporate development Philip Sauer said performance fees will likely be skewed to the second half of the year and fall below the firm’s long-term guidance of 20% to 30% as a proportion of total revenue. Full year performance fees in 2019 were 473m Swiss francs.

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