Publications
& Policy

Based on the first 2020 waves of the EIF VC, PE MM and BA Surveys, the report focuses on generating insights around three main topics of SME financing: Scale-up financing, Exit environment & Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) and policy-related implications of the above.

“Addressing supply-chain emissions enables many customer-facing companies to impact a volume of emissions several times higher than they could if they were to focus on decarbonizing their own direct operations and power consumption alone – and achieving a net-zero supply chain is possible with very limited additional costs. This report shows how.”

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focuses on the following topics: Does private equity genuinely outperform public equity?; Is the public company an out-of-date model in the 21st century?; Why some LPs seem to consistently outperform their peers; Are male investors neglecting female entrepreneurs at their own cost?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

Bain & Company: Given all that is changing post–Covid-19, few investment strategies are immune to disruption.

"This report documents the impact of Swedish private equity funds on the companies they invest in and the Swedish economy in total."

Invest Europe contributed to AFME's report tracking the recent progress of the Capital Markets Union (CMU) project through seven Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).