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A summary document of Invest Europe 2023 highlights and achievements across Public Affairs, Industry Data & Research, Communication, Member Events & Training, Industry Standards, Governance & Finance.

The Invest Europe ESG KPI Report is the first annual ESG and sustainability data survey to track the industry’s efforts in tackling issues such as climate change, female under-representation and bribery and corruption. Through this initiative – alongside the creation of Invest Europe’s ESG Reporting Guidelines – European private equity can become an undisputed leader and standard setter on ESG measurement and reporting across the global private capital industry.

In this letter to the European Commission, we express the PE/VC industry's concerns about the ESAs Final Report on the SFDR Draft RTS.

This report emphasises the significance of ESG in the private equity sector. It presents the most recent insights and data on the evolution of ESG policies.

This fifth edition of the Private Capital Insights report explores the intricacies and challenges faced by the private capital sector in 2023. It examines new ways in which fund managers are raising capital to boost liquidity.

The reference publication for investment in Swiss start-ups. The annual report provides an analysis of the financing rounds, a list of the investments and an overview of the most important exits.

Incorporating ESG metrics into investment decisions, highlighting the private equity and venture capital contribute to building sustainable businesses.

In this response Invest Europe argues that ECB should make use of reporting required under existing EU and national legislation in order to avoid creating a compliance burden for European fund managers.

The countries in the very North of Europe are often thought of as stable, transparent and predictable – in short, an ideal investment environment. However, as our local experts point out, that view can be facile and deceptive.

This webinar offered members a comprehensive update on the EU SFDR and its implementing measures, and the forthcoming ESMA Guidelines on Funds' Names.

In this letter, we express our concerns about the envisaged changes to the final Guidelines on the use of ESG and sustainability-related terms in funds’ names.

Invest Europe took the opportunity to provide our thinking on certain specific areas of EFRAG’s draft implementation guidance on value chain. In this comment letter, we focused inter alia on the lack of legal certainty about what is required from investors with regard to corporate value chains.

In this paper Invest Europe responds to some of the assertions made by IOSCO in its Thematic Analysis on Private finance.

In particular, the response debunks a few myths about the risks posed by private equity as an asset class, reminds the strength of existing valuation processes and describes the difference between private credit and private equity.

This webinar is the opportunity to hear from experts about the recent revision of AIFMD and its impact on funds managers across the continent. 

On 25 January Invest Europe officially published the 2024 Investor Reporting Guidelines. During the launch webinar, we elaborated on the main focus areas of the review and the key changes that have been implemented compared to the previous iteration from 2018.