Equity is roaring forward as a funding tool, delivering refinancing relief to credit squeezed companies across Europe.
With such strong drivers for equity capital market growth, Thomson Reuters International Financing Review is launching the ECM Forum on the 22nd September 2009 at TR HQ in London to gather the equity industry’s thought leaders.
A packed and pacy programme of engaging and enlightening talks, the Thomson Reuters IFR ECM Forum will feature sessions on:
- equity’s return as a funding tool – but for how long and at what cost?
- rights issues – who is issuing and the race for market share
- new markets and drivers for growth, including emerging markets
- investor environment and equity promotion strategies
- origination, distribution, and syndication strategies for 2010
- hedge fund strategies in ECM post credit crunch
- derivatives as bank risk management and fundraising instruments
- the growth of the convertibles markets into 2010
- PE, IPOs, valuation and pricing issues fee structures …
Delegates for the Forum will be drawn from across the ECM spectrum, including investors, issuers and ECM professionals.