Setting out as a trio of ambitious young former Goldman Sachs bankers, Partners Group rose from plucky startup to become a global player in private equity, turning its founders into some of the wealthiest men in Switzerland.
Investors on Thursday latched onto the more encouraging aspects of mixed signals surrounding an end to war in the Middle East, pushing stocks higher and oil prices lower. Worries over AI weighed on tech, but other sectors did the heavy lifting, as attention now turns to U.S. employment data on Friday.