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Onfintur
Onfintur was established to manage the personal capital of Urs Wietlisbach and Alfredo Piacentini, two of the three co-founders of Partners Group, the SIX...
Onfintur
Onfintur was established to manage the personal capital of Urs Wietlisbach and Alfredo Piacentini, two of the three co-founders of Partners Group, the SIX Swiss Exchange-listed global private markets manager with over $140 billion in assets. The vehicle reflects the founders' decision to invest a portion of their substantial liquidity outside the institutional machinery they built, placing them among a small cohort of private-equity architects who operate parallel family investment offices. The firm is headquartered in Zurich. The office deploys capital across the full private-markets spectrum, mirroring the founders' deep asset-class fluency. Onfintur makes direct co-investments in private equity alongside external general partners, participates in venture and growth-stage rounds, and commits to real estate and infrastructure vehicles. The portfolio also includes allocations to private credit strategies. Confirmed positions are not systematically disclosed, though European venture and Swiss middle-market deals feature in the known footprint. The investment scope is global, with a natural concentration in European and North American developed markets. No public headcount or total deployment figure is available. The office does not maintain an external marketing presence and does not solicit third-party capital. Onfintur's posture is that of a minimalist, co-investor-oriented family office rather than a multi-family platform or a competing asset manager. The founders' operational attention remains with Partners Group, where both serve as non-executive board members, separating the family-office function from their ongoing governance roles at the listed firm. Structurally, Onfintur differs from most European single-family offices by virtue of its principals' continued, visible leadership in a major listed alternative-asset manager. This creates a permanent information and sourcing advantage — the founders see deal flow that few family offices can access — while maintaining a clean separation between institutional fiduciary money and personal household capital. The office operates without a disclosed CIO, suggesting that investment decisions remain closely held between the two principals.
General information
Firm type
Single Family Office
Year founded
—
AUM
Undisclosed
Location
Region
Europe
Country
Switzerland
City
Zurich
Corporate office
Zurich, Switzerland
Principals
Urs Wietlisbach
Founder
Alfredo Piacentini
Founder
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who are the principals behind Onfintur?
Onfintur was founded by Urs Wietlisbach and Alfredo Piacentini, who co-founded Partners Group in 1996 alongside Marcel Erni. Wietlisbach and Piacentini both serve as non-executive members of Partners Group's board of directors. The office manages their personal wealth, distinct from the institutional assets run by Partners Group.
Is Onfintur open to third-party capital?
No. Onfintur is structured exclusively as a single-family office for Wietlisbach and Piacentini. The firm does not market funds, raise external capital, or operate as a multi-family office for other wealthy families.
What is Onfintur's investment strategy?
Onfintur deploys capital across the private-markets asset classes the founders know best: private equity direct co-investments, venture capital, real estate, infrastructure, and private credit. The office accesses deals through direct relationships with general partners, leveraging the founders' standing in the global private-markets ecosystem.
How is Onfintur related to Partners Group?
Onfintur is a separate legal entity with no operational or fiduciary link to Partners Group. Wietlisbach and Piacentini remain involved with Partners Group as non-executive directors, but Onfintur manages only their personal household capital. The two structures are independently governed.
Does Onfintur have a public team or investment head?
No public investment team structure or chief investment officer is disclosed. The office operates with a deliberately low profile, consistent with a founders' personal holding vehicle where the principals retain direct oversight of allocation decisions.
What is Onfintur's geographic focus?
Onfintur's investment scope is global, with an emphasis on developed markets. The principal geographic exposures are understood to be Europe — particularly Switzerland and the broader DACH region — and North America, consistent with the founders' professional networks and co-investment relationships built during the growth of Partners Group.
Does Onfintur invest directly or through funds?
Onfintur uses a hybrid approach. The office makes direct co-investments alongside external general partners, writes cheques directly into private companies at the venture and growth stages, and commits to third-party funds across real estate, infrastructure, and private credit. This allows the founders to capture co-investment carry savings while maintaining diversified fund-level exposure.
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