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       Posted on February 14th, 2012

NVCA Comment Letter re “Volker Rule”

NVCA’s comments specifically focus on the Agencies’ request for responses to various questions regarding the definition of “covered fund” and its exclusions. These provisions will determine the applicability of the Volcker Rule to various types of private funds for purposes of implementing the Congressional directive to limit or prohibit banks and their affiliates [...]


       Posted on December 22nd, 2011

Mind Europe’s early-stage equity gap

Remedying the European Union’s deficient overall business research and development performance requires the nurturing of more new companies in new sectors, enabling them to grow to leading-innovator status. This means addressing young leading innovators’ access to external finance, particularly early-stage venture capital.

The funding system for aspiring young leading innovators (‘yollies’) needs [...]


       Posted on December 21st, 2011

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European Venture Capital Funds

Access to finance is essential to enhance the competiveness and growth potential of SMEs. In the context of the current crisis, marked by a fall in lending to the real economy, it is increasingly difficult for such companies to access loans. For this reason the European Commission is presenting a strategy to promote [...]


       Posted on December 19th, 2011

Governance, Ownership Structure and Performance of IPO Firms: The Impact of Different Types of Private Equity Investors and Institutional Environments

Recent trends in corporate governance research show an increased concern with the relationships between stock ownership and corporate performance, but what is the impact of different types of Private Equity Investors? Does the institutional environment have an effect? A research team including Professor Igor Filatotchev, Professor of Corporate Governance and Strategy, have investigated [...]


       Posted on December 8th, 2011

Second Quarter 2011 Cambridge Associates Global ex U.S. Developed and Emerging Markets Private Equity and Venture Capital Market Commentary

During the second quarter, in U.S. dollar terms, the Cambridge Associates (C|A) LLC Global ex U.S. Developed Markets Private Equity and Venture Capital Index rose 6.7% and the C|A Emerging Markets Index returned 3.2%. The return of the developed markets index was higher than in the previous quarter while that of the emerging [...]


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