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Invest Europe

Acronym: Invest Europe

General Information

Identification Code: 60975211600-74
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Entity Form: International non-profit Association (AISBL)
Registration Category: Trade and business associations
Registration Date: 4/28/2009
Last Update: 3/6/2024
EP Accredited Number: 3

Mission & Interests

Goals: Invest Europe is the association representing Europe’s private equity, venture capital and infrastructure sectors, as well as their investors. Our membership covers the full range of private equity activity, from early-stage venture capital to the largest private equity firms, as well as funds investing in infrastructure. We also represent professional investors into these asset classes such as pension funds and insurance companies and have associate members from related professions. In total, the association is composed of 600 member firms and around 500 affiliate members. Invest Europe aims to make a constructive contribution to the policy debate at European level, helping its members to understand EU policy, and policymakers across the EU institutions to understand the impacts of those policies on investment in those companies backed by private equity and infrastructure investors. Invest Europe is the guardian of the industry’s professional standards.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
  • Banking and financial services
  • Business and industry
  • Climate action
  • Competition
  • Digital economy and society
  • Economy, finance and the euro
  • Employment and social affairs
  • Energy
  • Public health
  • Regional policy
  • Research and innovation
  • Single market
  • Taxation
Levels of Interest:
  • european

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: Invest Europe represents venture capital, private equity and infrastructure funds as well as institutions that invest in these funds. We support a competitive EU single market and a policy framework that is favourable to investment. Invest Europe has a particular focus on policy issues that impact on fund managers' ability to invest into European companies but also that could impact on investors’ capacity to commit capital to our asset class. These include: • Alternative investment fund managers (AIFM) - Directive 2011/61/EU • European venture capital funds (EuVECA) - Regulation (EU) No 345/2013 • European long-term investment funds (ELTIFs) - Regulation (EU) 2015/760 • Financial conglomerates - Directive (2002/87/EC) • Banking prudential requirements - Directive 2013/36/EU • Banking prudential requirements - Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 • Key information documents for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs) - Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 • Markets in financial instruments (MiFID 2) - Directive 2014/65/EU • Markets in financial instruments (MiFIR) - Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 • Prospectus - Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 • Solvency II Directive - 2009/138/EC • Market abuse - Regulation (EU) 596/2014 &Directive 2014/57/EU • Derivatives (EMIR) - Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 • Risk management and supervision of insurance companies (Solvency 2) - Directive 2009/138/EC • Institutions for occupational retirement provision (IORP) - Directive 2003/41/EC • Accounting rules - Directive 2013/34/EU • Insolvency Directive - 2012/30/EU • International accounting standards - Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 • Audit directive 2006/43/EC • Sustainable Taxonomy Regulation • Regulation on disclosures relating to sustainable investments and sustainability risks and amending Directive (EU) 2016/2341 • State Aid Rules (including General Block Exemption Regulation and Risk Finance Guidelines • EU framework for foreign direct investment screening • Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) – formerly the Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD) - and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D) Invest Europe also pursues any EU initiatives regarding venture capital financing, including InvestEU and the European Innovation Council. We also work on taxation and compliance issues that relate to our industry, including notably: • VAT rules for financial services - Directive 2006/112/EC • Anti-tax avoidance rules - Directive 2011/16/EU • BEFIT • FASTER • OECD/G20 Agreement on Pillar 1 & Pillar 2 • Debt Equity Bias Reduction Allowance • Anti-Money Laundering rules Finally, Invest Europe follows legislation that may impact portfolio companies, as – non exhaustive – examples: Energy, Tech and Healthcare initiatives.
Communication Activities: On behalf of its members Invest Europe produces industry position papers and responds to EU/international public consultations on policy/regulatory issues of relevance to our industry. We also produce guides, Q&As and policy briefings for our membership. Over the past few years Invest Europe has responded to the following consultations and produced the following position papers: • EC Consultation on the AIFMD review • EC Consultation on State Aid • EC Consultation on Interim Evaluation of the InvestEU Programme • EC Consultation on the ELTIF Review • EC Consultation on Risk Finance Guidelines • EC Consultation on the EU Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Framework • EC Consultation on Sustainable Corporate Governance • EC Consultation on the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation • Position paper for the Interinstitutional Negotiations on the Corporate Sustainable Due Diligence Directive (CS3D) • Position papers on the Retail Investment Strategy • EC Consultation on institutional investors and asset managers' duties regarding sustainability • EC Consultation and Position paper on Insolvency Law • Position paper on the EU response to the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) • Position paper on the Solvency II Directive review • Position paper on the AI Act from the Investor Perspective • Position paper on the Draft implementing Regulation of the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation • Position paper on the Directive on Faster and Safer Relief of Excess Withholding Taxes (FASTER) • Position paper on the Directive on Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT)• Position paper on the CRD/CRR review • EC Consultations on the review of the CRR framework and CRR Delegated Acts • EBA Consultation on Guidelines related to Article 128 of the Capital Requirement Regulation (high-risk exposures) • Joint ESAs consultation on the review of KID-PRIIPS Regulatory technical standards • Response to EC Consultation on MiFID ii/MiFIR • EC Consultation on the review of the Market Abuse Regulation • Position paper on the proposal on prudential treatment of investment firms amending CRD/CRR and MiFID/MiFIR • EBA Consultation on IFD-R Level 2 measures • EC Consultation on its proposal on SME listings • EC Consultations on the review of the SME Definition Recommendation • EC questionnaires on EU Merger control • Industry response to ESAs consultation on SFDR/Taxonomy disclosures • Industry response to ESMA consultation on CBDF marketing communications • EC Roadmap on EU small listed companies Act • EC Roadmap on Review of the VAT rules for financial and insurance services • EC Roadmap on State aid rules for Research, Development and Innovation • EC Roadmap on Europe’s digital decade: 2030 digital targets • EC Roadmap on Business taxation for the 21st century • EC Roadmap on Retail Investment Strategy • EC Roadmap on Debt equity bias reduction allowance (DEBRA) • EC Roadmap on New EU system for the avoidance of double taxation in the field of withholding taxes • EC Consultation on Sustainable corporate governance On behalf of its members Invest Europe produces industry position papers and responds to EU/international public consultations on policy/regulatory issues of relevance to our industry. We also produce guides, Q&As and policy briefings for our membership.
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Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: Competitive European Industry: long-term and sustainable investment

Head Office

Address: Avenue Louise 81
Post Code: 1050
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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EU Office

Address: Avenue Louise 81
Post Code: 1050
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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Financial Data

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Complementary Information: Additional details on our Public Affairs activities can be found here: https://www.investeurope.eu/media/6366/ie_highlights_2022_public-affairs.pdf

Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 1
Members50 Percent: 1
Members75 Percent: 5
Members: 7
Members F T E: 4.5

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: Information on Invest Europe Members can be found here: http://www.investeurope.eu/about-us/members/
Organisation Members: N/A