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Private equity code for Europe

By Martin Arnold in London

Published: February 15 2009 23:43 | Last updated: February 15 2009 23:43

Europe’s private equity leaders will offer to create a unified code of conduct for the region when they appear before a European Commission conference to defend their industry from some of its fiercest political critics next week.

Javier Echarri, secretary-general of the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA), said the industry would agree to combine the elements of the national, regional and international guidelines into a single pan-European code for the industry.

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