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The BVCA - The British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association is the industry body for the UK private equity and venture capital industry. Our membership of well over 400 members represents the overwhelming number of UK-based private equity and venture capital firms and their advisers. The BVCA has 25 years of experience representing the UK industry, which currently accounts for
57% of the whole of the European market, to government, the European Commission and Parliament, the media, regulatory and other statutory bodies at home, across Europe and around the world. We promote the industry to entrepreneurs and investors, as well as provide services and best practice standards to our members.

Invitation to tender - Government Interventions: Are they changing investor behaviour?
21 August 2008 - BVCA and NESTA Call for Proposals for New Research Project
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2007 Performance Measurement Survey full report now available for download
31 July 2008 - 31 July 2008 – The BVCA today publishes the 2007 full Performance Measurement Report in conjunction with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and Capital Dynamics.
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2007 Full report on investment activity now available for download
31 July 2008 - 31 July 2008 – The BVCA today publishes the 2007 full Investment Activity Report in conjunction with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
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Guidelines Monitoring Group Website
29 July 2008 - In his first interview since taking on the role, Sir Mike Rake, Chairman of the Guidelines Monitoring Group, spoke to the Financial Times’ Martin Arnold, giving an update on progress made to date.
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Simon Walker delivering a speech to the International Bankers Guild
22 July 2008 - Simon Walker delivers a speech on the contribution private equity can make to the British economy at an event hosted by the International Bankers Guild
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Applying private equity to charity in more ways than simply a cheque
21 July 2008 - BVCA members are building on their existing support for these two main organisations that operate in the Venture Philanthropy sphere
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New BVCA Member Services Committee
17 July 2008 - As of 1 August, the BVCA Training Committee is extending its remit and will be known as the BVCA Member Services Committee.
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Fears for investment in businesses with defined benefit schemes
09 July 2008 - Simon Walker, BVCA; Allen Blewitt, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants; Christine Elliot, Institute for Turnaround and Keith Barton, Association of Consulting Actuaries writing in the FT on the proposed changes to the powers of the Pensions Regulator
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Corporate Governance and Value Creation: Evidence from Private Equity
26 June 2008 - Professor Acharya, of London Business School, in collaboration with McKinsey & Company, has just completed a seminal piece of research looking at Value Creation within PE using a sample UK based portfolio companies.
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Report on Investment Activity Summary 2007
26 June 2008 - The BVCA today published the 2007 Summary Report on Investment Activity results in conjunction with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. The survey shows that investment by BVCA member firms increased by more than one third in 2007, despite the turbulent conditions caused by the credit crunch in the second half of the year.
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BVCA submission to the Treasury’s consultation on the Enterprise Investment Scheme
20 June 2008 - BVCA submission to the Treasury’s consultation on the Enterprise Investment Scheme
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BVCA Response to the Pension Regulator Consultation
20 June 2008 - BVCA submission to the DWP consultation on the powers of the Pensions Regulator
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Simon Walker delivers speech at GMB Congress
09 June 2008 - BVCA Chief Executive, Simon Walker, delivers speech at Annual GMB Congress
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BVCA 25th Anniversary book, ‘Private Equity in the UK- the first 25 years’
21 May 2008 - The BVCA celebrates its 25th birthday in a very different political and economic environment from that in which it began life. This book is a celebration of how far the industry has come over the last quarter of a century, how much it has achieved and its aspirations for the future. We have asked industry professionals, commentators and key stakeholders from the wider business community to impart their perspective on the industry. Published April 2008
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Performance Measurement Survey 2007
19 May 2008 - 19 May 2008 – The BVCA today published the 2007 Performance Measurement Survey summary results in conjunction with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and Capital Dynamics. The survey shows that UK private equity funds have outperformed both the stock market and UK pension funds over ten years up to the end of 2007.
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Private equity-backed IPOs outperform market
29 April 2008 - Research published today by the Cass Business School, commissioned jointly by the BVCA and the London Stock exchange, provides new evidence on the strong performance of private equity-backed IPOs
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The BVCA would like to congratulate the winners of the BVCA/Real Deals Private Equity Awards 2008
25 April 2008 - 3i walked away with the awards for both Large Deal of the Year and House of the Year at last night’s Real Deals/BVCA Private Equity Awards at the Grosvenor House Hotel.
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Pensions Regulator will overstep the mark
24 April 2008 - BVCA Chief Executive, Simon Walker, writing in the Financial Times
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Private equity must demonstrate its business model can deliver
24 April 2008 - Director-General of the CBI, Richard Lambert, speaking at the BVCA's 25th Anniversary Summit
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BVCA 25th Anniversary Summit
22 April 2008 - Today saw the BVCA-The British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association host it’s first ever conference to celebrate 25 years of the British private equity and venture capital industry.
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