EQT CEO Targets Real Estate Expansion After Deal to Buy Coller

Per Franzen, in Davos on Jan. 22.

Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

Private equity group EQT AB wants to expand its existing real estate franchise after making a series of strategic acquisitions, including its latest purchase of secondaries platform Coller Capital Ltd.

In real estate, “we’re only top 10 globally, so we believe there is an opportunity to really grow and scale that part of our business,” Chief Executive Officer Per Franzen said in an interview from Davos on Thursday.