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Swedish buyout agency EQT bought or listed €11bn value of belongings in 2024, a 72 per cent enhance on the yr earlier than, signalling inexperienced shoots of restoration for components of the non-public fairness sector after a number of years wherein managers struggled to exit their investments.
The Stockholm-based non-public markets group, which manages €269bn of belongings, reported a 27 per cent year-on-year leap in the amount of money it deployed, spending €22bn of its buyers’ money.
“Personal markets are returning to their long-term progress trajectory,” stated EQT chief govt Christian Sinding. “The worldwide economic system is rising, paced by Asia and the US, central banks have lower rates of interest, and capital markets are strong, albeit unstable.”