From 9 to 11 November, Deutsche Brse and KfW Bankengruppe will be holding the Fall 2009 German Equity Forum in Frankfurt/Main. The forum is Europes largest and most successful platform for SMEs seeking equity or already listed.
Over 5,000 investors, analysts, entrepreneurs and intermediaries are expected to attend the three-day German Equity Forum.
The German Equity Forum has become an established feature among the worlds major international capital market conferences, said Frank Gerstenschlger, member of the Executive Board of Deutsche Brse AG and responsible for the Xetra business area. International companies from Belarus, China, India and Ukraine will introduce themselves in country forums. This once again highlights the events international character.
The German Equity Forum is an important meeting place especially now, with the financial and economic crisis causing many market participants to act cautiously. It provides the opportunity for comprehensive discussion and hopefully starting points for new business, said Dr Ulrich Schrder, Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors of the KfW Bankengruppe.
The Equity Forum offers participants panel discussions, presentations and workshops on topics relating to corporate financing, capital market regulation and current industry trends. Furthermore, about 200 companies from the Prime Standard will be presenting their financial figures. There will be presentations from the top 25 non-listed high-growth companies from thesectors Alternative Energies, Life Science, Consumer & E-Commerce, High Technology andSoftware & Internet to a broad group of investors.
A joint study conducted by the Technical University in Munich, Ernst & Young and Deutsche Brse, which examines the growing trend in equity financing, will also be presented at the German Equity Forum.
Deutsche Brse AG, the worlds largest market organizer, and leading development bank KfW Bankengruppe have held the German Equity Forum twice a year since 1996. The fall event focuses on listed companies and those in later-stage financing, while the primary focus of the spring forum is on early-stage and growth companies.
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