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The BVCA will be adopting the new name of UK Private Capital, following receipt of member approval at the Annual General Meeting. The change will formally take effect from ​27​ ​January.

The latest Private Equity Reporting Group (PERG) reports reinforce the industry's commitment to transparency and disclosure while also underlining the growing importance of private equity investment to the UK economy.

BVCA to engage with the Bank of England on private markets ‘stress test’

The BVCA welcomed several pro-investment announcements in the Budget but called on the Government to focus on delivering a pro-growth agenda.

Ahead of the Budget on ​26​ ​November, the BVCA has continued to engage extensively with Ministers and Treasury on behalf of the industry.

This week, the BVCA sent a public letter jointly with other representative bodies including the Law Society, ICAEW and City of London Corporation, to express deep concern about a possible employers’ National Insurance charge on partnerships.

The BVCA has written to the Chancellor to outline that any increase to income tax at the Budget would risk impacting the carried interest reforms due to be introduced to Parliament in the upcoming Finance Bill.

Chief Executive Michael Moore highlighted the central role private capital plays in supporting long-term economic growth in evidence delivered to a House of Lords inquiry into the growth of private markets in the UK.

BVCA Chief Executive Michael Moore called for urgency to make progress in increasing the pace of UK pensions investment into private capital at the Regional Investment Summit held in Birmingham this week.

The BVCA has called on the Government to use its upcoming Budget to ensure the UK’s tax framework supports entrepreneurship, upholds the UK as a global destination to start and scale a business, and maintains the attractiveness of the UK for private capital firms and those who work in them.

BVCA Chief Executive Michael Moore, together with Karim Palant and Isobel Clarke, met with Treasury Minister Torsten Bell MP on Thursday to discuss how its proposed NOVA scheme could help facilitate greater investment in private capital and build more partnerships between institutional investors and UK VC’s and growth capital firms.

Throughout the Labour Party conference, the BVCA advocated for the Government’s pension reform agenda to support increased investment into private capital, including regional funds.

The BVCA response to the draft rules reforming the tax treatment of carried interest highlighted the need for clear drafting to avoid double taxation, proportionate rules for internationally mobile individuals, and workable provisions on average holding periods across different fund types.

Speaking at the BVCA Summit on 10 September, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves recognised the importance of the private capital industry to the UK economy, and set out her priorities for attracting investment into the UK.

There is less than a week to go before BVCA Summit 2025 on ​9-​10 ​September, where 1,200+ leading investors, fund managers, advisors, and policymakers will explore the trends, strategies, and innovations shaping the future of the private capital industry.

The BVCA has formally provided evidence to the House of Commons Public Bill Committee on the Pension Schemes Bill, to set out the view of the private capital industry and how the UK's current pension landscape impacts investment and economic growth.

The BVCA is inviting GPs to register interest for the 2026 European Private Capital Conferences & Receptions. The series of events will see the return of the Middle East Roadshow (w/c ​23​ ​February​), the third edition of the Asia Roadshow, (w/c ​23​ ​March​) and the 15th edition of the North America Roadshow (w/c ​27​ ​April​).