Partners Group Holding AG is a Switzerland-based, globally active financial holding company, engaged in the alternative asset management. The Company divides its operations into four segments: Private Equity, Private Debt, Private Real Estate and All Other Segments. In each of these asset classes, the Group acts using a range of investment instruments: primary, secondary and direct investments. It manages a range of funds, structured products and customized portfolios for an international clientele of institutional investors, private banks and distribution partners. The Company invests primarily in the United States, Europe and Asia. Partners Group Holding AG operates through majority or wholly owned subsidiaries in Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States, Singapore, Guernsey and other jurisdictions. As of May 3, 2012, it acquired Trimco International Holdings Limited. On September 6, 2012, together with Avista Capital Partners, it has acquired Strategic Partners, Inc.