STOCKHOLM, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Swedish private equity firm EQT AB will conduct a strategic review of its credit investments business after a drop in total assets under management, it said on Thursday.
EQT said it had appointed JP Morgan as financial adviser for the review of the credit business, which had 3.9 billion euros ($4.3 billion) of assets under management.
The company said that total fee-paying assets under management were 39.9 billion euros at the end of the fourth quarter, down from 40.5 billion euros at Sept. 30.
The credit operation's growth prospects are in areas outside EQT’s core business of active ownership, the firm said as it announced the review.
EQT invested 1.9 billion euros in the three months to Dec. 31, down from 3.4 billion euros in the previous quarter. Total fund exits were 2.4 billion euros, mainly from its private capital business.
The company, which was listed in September, will publish a more detailed full-year report on Feb. 12. ($1 = 0.9014 euros)
(Reporting by Colm Fulton
Editing by David Goodman)
((Colm.Fulton@thomsonreuters.com;)
路透斯德哥爾摩1月23日電-瑞典私人股本公司EQT AB週四表示，在管理下的總資產下降後，該公司將對其信貸投資業務進行戰略評估.
EQT表示，已任命摩根大通(JP Morgan)為信貸業務的財務顧問，該公司管理的資產為39億歐元(合43億美元)。
該公司表示，截至第四季度末，該公司管理的總付費資產為399億歐元，低於9月份的405億歐元。30.
該公司在宣佈此次審查時表示，該信貸業務的增長前景是在EQT核心業務以外的積極持股領域。
EQT在截至12月31日的三個月內投資19億歐元，低於上一季度的34億歐元。基金退出總額為24億歐元，主要來自其私人資本業務。
該公司於9月份上市，將於2月12日發佈一份更為詳細的全年報告。(1美元=0.9014歐元)
(科姆·富爾頓報道)
編輯：大衞·古德曼(David Goodman)
(Colm.Fulton@thomsonreuters.com；)
