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Development of a rating system for private equity funds

There has long been a cry for greater transparency and increased performance monitoring to help advance private equity to a mature asset class, according to Clemens Troche of the European Investment Fund. Yet investors and fund managers are often reluctant to increase transparency because it is deemed to create a competitive imbalance.

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The EIF is a financial institution based in Luxembourg and owned by the European Investment Bank (60.75% of the share capital since June 2000), the European Commission (30%) and around 28 European banks and financial institutions (9.25%). The Fund is the EIB Group’s specialised financial institution providing venture capital and guarantee instruments for the creation, growth and development of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, in both the EU and in the Candidate Countries. Further information on EIF activities is available from its website at www.eif.org