
Partners Group Holding AG 正在降低一只关键长青基金的管理费,以寻求投资者批准对该私募股权工具进行改造。
Group Holding AG is reducing management fees at a key evergreen fund as it seeks investor approval to revamp the private equity vehicle.
本月初,这家瑞士私募市场公司披露,计划将规模 66 亿欧元(约 74 亿美元)的 Global Value SICAV 基金转型为“伞形”架构,旗下管理两个投资组合:一个包含较旧、表现较差资产的分红型基金,以及一个随时间推移可能提供更高回报的复利型实体。
Earlier this month the Swiss private markets firm revealed it plans to turn the €6.6 billion ($7.4 billion) Global Value SICAV fund, into an “umbrella” structure overseeing two portfolios, a distributing fund with older, lower-performing assets and a compounding entity that offers potentially higher returns over time.
Partners Group 目前正试图通过让利,安抚因公司应对赎回申请潮而受影响的投资者,以期在下个月就变更方案进行的表决前争取支持。
Partners Group is now seeking to sweeten the deal for investors affected by the firm’s response to a wave of redemption requests, potentially building support ahead of a vote on the changes next month.
根据彭博社看到的一份本月日期的投资者演示文稿,分红型基金的投资者管理费将至少降低 25 个基点,为期三年;复利型基金的投资者管理费将最高降低 75 个基点,至 2030 年 1 月 1 日止。
Investors in the distributing fund will see their fees reduced by at least 25 basis points for three years and investors in the compounding fund will see their management fees reduced by up to 75 basis points until January 1, 2030, according to an investor presentation seen by Bloomberg.
文件称:“现有投资者将受益于分红型基金管理费的降低,并在转换后,享受其在复利型基金中转换持仓的管理费降低。”
“Existing investors will benefit from reduced management fees in the distributing fund and, upon conversion, on their converted holdings in the compounding fund,” Partners Group said in the document, dated from this month.
Partners Group 近期被迫限制 Global Value 基金及其部分其他基金的赎回,这种基金结构多年来因提供定期获取流动性的选项而受到投资者青睐。然而,市场对私募市场的广泛疑虑,加上部分旧投资表现疲软,令该公司今年面临巨大压力,股价下跌近 40%。
Partners has recently been forced to limit withdrawals from Global Value and some of its other funds, a structure which the firm had for years popularized among investors with the option to periodically access liquidity. Yet broad doubts over private markets and flagging performance in some older investments has ramped up the pressure on the firm this year, leading to an almost 40% decline in its shares.
新投入的资金同样将享受复利型基金管理费降低的优惠。与此同时,Partners Group 正在降低投资者从基金赎回现金的能力,下调了部分投资者的赎回门槛。
Newly invested capital will also benefit from reduced management fees in the compounding fund. At the same time, Partners is reducing the ability of investors to withdraw cash from the fund, lowering the redemption threshold for some investors.
私募股权公司通常通过管理资产收取费用,这使它们能够在出售公司股份获利之外,获得一份可预测的收入来源。
Private equity firms typically earn fees on the assets they manage, allowing them to generate a predictable source of income outside of the gains from selling stakes in companies.
Partners Group 在 9 月表示,该公司上半年产生了 9.05 亿瑞士法郎(约合 11 亿美元)的管理收入,较上年同期增长 6%。
Partners Group generated 905 million Swiss francs ($1.1 billion) in management income for the first half of the year, up 6% from a year earlier, the firm said in September.
这项伞形基金提案旨在为渴望套现的投资者提供一条退出路径,同时让致力于长期投资的投资者继续持有基金中更具潜力的押注。
The umbrella proposal is aimed at giving investors who are keen on cashing out a way to do so, while letting those committed for the long-term stay invested in the fund’s more promising bets.
Partners Group 一位发言人通过电子邮件表示:“我们收到了来自欧洲和全球分销合作伙伴的积极反馈,他们视我们的做法为行业的潜在蓝图。我们有信心,基金股东也将把这一演变视为其在 Global Value SICAV 投资的一个积极步骤。” 拟议的向伞形基金转型尚需股东批准,将于 11 月 9 日当周寻求批准,子基金预计将于 11 月 30 日开始运作。
“We have received positive feedback from our distribution partners, both in Europe and globally, who see our approach as a potential blueprint for the industry,” a Partners Group spokesman said by email. “We are confident that the shareholders in the fund will also see this evolution as a positive step for their investment in Global Value SICAV.”The proposed move to an umbrella fund is subject to shareholder approval, to be sought in the week of Nov. 9, and the sub-funds are expected to be operational on November 30.
在基金变更稳定之前,Partners Group 打算进一步降低投资者赎回资产的能力。
Until the changes to the fund are stabilized, Partners intends to reduce the ability of investors to withdraw assets even further.
投资者还被告知,从 10 月 30 日起,新股份类别的净赎回阈值将从 5% 降至净资产值的 2.5%,但在拆分后,“复利基金预计将在切实可行的情况下尽快恢复至标准的 5% 净赎回阈值。” 根据致财富顾问的通知,Global Value 基金于 6 月首次实施每季度净资产值 5% 的赎回限额,此前第二季度的赎回申请激增至估计 9.8%。第三季度的申请再次触及 5% 的水平。
Investors were also told that the net redemption threshold will be reduced from 5% to 2.5% of net asset value for new share classes from October 30, but following the split “the compounding fund is expected to return to the standard 5% net redemption threshold as soon as practicable.”The Global Value fund first imposed its redemption limit of 5% net asset value per quarter in June, after withdrawal requests had surged to an estimated 9.8% in the second quarter. Requests for the third quarter have hit the 5% level again, according to a notification to wealth advisers.