EQT plans to invest more than $250bn in the U.S. over the next five years as the Swedish private equity giant accelerates its expansion across private capital, infrastructure, and real estate, according to Chief Executive Officer Per Franzén.

“Over the next five years we actually expect to invest more than $250bn here in the U.S., which would be an increase compared to how much we’ve invested in this part of the world historically,” Franzén said in an interview with Bloomberg ahead of EQT’s investor day in New York.

The move underscores EQT’s deepening commitment to North America, which has become one of the firm’s most important growth markets. EQT, currently ranked as the world’s second-largest private equity firm by capital raised, has built a strong presence across both private and public markets since listing in 2019.

Franzén said EQT is also expanding its client solutions business, including its secondaries platform, an area where the firm has been exploring acquisitions. EQT has held early-stage talks with several specialist players, including Coller Capital, HarbourVest Partners, and Pantheon. “It’s an area we want to invest into, either organically or through acquisitions,” Franzén said.

While the U.S. remains a key strategic focus, EQT also sees renewed opportunity in Europe, driven by regulatory reforms and investor diversification away from dollar-denominated assets. “We think that will have a positive impact for the growth outlook for the region, and we want to invest into that,” Franzén noted.

The firm’s renewed push into U.S. and European markets comes amid record fundraising momentum and continued investor appetite for private market strategies, from buyouts to infrastructure and real estate. EQT’s expansion into secondaries further signals its ambition to build a fully integrated global alternatives platform.

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