Publications
& Policy

Brand new analysis of Venture and Buyout statistics, looking at the transaction value of Venture-backed and Buyout investments.

The European Long Term Investment Funds (ELTIF) framework, if not currently successful, has the potential to become a relevant tool in the future if it appropriately takes into consideration the needs of private equity managers. In this response we detail which changes would increase the take-up of this voluntary retail passport: broadened eligible assets, opening to fund-of-funds and requirements that are more tailored to the specificities of long-term, closed-ended funds.

This document provides the conversion table from Invest Europe sectoral classification to NACE codes.

Over the years EU Risk Finance Guidelines allowed many start-ups and scale-ups to benefit from state aid support. While we note that the current regime is broadly appropriate, we suggest in this response a few changes that could be introduced to the Guidelines to make it easier for innovative companies to be eligible when owned by private equity.

2021 has been a pivotal year for European Deep Tech

"This issue focuses on the following topics: Does private equity genuinely outperform public equity?; Is the public company an out-of-date model in the 21st century?; Why some LPs seem to consistently outperform their peers; Are male investors neglecting female entrepreneurs at their own cost?

Now in its sixth edition, the Private Equity Fund Terms Research provides both LPs and GPs with an enhanced understanding of the current strengths and weaknesses of the fundamental economics, alignment and governance terms impacting private equity fund commitments. It relates to buyout funds, venture funds and growth funds.

Research from Swedish Private Equity & Venture Capital Association about the economic footprint of Swedish private equity.

A forward-looking Market Sentiment Survey capturing the views of more than 350 GPs and LPs on the future of the private equity industry in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, University of Reading, Reading, UK: "This study reviews syndication amongst UK/European and US VCs in order to ascertain their rationales for syndication"

LPeC's publication Accessing growth opportunities in the 2020s explains what listed private capital is, why it matters and how it democratises access for all investors.

In this short response we express our concerns with several of the changes suggested by EIOPA to the criteria defining the ability of insurers to set up long-term equity portfolios (Art 171a of Delegated Regulation). These portfolios are subject to more appropriate capital charges for investments such as those made in private equity and venture capital funds.

The H1 2020 activity data report provides a semi-annual review of fundraising, investment and divestment trends for European private equity and venture capital activity. Please note that this data is preliminary and subject to change.