{"id":2804,"date":"2019-12-16T11:10:30","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T10:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matador.ch\/when-opportunity-knocks\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T02:31:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T01:31:01","slug":"when-opportunity-knocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matador.ch\/en\/when-opportunity-knocks\/","title":{"rendered":"When opportunity knocks."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;width:65.3333%; margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Published in <a href=\"https:\/\/private-wealth.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Private Wealth<\/a> Magazine, December 2019<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><strong>Private equity and infrastructure.<\/strong> &#8220;We actually specialize in secondary market funds in the private equity sector,&#8221; explains Florian Dillinger, Matador Partners Group AG. But when a special opportunity arises, he invests in infrastructure. This combination of both asset classes holds a special charm for the investment company Matador.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s a nice saying in the USA: &#8216;When opportunity knocks, you have to open the door&#8217;,&#8221; smiles Florian Dillinger, &#8220;a very special opportunity knocked on our door in early summer<br \/>\n. Naturally, we opened the door.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In May of this year, Detlef Mackewicz, consultant at the investment company Matador, gets wind of an interesting transaction. The French investment house Ardian, one of the two largest secondary investors in the world, is planning a huge deal in the infrastructure sector.<\/p>\n<p>&gt; <a data-wps-event=\"download-private-wealth-magazin_-wenn-die-gelegenheit-anklopft-pdf\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Private-Wealth-Magazin_-Wenn-die-Gelegenheit-anklopft.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;width:30.6666%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element in-legacy-container\" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Private-Wealth-Magazin_-Wenn-die-Gelegenheit-anklopft.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"PW-3_18_cover\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"791\" src=\"https:\/\/matador.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/PW-3_18_cover.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-1649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matador.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/PW-3_18_cover-200x264.jpg 200w, https:\/\/matador.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/PW-3_18_cover-400x527.jpg 400w, https:\/\/matador.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/PW-3_18_cover.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2807,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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