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I think over the last three decades it's taught me that there's no such thing as business as usual, that there is no such thing as predictability, that every year brings new surprises and new lessons learned. The one consistent thing is really twofold, that private equity continues to and I believe will continue to deliver alpha returns to investors, and that curiosity is the key skill set you need in order to determine how best to make commitments and allocate your capital to private equity.
The role of the industry today is plentiful. Private Equity is a huge established revenue generating, earnings generated industry. Right now in Europe alone there are more companies in private equity hands than there are listed companies, which just goes to show the journey that private equity has been on, particularly here. Our industry is already shaping a better tomorrow and has definitely improved from some of the perceptions out there a decade and two decades ago.
I think we are good citizens. We are good holders of these investment opportunities. Whether you look at the valuation growth or the earnings growth, that all comes from a strategy of employing various different people, increasing employment, increasing governance, increasing the impact that they have at the underlying businesses on the environment. So I think overall it's headed in the right direction, but at least there's a focus and a responsibility that goes above and beyond just returns.
Interview: Harnessing PE’s capacity for transformation
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01 Jul 2022
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An integrated and effective Nordic ecosystem for innovation and green growth. A closer look at access to risk capital in the Nordic countries.
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01 Jun 2017
Turning investor appetite into capital for growth
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24 Oct 2014
Private equity, venture capital-backed companies create 4% more European jobs in 2024; 4x Europe’s job-creation rate
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30 Apr 2026
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Investing in a better economy
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01 Jul 2025
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Private Equity Invests in American Workers
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09 Jun 2025
Private equity and venture capital-backed companies create 5% more European jobs in 2023; 5x Europe’s job-creation rate
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29 Apr 2025
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OECD Financing SMEs and Entrepreneurs Scoreboard: 2025 Highlights
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02 Apr 2025
Financing Growth and Innovation in Europe: Economic and Policy Challenges
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10 Mar 2025
Private equity, venture capital-backed firms shake off COVID disruption, adding 2% more jobs in 2020, totalling 10 million people employed
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06 Apr 2022
Private equity backed companies create more than 250,000 jobs, growing more than six times faster than the European average
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27 May 2021
Private equity employment totalled 10.5 million people - 4.5% of the total European workforce - in 2018, adding jobs 5 times faster than European average
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17 Sep 2020
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The DeepTech Index 2025
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08 Apr 2025
Central and Eastern Europe, the next frontier for mid-market private equity
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27 Nov 2024
VCs invested €96 billion in almost 27,000 European companies over last 10 years, new Invest Europe report shows
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28 Sep 2023
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Venture capital and private equity investors’ impact on the growth and sustainability of Finnish companies
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30 Sep 2025
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BioRegion of Catalonia Report
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18 Feb 2025
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Stepping Up Venture Capital to Finance Innovation in Europe
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12 Jul 2024