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The segment of the finance industry into a central element of Europe’s efficient capital markets and its healthy asset management universe.
Invest Europe has been at the industry’s side every step of the way, educating, informing, and safeguarding the industry’s reputation, while providing a forum for practitioners to meet and learn.
On the occasion of the 40th Anniversary of the organization, Invest Europe members and business leaders answer three questions about the past, present and future of the industry.
Foreign so having worked in the industry for over 30 years now I think the private equity ownership model has proven to be incredibly resilient and a superior ownership model over time so I think the prime role of the industry is to make significant capital appreciation for for its investors a byproduct of that is around the growth and value creation so this is building better businesses for tomorrow which leads to better employment so I think it's a win win for for Europe the value creation with with jobs it helps certainly on employment but the big win for me is when this really opens up the the industry to to private individuals the fact that enables people to put their pensions and really gain the benefit of that significant outperformance over this is markets.
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