Fund Management

EQT: "What we're trying to do now is prepare for a downturn"

In the prospect of a recession, EQT currently avoids using too much use of leverage when buying and refinancing companies. The private equity firm plans to raise its ninth private capital fund in 2020.
CFO Kim Henriksson of EQT. | Photo: EQT/PR
CFO Kim Henriksson of EQT. | Photo: EQT/PR
BY HELLA ANDERSEN

Swedish private equity firm EQT prefers to leave room on the leverage side when refinancing portfolio companies.

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