Emerging Funding for the Real Economy 2015
The conference aims to bring together the stakeholders of the real economy’s medium and long term financing value chain, giving everybody a platform and a chance to speak out (concerns, debates, plans, regulations, case studies, to dos, etc.).
- Emerging markets (EM) are really diverging markets. Do the countries implementing reforms to open up their economies reap the benefits of boosting their asset values?
- Highlight alternative funding solutions for real economy’s players, large and small
- Understand how the global financial crisis channels regionally its influence on the banking and non-banking segments of Romania’s developing financial market
- Digest hard (l)earned lessons from past experiences
- Looking through the 2015 lens into the mid- to long-term horizons
EVENT PARTNERS:
CMS Cameron McKenna, ERSTE Asset Management, Pedersen & Partners, Enterprise Investors, UniCredit Tiriac Bank, EximBank Romania, NN Investment Partners and London Stock Exchange Group & ELITE
SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS:
RBLS, CEO Clubs, Netherlands-Romanian Chamber of Commerce, CFA Society Romania, SACE, Stratfor Clobal Intelligence, AAF, APAPR, BNI and Next Gen
MEDIA PARTNERS:
Agerpres, Curs de Guvernare, bne IntelliNews, Economic Zoom, RisCo, SeeNews and EMIS
Athenee Palace Hilton, 1-3 Episcopiei St., District 1, Bucharest
AGENDA
8:30 – 9:00 Registration and Welcome Coffee
9:00 – 10:00 Opening Session I: Local and Regional Views
Macro Trends: Romania vs CEE countries.
Supporting viable alternative solutions for the real economy funding.
Euro stability and its impact to investors.
EU growth drivers for 2015 and their correspondents for Romania.
Speakers:
- Ben Aris, Editor in Chief, bne IntelliNews
- Antonia Colibasanu, Partner Eurasia & International Marketing, Stratfor
- Bogdan Olteanu, Deputy Governor, National Bank of Romania
- Stefan Nanu, General Director, Treasury and Public Debt, Ministry of Public Finance of Romania (TBC)
- Dan Bucsa, CEE Economist, UniCredit Bank AG
- Henning Esskuchen, Head of CEE Equity Research, Erste Group Bank AG
- Ana Maria Mihaescu, Chief Resident Representative for Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland and Slovakia, IFC
- Valentin Ionescu, Director, Strategy and Stability Directorate, Financial Supervisory Authority
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 12:00 Panel I: Private Equity - a new day’s dawn?
High opportunity sectors.
Recent deals - case studies.
Trends in M&A transactions. Availability of funding.
Listings as an exit option.
What does the future hold/what’s next?
Speakers:
- David Butts, Partner & Co-leader of International Private Equity in CEE, CMS Cameron McKenna
- Mona Neagoe, Partner & Country Manager Romania, Pedersen & Partners
- Cristian Nacu, Partner, Enterprise Investors
- Dan Lupu, Partner, Earlybird Venture Connect
- Cezar Scarlat, Partner & Head of Abris Capital Romania and Bulgaria
- Nikolaus Bethlen, Partner, Mid Europa Partners
- Victor Cionga, Managing Partner, AZ Capital Investors
- Luca Peyrano, Head of Primary Markets Continental Europe, London Stock Exchange Group
- Barbara Lunghi, Head of Mid&Small Caps Italy and ELITE Product Development, London Stock Exchange Group
- Giancinto Oriolo, Relationship Manager, Eastern Europe, London Stock Exchange Group
12:00 – 12:30 Coffee Break
12:30 – 14:00 Panel II: Banking instruments and Capital Markets
Rethinking companies’ capital structure.
Covered bonds – is it for real this time?
Turnaround funding and financial restructuring.
Are the pension funds ready to be the steward of improved corporate governance for Romanian public companies?
Speakers:
- Dragos Neacsu, CEO, Erste Asset Management and President, AAF
- Cristina Reichmann, Head of Capital Markets, FIS and Structured Finance, CMS Cameron McKenna
- Horia Braun-Erdei, General Manager & CIO, ING Investment Management Romania
- Sergiu Oprescu, Executive President, Alpha Bank Romania
- Jim Turnbull, Senior Advisor, Local Currency and Capital Markets EBRD
- Hans-Jorg Paris, Financial Institutions Group, Hub-Leader S.Europe & EU8, IFC
- Iulius Postolache, Chief Executive Officer, Allianz-Tiriac Pensii Private
- Dorin Alexandru Badea, Executive Director, Head of Treasury, Capital Markets, Financial Institutions and Export Credit Agency, EximBank Romania
14:00 – 14:30 Networking Buffet