Annual Report
Building Long-term Wealth by Investing in Private Companies Annual Report and Accounts 12 Months to 31 January 2021 Our Purpose HarbourVest Global Private Equity (“HVPE” or the “Company”) exists to provide easy access to a diversified global portfolio of high-quality private companies by investing in HarbourVest-managed funds, through which we help support innovation and growth in a responsible manner, creating value for all our stakeholders. Investment Objective The Company’s investment objective is to generate superior shareholder returns through long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of private markets investments. Our Purpose in Detail Focus and Approach Investment Manager Investment into private companies requires Our Investment Manager, HarbourVest Partners,1 experience, skill, and expertise. Our focus is on is an experienced and trusted global private building a comprehensive global portfolio of the markets asset manager. HVPE, through its highest-quality investments, in a proactive yet investments in HarbourVest funds, helps to measured way, with the strength of our balance support innovation and growth in the global sheet underpinning everything we do. economy whilst seeking to promote improvement in environmental, social, Our multi-layered investment approach creates and governance (“ESG”) standards. diversification, helping to spread risk, and is fundamental to our aim of creating a portfolio that no individual investor can replicate. The Result Company Overview We connect the everyday investor with a broad HarbourVest Global Private Equity is a Guernsey base of private markets experts. The result is incorporated, London listed, FTSE 250 Investment a distinct single access point to HarbourVest Company with assets of $2.9 billion and a market Partners, and a prudently managed global private capitalisation of £1.5 billion as at 31 January 2021 companies portfolio designed to navigate (tickers: HVPE (£)/HVPD ($)).
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