{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"4043","rtpr_id":"nPrextk3Ta","ticker":"EQTAB","exchange":"Nasdaq Stockholm","all_tickers":["EQTAB"],"title":"EQT AB (publ) Q1 Announcement 2026","author":"PR Newswire","published_at":"2026-04-22T06:11:30.169Z","article_body":"EQT AB (publ) Q1 Announcement 2026\nPR Newswire\n\nSTOCKHOLM, April 22, 2026\n\nSTOCKHOLM, April 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ --\n\nContinued strong execution in a volatile market environment\n\n\"EQT executed well in a quarter where the market environment was characterized\nby AI-driven volatility and geopolitical uncertainty. We remained disciplined\nin selectively pursuing thematic investments, the vast majority of those\ninvested into the AI opportunity. We continued to drive monetizations,\nhighlighted by the $6 billion sale of our remaining public stake in Galderma -\nthe most successful private equity investment ever in terms of capital gain\nfrom a single fund. Delivering strong returns at scale is a testament to EQT's\nability to create alpha irrespective of market environment. We made progress\non our strategic agenda; the combination with Coller Capital will put EQT in\nan even better position to become the most attractive global counterparty to\nclients in the private markets industry. Lastly, fundraising momentum remained\nencouraging: BPEA IX reached its hard cap, EQT XI is progressing towards a\nstrong first close, and evergreen strategies had a record fundraising\nquarter.\"\n\nPer Franzén,\nCEO and Managing Partner\n\nHighlights for the period Jan-Mar 2026 (Jan-Mar 2025)\n\nStrategic highlights\n* As announced on 22 January 2026, EQT has signed an agreement to acquire\nColler Capital, a leading global secondaries firm with fee-generating AUM of\n€30bn(1).The transaction is expected to close mid to late Q3 2026(2)\n* EQT launched a dedicated AI Infrastructure strategy focused on building the\nfoundation of the AI economy; seeded by EQT Infrastructure portfolio company\nEdgeConneX\nFundraising\n* Gross inflows amounted to €‌2.6‌bn. FAUM amounted to\n€‌‌142‌bn (€‌142‌bn) and Total AUM was €‌‌‌269‌bn\n(€‌‌273‌bn)\nKey funds\n* Gross inflows to Key funds amounted to €1.0bn\n* BPEA IX closed at $15.6bn in total commitments, reaching hard cap and\nraising €12.7bn in fee-generating AUM. The fund size represents a near 40%\nincrease on the predecessor fund. BPEA IX is the largest Asia\nPacific-dedicated private equity fund raised to date.(3) As of 31 March 2026,\nFAUM in BPEA IX amounted to €11.5bn, with a further €1.2bn closed out post\nquarter end\n* Fundraising for EQT XI is progressing with strong momentum. The fund is\nexpected to hold its first close and to be activated around mid-year 2026. EQT\nXI will only contribute to gross inflows upon activation\n* EQT has initiated preparations for EQT Infrastructure VII and intends to\nlaunch fundraising during the summer\nOther strategies\n* Gross inflows to Other strategies amounted to €0.8bn\n* In addition to its Key funds, EQT expects to be in fundraising for more\nthan ten closed-ended strategies in 2026\n* EQT introduced its AI Infrastructure strategy, fully seeded by the EQT\nInfrastructure portfolio company EdgeConneX through the acquisition of a\nminority stake from EQT Infrastructure IV and V. The strategy will have an\nopen-ended structure and charge fees on NAV\n* EQT's open-ended Active Core Infrastructure strategy signed its first\ninvestment. The fund charges fees on NAV and will become fee-generating at\nclosing of the transaction, expected later this year\nEvergreens\n* Net inflows to evergreens amounted to €1.0bn – a record quarter, owing\nto strong momentum across new and existing vehicles. Redemptions corresponded\nto less than 0.5% of NAV. NAV amounted to €4.5bn\n* Incremental FAUM related to evergreens(4) increased by €0.8bn during the\nquarter\nInvestment activity\n* EQT announced gross fund investments of €‌6‌bn, primarily driven by\nEQT Infrastructure. In addition, EQT provided co-investment opportunities of\n€4bn for its clients\n* Investments include the public tender offer of clean energy platform AES in\nNorth America, the acquisition of waste management provider Urbaser in Europe\n(Infrastructure VI) and the investment in UK-based provider of critical water\nand wastewater services Kelda (EQT Active Core Infrastructure)\nExit activity\n* EQT announced total gross fund exits of €‌3‌bn, primarily driven by\npublic market exits. In addition, EQT realized €9bn for its co-investors\n* EQT completed the final sell-down in Galderma (EQT VIII) through the largest\nsponsor-backed block trade to date. EQT has generated $20bn of capital gains\nfor its funds and co-investors – the largest capital gain outcome in the\nhistory of private equity and a testament to EQT's value creation model\nInvestment performance\n* Key fund valuations were flat on average during the quarter. All Key funds\ncontinue to perform On or Above plan\n* All Infrastructure Key funds saw valuation uplifts, primarily driven by the\nDigital and Energy sub-sectors\n* In Private Capital Europe & North America, valuations for more recent\nvintages were largely flat, as strong operating performance was offset by\nlower reference multiples. Earlier vintages, with a large share of realized\nassets, were impacted by lower reference multiples and lower closing share\nprices for listed holdings. Similar effects were observed across Private\nCapital Asia\n* EQT's software portfolio(5) (approx. 14% of Private Capital FAUM) – being\ninvested into mission critical B2B software companies – continues to\ndemonstrate strong underlying operational performance\nPeople\n* The number of full-time equivalent employees (FTE) amounted to ‌1,874‌\n(‌‌1,893‌) at the end of the period. EQT will continue to invest into\nfuture growth areas, including Asia and the U.S., AI capabilities, private\nwealth, and secondaries and solutions\n* Bert Janssens, Co-Head of EQT Private Capital Europe & North America, was\nnamed Chair of the newly-created Private Capital Management Committee, which\naims to strengthen knowledge sharing and alignment across EQT's global Private\nCapital platform to drive improved investment outcomes\n* Bert Janssens and Henry Steinberg, Global Head of EQT Real Estate, have\njoined the EQT Executive Committee, while Lennart Blecher steps down. Lennart\nwill remain Chairperson of EQT Real Assets and a member of the EQT Council\n* The Nomination Committee has proposed Jean-Pascal Tricoire as a new Board\nmember of EQT. The proposal is subject to approval at EQT's Annual\nShareholders' Meeting on 12 May 2026\n* As previously announced, EQT's Nomination Committee has proposed Jean Eric\nSalata, Chair of EQT Asia and founder of Baring Private Equity Asia, as the\nnext Chairperson of the EQT Board. He is proposed to succeed EQT's founder and\ncurrent Chairperson, Conni Jonsson, at the Annual Shareholders' Meeting on 12\nMay 2026\nOther\n* For the second consecutive year, EQT will host its 2026 \"Value Creation\nDay\" on 20 May in London. The event will be hosted by EQT's CEO & Managing\nPartner, Per Franzén, and will feature insights from EQT's investment\nadvisory professionals, digital & AI teams, and portfolio company CEOs\n* In its Half-year Report 2026, EQT intends to report Real Estate as a\nseparate operating segment, reflecting an intended change in the internal\nreporting, following the appointment of EQT's Head of Real Estate to the\nExecutive Committee. Upon closing of the Coller Capital transaction(6), EQT\nwill also report Secondaries & Solutions as a new operating segment. This will\nresult in a four-segment reporting structure: Private Capital, Infrastructure,\nReal Estate, and Secondaries & Solutions\n* At the end of the period, the number of portfolio companies with validated\nscience-based targets amounted to 63, representing more than 70‌% of\ninvested capital. A further 15‌ companies are in the process of setting\ntargets\nEvents after the reporting period\n* EQT Infrastructure IV and V realized minority stakes in EdgeConneX to EQT AI\nInfrastructure\n* EQT Infrastructure announced a minority stake sale in Nordic Ferry\nInfrastructure\n* EQT Ventures I signed an agreement to transfer ownership in selected\nportfolio companies into a newly formed multi-asset continuation vehicle\n* Investment levels in EQT Key funds as of 22 April 2026 were 60-65% in EQT\nX, 75-80% in EQT Infrastructure VI and 5-10% in BPEA IX\n1) Estimated as of 31 March 2026, translated to EUR from USD based on 0.87\nrate\n2) The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including\nregulatory approvals and certain Coller Capital fund investor consent\napprovals\n3) Source: Preqin, April 2026\n4) Note that only co-investments and NAV appreciation are incremental to EQT\nAB's FAUM related to evergreens, as fund-of-fund investments is already\naccounted for in the underlying funds\n5) Software investments in Key funds (13 assets in EQT VII-X; three assets in\nBPEA VIII and BPEA IX)\n6) The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including\nregulatory approvals and certain Coller Capital fund investor consent\napprovals, and is expected to close in mid to late Q3 2026\n\nPresentation of EQT AB's Q1 Announcement 2026\n\nFinancial analysts and media are invited to participate in a conference call,\nincluding a presentation at 08.30 CEST.\n\nThe presentation and a link to follow the webcast and conference call live can\nbe found here\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4670590-1&h=2114377239&u=https%3A%2F%2Fedge.media-server.com%2Fmmc%2Fp%2Fum5y87hz%2F&a=here)\nand a recording will be available afterwards.\n\nTo participate by phone, please register here\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4670590-1&h=1409219256&u=https%3A%2F%2Fregister-conf.media-server.com%2Fregister%2FBI365d60431a6d49bb83183214772d20ef&a=here).\nYou will then receive your personal dial-in details, to be able to ask\nquestions during the Q&A.\n\nInformation on EQT AB's financial reporting\n\nThe EQT AB Group has a long-term business model founded on a promise to its\nfund investors to invest capital, drive value creation and create consistent\nattractive returns over a 5 to 10-year horizon. The Group's financial model is\nprimarily affected by the size of its fee-generating assets under management,\nthe performance of the EQT funds and its ability to recruit and retain top\ntalent.\n\nThe Group operates in a market driven by long-term trends and thus believes\nquarterly financial statements are less relevant for investors. However, in\norder to provide the market with relevant and suitable information about the\nGroup's development, EQT publishes quarterly announcements with key operating\nnumbers that are relevant for the business performance (taking Nasdaq's\nguidance note for preparing interim management statements into consideration).\nIn addition, a half-year report and a year-end report including financial\nstatements and further information relevant for investors is published.\nFinally, EQT also publishes an annual report including sustainability\nreporting.\n\nContact\n\nOlof Svensson, Head of Shareholder Relations, +46 72 989 09 15\nEQT Shareholder Relations, shareholderrelations@eqtpartners.com \nRickard Buch, Head of Corporate Affairs, +46 72 989 09 11\nEQT Press Office, press@eqtpartners.com, +46 8 506 55 334\n\nThis is information that EQT AB (publ) is obliged to make public pursuant to\nthe EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication,\nthrough the agency of the contact persons set out above, at 07.00 CEST on 22\nApril 2026.\n\nThis information was brought to you by Cision http://news.cision.com\n\nhttps://news.cision.com/eqt/r/eqt-ab--publ--q1-annoucement-2026,c4338183\n\nThe following files are available for download:\n\n https://mb.cision.com/Main/87/4338183/4050875.pdf  EQT AB Q1 Announcement 2026  \n https://news.cision.com/eqt/i/dsc00082,c3530606    DSC00082                     \n\n \n\nView original\ncontent:https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/eqt-ab-publ-q1-announcement-2026-302749826.html\n\n\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. All Rights Reserved.","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nPrextk3Ta","title":"EQT AB (publ) Q1 Announcement 2026","author":"PR Newswire","ticker":"EQTAB","created":"2026-04-22T06:11:30.169Z","tickers":["EQTAB"],"exchange":"Nasdaq Stockholm","article_body":"EQT AB (publ) Q1 Announcement 2026\nPR Newswire\n\nSTOCKHOLM, April 22, 2026\n\nSTOCKHOLM, April 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ --\n\nContinued strong execution in a volatile market environment\n\n\"EQT executed well in a quarter where the market environment was characterized\nby AI-driven volatility and geopolitical uncertainty. We remained disciplined\nin selectively pursuing thematic investments, the vast majority of those\ninvested into the AI opportunity. We continued to drive monetizations,\nhighlighted by the $6 billion sale of our remaining public stake in Galderma -\nthe most successful private equity investment ever in terms of capital gain\nfrom a single fund. Delivering strong returns at scale is a testament to EQT's\nability to create alpha irrespective of market environment. We made progress\non our strategic agenda; the combination with Coller Capital will put EQT in\nan even better position to become the most attractive global counterparty to\nclients in the private markets industry. Lastly, fundraising momentum remained\nencouraging: BPEA IX reached its hard cap, EQT XI is progressing towards a\nstrong first close, and evergreen strategies had a record fundraising\nquarter.\"\n\nPer Franzén,\nCEO and Managing Partner\n\nHighlights for the period Jan-Mar 2026 (Jan-Mar 2025)\n\nStrategic highlights\n* As announced on 22 January 2026, EQT has signed an agreement to acquire\nColler Capital, a leading global secondaries firm with fee-generating AUM of\n€30bn(1).The transaction is expected to close mid to late Q3 2026(2)\n* EQT launched a dedicated AI Infrastructure strategy focused on building the\nfoundation of the AI economy; seeded by EQT Infrastructure portfolio company\nEdgeConneX\nFundraising\n* Gross inflows amounted to €‌2.6‌bn. FAUM amounted to\n€‌‌142‌bn (€‌142‌bn) and Total AUM was €‌‌‌269‌bn\n(€‌‌273‌bn)\nKey funds\n* Gross inflows to Key funds amounted to €1.0bn\n* BPEA IX closed at $15.6bn in total commitments, reaching hard cap and\nraising €12.7bn in fee-generating AUM. The fund size represents a near 40%\nincrease on the predecessor fund. BPEA IX is the largest Asia\nPacific-dedicated private equity fund raised to date.(3) As of 31 March 2026,\nFAUM in BPEA IX amounted to €11.5bn, with a further €1.2bn closed out post\nquarter end\n* Fundraising for EQT XI is progressing with strong momentum. The fund is\nexpected to hold its first close and to be activated around mid-year 2026. EQT\nXI will only contribute to gross inflows upon activation\n* EQT has initiated preparations for EQT Infrastructure VII and intends to\nlaunch fundraising during the summer\nOther strategies\n* Gross inflows to Other strategies amounted to €0.8bn\n* In addition to its Key funds, EQT expects to be in fundraising for more\nthan ten closed-ended strategies in 2026\n* EQT introduced its AI Infrastructure strategy, fully seeded by the EQT\nInfrastructure portfolio company EdgeConneX through the acquisition of a\nminority stake from EQT Infrastructure IV and V. The strategy will have an\nopen-ended structure and charge fees on NAV\n* EQT's open-ended Active Core Infrastructure strategy signed its first\ninvestment. The fund charges fees on NAV and will become fee-generating at\nclosing of the transaction, expected later this year\nEvergreens\n* Net inflows to evergreens amounted to €1.0bn – a record quarter, owing\nto strong momentum across new and existing vehicles. Redemptions corresponded\nto less than 0.5% of NAV. NAV amounted to €4.5bn\n* Incremental FAUM related to evergreens(4) increased by €0.8bn during the\nquarter\nInvestment activity\n* EQT announced gross fund investments of €‌6‌bn, primarily driven by\nEQT Infrastructure. In addition, EQT provided co-investment opportunities of\n€4bn for its clients\n* Investments include the public tender offer of clean energy platform AES in\nNorth America, the acquisition of waste management provider Urbaser in Europe\n(Infrastructure VI) and the investment in UK-based provider of critical water\nand wastewater services Kelda (EQT Active Core Infrastructure)\nExit activity\n* EQT announced total gross fund exits of €‌3‌bn, primarily driven by\npublic market exits. In addition, EQT realized €9bn for its co-investors\n* EQT completed the final sell-down in Galderma (EQT VIII) through the largest\nsponsor-backed block trade to date. EQT has generated $20bn of capital gains\nfor its funds and co-investors – the largest capital gain outcome in the\nhistory of private equity and a testament to EQT's value creation model\nInvestment performance\n* Key fund valuations were flat on average during the quarter. All Key funds\ncontinue to perform On or Above plan\n* All Infrastructure Key funds saw valuation uplifts, primarily driven by the\nDigital and Energy sub-sectors\n* In Private Capital Europe & North America, valuations for more recent\nvintages were largely flat, as strong operating performance was offset by\nlower reference multiples. Earlier vintages, with a large share of realized\nassets, were impacted by lower reference multiples and lower closing share\nprices for listed holdings. Similar effects were observed across Private\nCapital Asia\n* EQT's software portfolio(5) (approx. 14% of Private Capital FAUM) – being\ninvested into mission critical B2B software companies – continues to\ndemonstrate strong underlying operational performance\nPeople\n* The number of full-time equivalent employees (FTE) amounted to ‌1,874‌\n(‌‌1,893‌) at the end of the period. EQT will continue to invest into\nfuture growth areas, including Asia and the U.S., AI capabilities, private\nwealth, and secondaries and solutions\n* Bert Janssens, Co-Head of EQT Private Capital Europe & North America, was\nnamed Chair of the newly-created Private Capital Management Committee, which\naims to strengthen knowledge sharing and alignment across EQT's global Private\nCapital platform to drive improved investment outcomes\n* Bert Janssens and Henry Steinberg, Global Head of EQT Real Estate, have\njoined the EQT Executive Committee, while Lennart Blecher steps down. Lennart\nwill remain Chairperson of EQT Real Assets and a member of the EQT Council\n* The Nomination Committee has proposed Jean-Pascal Tricoire as a new Board\nmember of EQT. The proposal is subject to approval at EQT's Annual\nShareholders' Meeting on 12 May 2026\n* As previously announced, EQT's Nomination Committee has proposed Jean Eric\nSalata, Chair of EQT Asia and founder of Baring Private Equity Asia, as the\nnext Chairperson of the EQT Board. He is proposed to succeed EQT's founder and\ncurrent Chairperson, Conni Jonsson, at the Annual Shareholders' Meeting on 12\nMay 2026\nOther\n* For the second consecutive year, EQT will host its 2026 \"Value Creation\nDay\" on 20 May in London. The event will be hosted by EQT's CEO & Managing\nPartner, Per Franzén, and will feature insights from EQT's investment\nadvisory professionals, digital & AI teams, and portfolio company CEOs\n* In its Half-year Report 2026, EQT intends to report Real Estate as a\nseparate operating segment, reflecting an intended change in the internal\nreporting, following the appointment of EQT's Head of Real Estate to the\nExecutive Committee. Upon closing of the Coller Capital transaction(6), EQT\nwill also report Secondaries & Solutions as a new operating segment. This will\nresult in a four-segment reporting structure: Private Capital, Infrastructure,\nReal Estate, and Secondaries & Solutions\n* At the end of the period, the number of portfolio companies with validated\nscience-based targets amounted to 63, representing more than 70‌% of\ninvested capital. A further 15‌ companies are in the process of setting\ntargets\nEvents after the reporting period\n* EQT Infrastructure IV and V realized minority stakes in EdgeConneX to EQT AI\nInfrastructure\n* EQT Infrastructure announced a minority stake sale in Nordic Ferry\nInfrastructure\n* EQT Ventures I signed an agreement to transfer ownership in selected\nportfolio companies into a newly formed multi-asset continuation vehicle\n* Investment levels in EQT Key funds as of 22 April 2026 were 60-65% in EQT\nX, 75-80% in EQT Infrastructure VI and 5-10% in BPEA IX\n1) Estimated as of 31 March 2026, translated to EUR from USD based on 0.87\nrate\n2) The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including\nregulatory approvals and certain Coller Capital fund investor consent\napprovals\n3) Source: Preqin, April 2026\n4) Note that only co-investments and NAV appreciation are incremental to EQT\nAB's FAUM related to evergreens, as fund-of-fund investments is already\naccounted for in the underlying funds\n5) Software investments in Key funds (13 assets in EQT VII-X; three assets in\nBPEA VIII and BPEA IX)\n6) The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including\nregulatory approvals and certain Coller Capital fund investor consent\napprovals, and is expected to close in mid to late Q3 2026\n\nPresentation of EQT AB's Q1 Announcement 2026\n\nFinancial analysts and media are invited to participate in a conference call,\nincluding a presentation at 08.30 CEST.\n\nThe presentation and a link to follow the webcast and conference call live can\nbe found here\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4670590-1&h=2114377239&u=https%3A%2F%2Fedge.media-server.com%2Fmmc%2Fp%2Fum5y87hz%2F&a=here)\nand a recording will be available afterwards.\n\nTo participate by phone, please register here\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4670590-1&h=1409219256&u=https%3A%2F%2Fregister-conf.media-server.com%2Fregister%2FBI365d60431a6d49bb83183214772d20ef&a=here).\nYou will then receive your personal dial-in details, to be able to ask\nquestions during the Q&A.\n\nInformation on EQT AB's financial reporting\n\nThe EQT AB Group has a long-term business model founded on a promise to its\nfund investors to invest capital, drive value creation and create consistent\nattractive returns over a 5 to 10-year horizon. The Group's financial model is\nprimarily affected by the size of its fee-generating assets under management,\nthe performance of the EQT funds and its ability to recruit and retain top\ntalent.\n\nThe Group operates in a market driven by long-term trends and thus believes\nquarterly financial statements are less relevant for investors. However, in\norder to provide the market with relevant and suitable information about the\nGroup's development, EQT publishes quarterly announcements with key operating\nnumbers that are relevant for the business performance (taking Nasdaq's\nguidance note for preparing interim management statements into consideration).\nIn addition, a half-year report and a year-end report including financial\nstatements and further information relevant for investors is published.\nFinally, EQT also publishes an annual report including sustainability\nreporting.\n\nContact\n\nOlof Svensson, Head of Shareholder Relations, +46 72 989 09 15\nEQT Shareholder Relations, shareholderrelations@eqtpartners.com \nRickard Buch, Head of Corporate Affairs, +46 72 989 09 11\nEQT Press Office, press@eqtpartners.com, +46 8 506 55 334\n\nThis is information that EQT AB (publ) is obliged to make public pursuant to\nthe EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication,\nthrough the agency of the contact persons set out above, at 07.00 CEST on 22\nApril 2026.\n\nThis information was brought to you by Cision http://news.cision.com\n\nhttps://news.cision.com/eqt/r/eqt-ab--publ--q1-annoucement-2026,c4338183\n\nThe following files are available for download:\n\n https://mb.cision.com/Main/87/4338183/4050875.pdf  EQT AB Q1 Announcement 2026  \n https://news.cision.com/eqt/i/dsc00082,c3530606    DSC00082                     \n\n \n\nView original\ncontent:https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/eqt-ab-publ-q1-announcement-2026-302749826.html\n\n\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. All Rights Reserved."},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-04-22T06:11:30.22723979Z","server_sent_at_ms":1776838290227},"received_at":"2026-04-22T06:11:30.280Z","source_url":null},"analysis":{"id":"2822","press_release_id":"4043","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Financial Services","sector":"Financials"},"redFlags":[],"eventType":"earnings","narrative":"EQT AB reported a solid first quarter with €2.6 billion in gross inflows, bringing Total AUM to €269 billion and Fee-Generating AUM to €142 billion.\n\nThe firm highlighted the completion of its Galderma exit, generating $20 billion in capital gains, while its BPEA IX fund closed at a record $15.6 billion.\n\nAll Key funds remain on or above plan, and the firm announced board changes proposing Jean Eric Salata as the next Chairperson.","sentiment":"bullish","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":true,"suggestedAngle":"Record $20bn Galderma exit and strong fundraising pace drive Q1 performance for 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