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Environmental risks tend to drive the environmental, social and governance (ESG) agenda in Asia. Carbon emissions, climate change and biodiversity garner plenty of media and regulatory attention. But as investors seek profitable and sustainable assets, there is an increased awareness of the importance of social issues.

Detailed evidence and analysis of the European private equity and venture capital industry’s real contribution to employment, in 2021, and job creation, in 2020-21, and the far-reaching impact this has on the people, societies and economies of Europe.

Organizations are facing a complex cyber threat environment that is increasingly impacting business operations and resiliency. We see too often clients struggling to recover from damaging operational impacts from a technical decision made without an understanding of the business implications during a crisis event.

"Some would say that private equity, with its smaller companies and higher gearing, should be more sensitive to swings in the public markets, and thus GPs are reporting inflated valuations for their portfolios. We decided to look at the data to see whether they support this instinct about private equity valuations."

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.

"The topic of private equity firms acquiring hospitals and health systems in the United States has sparked a fierce debate for years about whether the deals were good or bad for communities they serve."

Invest Europe has written to EU leaders and relevant finance ministers on the EU response to the United States' Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ahead of the European Council meeting on 23/24 March. The EU response to the IRA should be considered as an opportunity to improve the EU investment landscape in order to allow European companies to thrive globally, without having to leave the bloc.

This Invest Europe webinar was dedicated to human rights issues and practices from a private equity and venture capital perspective.

In this position paper Invest Europe welcomes the European Commission’s proposal to further harmonise the insolvency law and procedure across the Member States. We fully support the principles behind the proposal, in particular the intention of shorter, more efficient and less court-led insolvency process.

In this position paper Invest Europe welcomes the European Commission’s proposal to further harmonise the insolvency law across the Member States and fully supports the principles behind the proposal, in particular the intention of shorter, more efficient and less court-led insolvency process.

The Foreign Subsidies Regulation has been brought in to protect the EU from distortive foreign subsidies. There is serious concern within the private equity and venture capital industry that this regime will lead to a disproportionate and burdensome framework for our sector. This regime must do what it intends to do in targeting the handful of key problematic cases without creating an undue administrative overload for all market participants .

A summary document of Invest Europe 2022 highlights and achievements across Public Affairs, Industry Data & Research, Communication, Member Events & Training, Industry Standards, Governance & Finance.