Publications
& Policy

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.

A closer look at the AIFMD depositary regimes across Europe.

Response to OECD consultation on Public Discussion Draft BEPS Action 2: Neutralise the effects of Hybrid Mismatch Arrangements.

Response to Consultation on Public Discussion Draft BEPS Action 6: Preventing the Granting of Treaty Benefits in Inappropriate Circumstances.

Communication on long-term financing of the European economy

"We reconcile the major approaches in the literature to benchmark cash flow-based returns of private equity investments against public markets, a.k.a. 'Public Market Equivalent' methods. We show that the existing methods to calculate annualized excess returns are heuristic in nature, and propose an advanced approach, the 'Direct Alpha' method"

EVCA position paper on the European Commission proposal for a Directive on enhanced cooperation implementing a Financial Transaction Tax.

An introduction to the European Venture Capital Fund Regulation.

Response to the consultation on draft General Block Exemption Regulation (the GBER) on state aid measures.

The conventional wisdom for investors in private equity funds is to invest in partnerships that have performed well in the past. This is based on the belief that performance in private equity persists cross funds of the same partnership. We present new evidence on the persistence of U.S. private equity (buyout and venture capital) funds using a research-quality dataset from Burgiss, sourced from over 200 institutional investors.

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on structural measures improving the resilience of EU credit institutions.

A report commissioned by the EVCA on the implications of the proposed financial transaction tax for private equity.

State aid: Commission adopts new rules on risk finance.