BVCA - the voice of long-term investment

Key statistics on activity and performance

The BVCA Research team compiles and publishes the benchmark investment activity and performance data for the UK private equity and venture capital industry.

Report on Investment Activity (RIA):
2009    2008     2007

Performance Measurement Survey (PMS):
2009    2008     2007 

Guidelines for valuing investments, which feed into the PMS, are available here.

For older reports, please contact research@bvca.co.uk.

Latest research publications

Latest research reports from the BVCA (some of these are only available to members):

2010 Global Trends in Venture Capital Survey

Fund level return attribution

The rise of Venture debt in Europe

Private equity and insolvency

Past BVCA research reports are available here, while external research centres are listed here.

Alternatively, for general enquiries please contact research@bvca.co.uk.

News from the Chief Economist

Apart from key statistics, research reports and short briefing notes, the Research Team also publishes other briefing material, examples of which are available below.

Response to 'Private Equity, Public Loss?' report

A short guide to the June 2010 Budget

Towards the end of this year, we also hope to introduce a weekly economic brief for members and portfolio companies. In the meantime, for general economic queries or information, contact Colin Ellis at cellis@bvca.co.uk.

 

BVCA Research Notes

The latest Research Team notes are available below:

No.5 - Benchmarking private equity against public markets
September 2010 - Read more

No.4 - Solar Investment in Spain
July 2010 - Read more

No.3 - The case for inflation-indexed CGT
July 2010 - Read More

A full list of Research Team Notes is available here.

Key contacts

Colin Ellis, Chief Economist: 020 7420 1830, cellis@bvca.co.uk

Mei Niu, Research Manager: 020 7420 1818, mniu@bvca.co.uk

Joe Steer, Research Manager: 020 7420 1816, jsteer@bvca.co.uk

Nicola Smart, Research Executive: 020 7420 1854, nsmart@bvca.co.uk