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EuVECA
The European Venture Capital Fund (EuVECA) Regulation offers a voluntary EU-wide marketing passport to qualifying fund managers, while sparing them the costs associated with authorisation and compliance with the AIFMD, such as the requirement to appoint a depositary.
While developed originally to facilitate cross-border fundraising by small venture capital managers, the EuVECA label has been available to fund managers of all sizes, including AIFMD-authorised private equity fund managers, since 2018. The recent review, which sought to encourage greater take-up of the label, also led to a number of other improvements to the regime.
As with the AIFMD, the practical application of EuVECA is affected by other pieces of legislation. In the first half of 2019, the EU institutions agreed a new horizontal measure to facilitate and improve cross-border capital investment flows in the EU. By setting the definition and outlining the conditions for the pre-marketing of investment funds, the new Regulation, which has been applicable across Member States from August 2019, will have a direct impact on the use of the EuVECA passport.
How does it affect private equity?
Following the review of the Regulation, the EuVECA marketing passport provides a major potential benefit to both venture capital and private equity managers.
Venture capital
EuVECA II continues to allow fund managers with less than €500 million under management (and so below AIFMD minimum threshold) to raise capital from experienced investors freely throughout the EU without having to meet all of the demands of the AIFMD. In addition, it has expanded the range of portfolio companies those managers can invest in.
Private equity
EuVECA II has opened up a new investor base for larger AIFMD-authorised fund managers, who can market their qualifying EuVECA funds to semi-professional investors across the EU.
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Invest Europe offers its members exclusive guides to policy, compliance, and many current issues affecting the industry.
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Positions & consultation responses
Position Paper on the cross-border distribution of funds legislation
07 May 2018Positions & consultation responses
Response to Commission Consultation on "Reducing barriers to cross-border distribution of investment funds”
14 Jul 2017Positions & consultation responses
Response to Capital Markets Union Mid-Term Consultation
17 Mar 2017Positions & consultation responses
Paper on the main barriers to the cross-border distribution of funds
30 Nov 2016Positions & consultation responses
Response to Commission consultation on the cross-border distribution of funds
10 Oct 2016Positions & consultation responses
Position Paper on EuVECA Regulation
26 Sep 2016Positions & consultation responses
Response to European Commission Call for Evidence on EU Regulatory Framework for Financial Services
31 Jan 2016Positions & consultation responses
Response to EC Consultation on EuVECA Review
06 Jan 2016Find out more
Public Affairs Overview (Spring 2019)
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