Publications
& Policy

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.

A summary document of Invest Europe 2021 highlights and achievements across Public Affairs, Industry Data & Research, Communications, Member Events & Training, Industry Standards, Governance & Finance.

The Invest Europe Handbook of Professional Standards is a demonstration of the association’s commitment to developing and upholding the highest industry standards.

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

A public statement on the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation.

Explore Mid-Market’s essential and growing role in Europe.

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.

EuropeanIssuers, the European Banking Federation and Invest Europe join forces to kindly request the European Commission an extension of the deadline for the consultation on the EU Listing Act, in line with the delays that have been approved for other CMU files. This would allow the industry to delivery a more thorough and data-driven response.

LPeC's latest publication looks back at 2021, a year when listed private capital proved its resilience. Looking forward, LPeC firms also give their individual perspectives and showcase the variety of opportunity this asset class can offer investors.

Invest Europe has provided input to the IPEV Board ahead of the upcoming review of IPEV Valuation Guidelines. In particular, we provide suggestions for how to incorporate ESG in the Guidelines.

Invest Europe provided feedback to the International Accounting Standards Board on the Post-implementation Review of IFRS 9 – Classification and Measurement.

In this report, we look at Capital Under Management and Dry Powder across private equity segments, from Buyouts to Generalist funds, and Growth capital to Venture Capital.

Stanford Law School; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI), New York University School of Law: "Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs)—touted as a better alternative to an IPO for taking a company public—have become the next big thing in the securities markets. This Article analyzes the structure of SPACs and the costs embedded in that structure."

In this latest letter to ESMA, Invest Europe expresses the industry’s outstanding concerns and uncertainties about the application of the SFDR/Taxonomy Regulation, and proposes some tailored, PE/VC specific questions and answers in light of the SFDR Q&A the European Supervisory Authorities are developing.

The review represents a real opportunity to make the ELTIF more attractive to closed-ended fund managers such as our members who are keen to market their funds to non-professional investors. In this paper Invest Europe suggests targeted changes to the text, including amendments to make it easier for fund-of-funds to become ELTIFs