Publications
& Policy

An overview of private equity's contribution to the economy and building European businesses.

Fisher College of Business Working Paper: Buyout funds have outperformed the S&P 500 net of fees on average by about 20% over the life of the fund.

Solvency II is a review of prudential regulation for the European insurance industry. These Commission Delegated Acts define the risk weighting for different asset classes, including private equity, venture capital and infrastructure funds.

EVCA Response to the White Paper ‘Towards more effective EU merger control’ published by DG Competition (European Commission) relating to EU Merger Regulation

A research report analysing debt financing activity in mid-market buyout transactions. It is supported by data obtained from the EVCA’s statistics programme, PEREP_Analytics.

International Financing Reporting Standards on Consolidated Financial Statements (IFRS 10) are developed by the IASB. The EVCA responded to IASB's Exposure Draft Investment Entities applying the Consolidation Exception, expressing the industry’s views and concerns about the proposed revisions.

The response also contains an Appendix.

EVCA Response to ESMA's Consultation Paper and Discussion Paper on MIFID2/MIFIR (22nd May 2014), published ahead of Level 2 measures on this file

An EVCA study into private equity activity in Central and Eastern Europe. This report provides annual private equity and venture capital fundraising, investment and divestment statistics for the private equity markets of the CEE region in 2013.

ESMA recently produced a new version of its Q&A to promote common Member States' supervisory approaches regarding AIFMD implementing measures. These Q&A are particularly important regarding the definition of leverage.

A report presenting aggregate investment performance data for various types of European private equity funds, based on a survey of private equity fund managers across Europe.

Position Paper on the European Commission proposal for a regulation on structural measures improving the resilience of EU credit institutions

The Annual Report provides an overview of the EVCA's activities during the 12 months to June 2014 in fields including public affairs, data & research, events and communications. The report includes a financial statement.