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Position Paper on the Insolvency Directive
Invest Europe-PAE
In this paper, the PAE welcomes the opening of interinstitutional negotiations on the insolvency file and puts forward several suggestions including on the cross-class cram down, voting procedure for approval of restructuring plans, debt-discharge period for entrepreneurs and the stay on enforcement of actions.
Response to ESAs Consultation on KID PRIIPs
Invest Europe-PAE
In this response the PAE details the industry's concerns regarding the scope of the Key Information Document Regulation and the need to adapt it to sophisticated investors. It also highlights the irrelevance of existing performance scenarios for closed-ended and illiquid funds.
Response to EC Consultation on draft Solvency II Delegated Acts
Invest Europe-PAE
In this response we stress the industry's support to the creation of a new category of long term equity exposures subject to a lower risk-weight, while explaining why the criteria proposed by the Commission to determine which investments fall into this category are inappropriate from our perspective.
2018 Global Investment Decision Makers Survey
Invest Europe
The findings of a survey of investors from the US, China, France, Germany and the UK. It outlines opinions on issues important to investors, such as capital markets strength, innovation and sustainability, and shows strong appetite for European investments.
Response to EBA Guidelines on CRD/CRR high-risk exposures
Invest Europe-PAE
In this response we outline several concerns regarding the EBA suggested approach to define the concepts of “investments in private equity” or “investments in venture capital firms” in the context of Article 128 of the Capital Requirements Regulation, as the proposed definitions could create more confusion than clarity, disicentivise banks' investment into private equity and venture capital funds and create a negative precedent for the industry in other legislation.
2018 Invest Europe Tax Benchmark Study
Invest Europe
An in-depth study which outlines the tax environments for the private equity and venture capital industry around Europe, carried out in association with KPMG.
EuVECA Essentials 2018
Invest Europe
An introduction to the voluntary passport regime offered by the revised European Venture Capital Fund Regulation.
Response to EFRAG Consultation on Equity Instruments – Impairment and Recycling
Invest Europe-PAE
This consultation response explains that problems may arise as under the new standard, unrealised gains/losses would be immediately reflected in the Profit and Loss Statement (P&L). We propose flexibility to allow recycling for investors, i.e. to recognize unrealized gains and losses in Other Comprehensive Income and then recycle to the P&L, or if it wished to recognize unrealized gains and losses in the P&L straight away, then this would avoid unrealised gains/losses being immediately reflected in the P&L while not enabling the investor to use recycling as an earnings management tool.
Position paper on the prudential treatment of investment firms
Invest Europe-PAE
This position paper raises the concerns of private equity firms holding MiFID license regarding the new prudential regime proposed by the European Commission. It suggests that the new regime will lead to a significant increase in capital requirements for these investment firms, which is not proportionate to the risk they pose.
Position Paper on the cross-border distribution of funds legislation
Invest Europe-PAE
In this position paper, we welcome the European Commission's targeted amendments to AIFMD, ELTIF and EuVECA to reduce regulatory barriers to the cross-border distribution of investment funds in the EU but stress that the proposed Directive and Regulation are insufficiently tailored to the private equity and venture capital asset class, in particular regarding the definition of pre-marketing.
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