Private equity and venture capital investment helps create more successful businesses with stronger, more sustainable futures.
By significantly improving the financial performance of the companies it invests in, private equity plays an important role in Europe's prosperity. Healthier companies invest more in innovation, create more jobs and contribute more to economic growth.
When the time is right, private equity and venture capital managers sell their investment portfolios. This generates attractive returns for the professional investors that ultimately back private equity funds, such as pension funds and insurers that use the proceeds to pay for the retirements of millions of European citizens.
Over the past few years, since the financial crisis, private equity and venture capital has become an increasingly important source of investment for European businesses, and SMEs in particular. It is critical part of a more resilient and sustainable financing ecosystem across the continent.
Private equity and venture capital supports the ambitions of privately-held companies by providing them with:
This support helps businesses become more successful and provides them with brighter, more sustainable futures. And when companies grow to the next level, they contribute to economic growth and create employment.
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Worldpay
There are a wide range of investors in private equity and venture capital, but pension funds and insurance companies are among the largest and most important. They invest in private equity because:
For most pension funds and insurers, private equity is part of an extensive investment portfolio. They are looking for strong investment returns for their beneficiaries – the people on the street with pensions or life assurance policies.
By helping create better businesses, private equity and venture capital has a profound impact on the social and economic fabric of Europe. The benefits include:
Private equity is an essential driver of European growth, employment, innovation, and economic and social prosperity.
How does private equity work?
What does private equity offer to investors?
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