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In this consultation response, Invest Europe expresses its concerns about some of the approaches suggested by the Platform for Sustainable Finance in its Draft Report on Minimum Safeguards under the Taxonomy Regulation. Among others, we have stressed the importance of considering not only the need for proportionality, but also the significant impact that PE/VC investments have proven to create.

In this response to the European Commission consultation on its DEBRA proposal, Invest Europe commends the efforts made by the Commission in getting the balance right, but notes that further finetuning is needed, particularly of the articles on the interest limitation rules. It should also be explored further whether the suggested interest rate limitations aren't set to be skewed in a pro-cyclical way, ahead of years when equity investments will be direly needed.

This Guide covers the main provisions of the law and the latest guidance from the European Commission.

In this response Invest Europe commented on the negative impact existing withholding tax refund procedures can have the cross-border investment in the EU securities market and described which EU actions could make these procedures more efficient.

In this response Invest Europe comments on actions that could be taken to improve access of retail clients to financial markets, from financial literacy to suitability assessment, while warning against presenting over-harmonised comparisons. It also reiterated its call for a rethinking of the binary distinction between professional and retail investor, to better acknowledge the features of typical private equity investors.

Listen back to this webinar to get insight on the impact on your business of the sanctions imposed by the European Union on Russia following the outbreak of the war in Ukraine.

In this short comment piece Invest Europe shares various ideas on how to promote innovation across the continent through the support of private equity funds.

In this response Invest Europe commented on the issues posed by the SEC rules on Private Funds, arguing, in line with the American Investment Council, that rules are over-prescriptive and could affect the virtuous relationship between fund managers and investors.

We are pleased to see that the EU implementation of OECD Pillar 2 on minimum taxation sticks very closely to the OECD agreement, including notably on the carve outs.

In our feedback, we provide a number of suggestions to better ensure that entities with genuine commercial purposes will not incorrectly fall within the scope of the proposed Directive and be impacted unintentionally.

This joint paper prepared with Business Angels Europe (BAE) describes the importance of promoting venture and business angel investment in Europe, suggesting three initiatives in that regard: treating sophisticated investors more appropriately, encouraging taxpayers to acquire company shares anywhere in Europe and creating the right conditions for managers to set up EU retail funds

In this letter EFA, the association representing fintech entities, and Invest Europe jointly called policymakers to allow European Long Term Investment Funds to invest in fintechs.