AXA Picks Credit Suisse For PE Unit Sale

AXA has appointed Credit Suisse Group to manage the sale of its private equity division.

AXA has appointed Credit Suisse Group to manage the sale of its private equity division, The Wall Street Journal reports. AXA Private Equity has been valued at between $309 million and $463.54 million. The private equity arm of AXA manages about $28 billion in assets. AXA has acquired assets from Citigroup, Bank of America Corp. and Barclays worth $1.7 billion, $1.9 billion and $740 million, respectively, over the past one year. It has also purchased a majority stake in Germany’s HSH Nordbank.

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