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LGT Capital Partners is a privately-owned global multi-alternatives firm committed to a sustainable investment approach. The company constructs diversified portfolios within private markets, leveraging active management and ESG integration across various alternative strategies. Its capabilities span private equity, private debt, real assets, and hedge funds, delivering consistent returns through strategic, long-term allocations.
The firm was established in 1998 by the Princely Family of Liechtenstein. This founding insight aimed to deliver robust, equity-like returns through diversified alternative investments, recognizing significant potential beyond traditional public markets. Roberto Paganoni, among other key leaders, has been central to shaping the firm's strategic direction and operational framework from its inception.
LGT Capital Partners serves over 700 institutional clients globally, including pension funds and sovereign wealth funds, with tailored investment solutions. The company’s long-term vision is to remain a leading specialist in alternative investments, generating sustainable value for its partners by continuously applying deep market expertise and a disciplined philosophy.
Key people at LGT Capital Partners.
Key people at LGT Capital Partners.
LGT Capital Partners is a privately-owned global multi-alternatives investment firm specializing in alternative investments, managing around $60 billion in assets across private equity, hedge funds, and other strategies as part of the LGT Group, the world's largest royal family-owned private banking and asset management group owned by the Princely House of Liechtenstein.[1][2] Its mission centers on leveraging 26 years of experience to partner with over 700 institutional clients worldwide, emphasizing opportunities in private markets, diversifying strategies, active management, and ESG integration for sustainable, long-term value creation.[2][4] The firm's investment philosophy focuses on principal investing alongside clients for aligned interests, with key sectors including private equity (venture capital to buyouts and special situations), secondaries, directs, multi-alternatives, and impact investing.[3][4] In the startup ecosystem, it supports growth through diversified primary investments in small and mid-market funds, direct minority equity since 2010, and impact initiatives like those via LGT Lightstone and Venture Philanthropy, fostering emerging managers and sustainable enterprises.[1][3]
LGT Capital Partners traces its roots to 1998 as an alternative investment manager within the LGT Group, which originated as The Liechtenstein Global Trust and is owned by the Princely House of Liechtenstein, led by family members including CEO H.S.H. Prince Maximilian and Chairman H.S.H. Prince Philipp von und zu Liechtenstein.[1][5] Key figures include co-founder Ivan Vercoutère, who has emphasized rigorous track record evaluation in private equity.[5] The firm evolved from focusing on the LGT endowment portfolio to a global player, expanding through LGT Group's acquisitions like European Capital Fund Management in 2017, Aspada for impact investing in 2019, and Crestone Wealth Management in 2022, while building decades-long relationships with top private equity managers.[1][3][5] This stewardship has positioned it at the forefront of secondaries markets for over two decades and impact investing for more than a decade.[3]
LGT Capital Partners rides the surge in alternative investments, particularly private equity and impact strategies amid slowing traditional markets and rising demand for diversification in Asia-Pacific and emerging regions.[4][5] Timing aligns with post-2021 global expansions, like APAC fundraises amid China's private equity shifts, enabling it to capitalize on multi-strategy private credit and secondaries for risk-adjusted returns.[5] Market forces favoring it include institutional appetite for sustainable assets (e.g., ESG and impact via LGT Lightstone) and mid-market opportunities where its manager relationships provide edge.[3] It influences the ecosystem by supporting venture capital, startups via directs, and integrity in impact investing, while LGT Group's philanthropy (e.g., M-KOPA) amplifies social enterprises, bridging private banking wealth to tech-driven growth sectors.[1][3]
LGT Capital Partners is poised to scale its multi-alternatives platform, targeting larger APAC and private credit funds amid evolving LP preferences for realized returns and sustainability.[5] Trends like Asia-Pacific rebalancing, secondary market growth, and stricter impact measurement will shape its path, potentially expanding directs and impact via acquisitions.[3][5] Its royal-backed stability and principal model position it to deepen influence in private markets, evolving from steward to shaper of diversified, ESG-aligned startup funding in a fragmented landscape—reinforcing its role as a long-term partner in alternatives.
