2. Underlines the fact that private investment and finance are likely to be the key engine for sustainable growth, which is projected to be approximately 5 % in developing countries in the coming years; recognises that they can help to support local economies and companies and provide decent jobs – and therefore lead to poverty eradication – provided that FDI is properly regulated and linked to concrete improvements in the partner countries’ economies, e.g. through technology transfers and training opportunities for ...[+++]the local labour force; considers, under these circumstances, that public private partnerships (PPPs) may benefit the least developed countries as the disproportionate investment risk does not sufficiently incentivise private investments; emphasises that the future PPPs within the post-2015 development agenda should pursue poverty reduction and other sustainable development goals and should be aligned with partner countries’ national development plans;

17. Underlines the fact that private investment and finance are likely to be the key engine for sustainable growth, which is projected to be approximately 5 % in developing countries in the coming years; recognises that such private funding can help support local economies and companies and provide decent jobs, and therefore lead to poverty eradication, provided that foreign direct investment is properly regulated and linked to concrete improvements in the partner countries’ economies, e.g. through technology transfers and training opportunities for ...[+++]the local labour force; considers, under these circumstances, that PPPs may benefit the LDCs, as the disproportionate investment risk does not sufficiently incentivise private investments; emphasises that future PPPs within the post-2015 development agenda should pursue poverty reduction and other sustainable development goals, and should be aligned with partner countries’ national development plans;

26. Is greatly concerned at falling levels of private investment in Europe and the lack of confidence of private investors, resulting in a reluctance to invest, in particular as a consequence of the lack of structural reforms, the lack of a pro-growth EU strategy, and the persisting barriers within the Single Market to growth in areas such as e-commerce; calls on the Member States to actively support the Investment Plan and to contribute to the European Fund for Strategic Investment, supplementing the amounts provided through the EU budget and by the EIB, in order to guide and encourage investment by the private ...[+++] sector;

The achievement of this objective shall be measured by the volume of private, public or public-private partnership investment in projects of common interest, and in particular the volume of private investment in projects of common interest achieved through the financial instruments under this Regulation.

Pension schemes - Since the mid-1990s, there has been an increasing number of pension funds and insurance companies with holdings in hedge funds and private equity and any failure would negatively affect the pension entitlements of the pension schemes' members.

5. Points out that, since the mid-1990s, there has been an increasing number of pension funds and insurance companies with holdings in HF and PE and that their failure would negatively affect the pension entitlements of the pension schemes' members; calls on the Commission, in reviewing Directive 2003/41/EC, to ensure that employees or staff representatives are informed directly or via trustees about the way in which their pensions are invested and the associated risks, and that they have a say therein and calls on the Member States ...[+++]to use best practice to ensure that company pensions acquired by employees are shielded from bankruptcies;