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Letter to the European Commission on public support to SMEs backed by private equity
Invest Europe
This letter, shared with Executive Vice-President Vestager and Commissioner Breton, stresses the industry’s concerns about state aid eligibility in some core markets, in particular trying to ensure that industry-backed SMEs are not excluded from any measures that are being put in place by national governments
Invest Europe letter to EC on deferral of DAC 6 application deadline
Invest Europe has written to the European Commission to request a deferral of the DAC 6 application deadline.
Letter on supervisory reporting in the context of Covid -19
Invest Europe
This letter, addressed to ESMA and to DG FISMA (European Commission), asks for supervisory flexibility and a deferral of the AIFMD regulatory reporting deadlines, particularly in light issues on valuations.
COVID 19 - Letter to European Commissionner Valdis Dombrovskis
Invest Europe
With this letter Invest Europe calls the European Commission Executive Vice-President to take actions to protect all businesses, in particular start-ups, from the impact of the coronavirus crisis. The same letter was sent to Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager and Commissioners Paolo Gentilioni & Thierry Breton.
Transatlantic PA / VC industry response to the OECD Country-by-Country Reporting (AP 13) consultation
Invest Europe, on behalf of the PAE, supported a transatlantic industry response to the OECD's consultation on Country-by-Country Reporting (CBCR).
Response to EIOPA Consultation on Solvency II review
Invest Europe-PAE
In this response we argue for a more appropriate interpretation of the risk of long-term equity investments, taking into their specificities and the role fund diversification plays in limiting the exposure of the insurers to the funds' underlying investments.
Response to ESAs Consultation on KID PRIIPS
Invest Europe-PAE
In this response we reiterated our general concerns with the scope of the Key Information Document Regulation (e.g. inclusion of sophisticated investors) and described the specificities of private equity (in particular on cost disclosure)
Response to European Commission Consultation on Basel III transposition into EU law
Invest Europe-PAE
In this response, we detailed why the current treatment of "investments in private equity" and "investments in venture capital firms" as high risk exposures is inappropriate and how the future banking framework could better take into account the specificities of investments in unlisted equity funds.
Global PE industry response to the OECD consultation – Global Anti-Base Erosion Proposal (“GloBE”) (Pillar Two)
Invest Europe, on behalf of the PAE and in conjunction with a global group of PE/VC associations, has responded to the OECD's consultation on the Global Anti-Base Erosion Proposal (“GloBE”) (Pillar Two).
Response to ESMA Consultation on Market Abuse Regulation
Invest Europe-PAE
In this response, we expressed concerns with the imposition, as part of the Market Abuse Regulation review, of overly cumbersome administrative and reporting requirements on infrequent recipients of market soundings such as private equity firms.
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