The EVCA (now Invest Europe) interviews Steven Maijoor, the Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), who said supervisors and policymakers were looking for alternatives to bank finance, such as private equity investment, to help Europe's economic recovery. He also called for the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD), which regulates private equity, to be implemented consistently across the European Union.
Institutional investors such as pension funds and insurers increasingly expect responsible investment from their private equity partners, said Matti Leppälä, CEO of PensionsEurope, during our latest video interview. Responsible investment is an integral part of how private equity builds better businesses. Recently it has become increasingly important to investors that fund managers report clearly on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. Matti, whose members cover the occupation pension plans of about 75 million EU citizens, discusses how initiatives like the EVCA Handbook of Professional Standards helped to answer that demand. Pension funds are major investors in private equity. The partnerships between pensions and private equity help pay for all of our pensions.
Jochen Wermuth is bringing green and responsible investment to the Russian region of Tatarstan. He describes his passion for energy and resource efficiency in our latest video interview. Jochen describes how private equity investors can help move the world into a more sustainable path and how responsible investment can increase PE-backed businesses' profits. Make sure you don't miss this insightful interview with a private equity practitioner who is putting his environmental, social and governance beliefs into practice.
Tim van der Weide, a Responsible Investment Advisor for a group of Dutch pension funds, discusses why ESG and responsible investment is a no-brainer for private equity funds.
The EVCA (now Invest Europe) chats to Tim Creed, Managing Director of Adveq, about private equity and its investors and the importance of ESG, responsible investment and sustainable businesses. The interview was filmed at the EVCA Responsible Investment Summit.
Wolf Klinz MEP talks to the EVCA (now Invest Europe) about responsible investment, the Invest Europe Handbook of Professional Standards and how private equity can help growth in Europe.
The EVCA (now Invest Europe) invites a group of private equity's most respected figures to discuss why they believe now is the time to invest in Europe.
The EVCA (now Invest Europe) invites a group of private equity's most respected figures to discuss why they believe now is the time to invest in Europe.
Shazam is a world-beating media engagement company and produces an app that lets consumers interact with music and other media. Founded in 2000, Shazam got venture capital investment a year later. In this new video Keith Lovell, the Chief Financial Officer of Shazam Entertainment Ltd, explains how venture capital helped them and also how it can help economic recovery.
When Pat Tindale decided to start-up his cooling equipment company 4energy Ltd, all he had was some good ideas and a garage. Pat decided to go for venture capital funding after about 18 months of developing new energy-saving technologies on a shoestring. In this fascinating video, he explains how venture capital took him from garage to global business.
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