Highlights 2024
Public Affairs
Invest Europe is at the fulcrum of the essential dialogue between the private equity and venture capital community, and policymakers and regulators across the world. We play a constructive role in developing European legislation and global rules that will shape the future of the industry. We aim to be thought leaders in relevant policy debates.
Key numbers
35+
policy topics followed
30+
high-level meetings with top European Commission officials, MEPs and supervisors
20
consultation responses and position papers, including “Forward”, a guiding policy document for the new EU mandate
3
thought leadership pieces
2
tailored, regulation-based web guides published
2
policy-dedicated webinars for over 300 members
6
events organised in Brussels
Highlights 2024
Public Affairs
- Placed private equity and venture capital at the center of the competitiveness debate through dialogues and the publication of Forward, our manifesto for the 2024-2029 EU mandate
- Continued work on finalisation of AIFMD II, notably on delegation, liquidity and reporting, and contributed ideas to improve cross-border fund marketing and management
- Actively engaged with EU policymakers to secure more certainty on the ongoing implementation of EU sustainability rules, in particular CSRD and CSDDD
- Influenced and shaped the EU institutions’ preparatory work on forthcoming SFDR review, ensuring that PE/VC industry’s views are taken into account
- Obtained significant changes to the liquidity provisions of the European Long Term Investment Fund (ELTIF) framework, making an improved retail passport usable by any semi-liquid product
- Successfully introduced amendments to the categorisation of investors in the draft Retail Investment Strategy proposal in order to make it easier for PE funds to be marketed to HNWIs
- Informed all relevant EU authorities about the specificities of private equity to address regulators’ financial stability concerns, opposing any additional requirements for our members
- Worked with the EIF to advocate for the needs of the venture capital community in terms of public funding in the difficult context of decreasing funding trends
- Greatly improved the Implementing Regulation of the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation
- Engaged key policymakers in the European Commission, the European Parliament, and European regulators, as well as national governments in coordination with NVCAs
- Organised webinars and produced thought leadership pieces on a wide array of topical issues, including the EU’s sustainability rules and revised AIFMD
- Hosted successful policy events on topics including European competition and competitiveness goals, the EU Single Market, and investing in innovation, featuring high-level speakers such as Enrico Letta and Ben Smulders
- Organised a cocktail event to promote Forward, attended by 200+ stakeholders
