Partners Blocks Hedge Funds From Investing In Its Troubled Firms

Swiss private equity firm Partners Group Holding AG is stopping hedge funds from disrupting its efforts to refinance around €6 billion ($6.7 billion) of debt owed by some of its most troubled companies, even at the risk of shrinking the …

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