EuropeanIssuers and FESE held a joint webinar on "How to Keep Companies Europe?" on 16 November 2021.

 

The webinar took place during the European Commission's SME Assembly 2021 and complimented our annual event, the European Small and Mid-Cap Awards. It brought together a range of stakeholders to discuss how to facilitate access to finance for SMEs, and how to attract SME listings in Europe. Discussions encompassed the final report of the Technical Expert Stakeholder Group (TESG) on SMEs, as well as the need to boost the development of smaller capital markets – where most companies are SMEs, and the investment gap remains significant.

 

10:00 – 10:05 | Opening remarks | Petr Koblic, President, FESE
10:05 – 10:25 | Keynote speech    | Tatyana Panova, Head of Unit, Capital Markets Union, DG FISMA, European Commission
10:25 – 11:25 | Panel discussion  | “How to keep companies in Europe?”

• Barbara Lunghi, Head of Primary Markets, Borsa Italiana
• Jesús González Nieto-Márquez, Head of BME Growth, BME
• Tatyana Panova, Head of Unit, Capital Markets Union, DG FISMA, European Commission
• Dr Mirosław Kachniewski, Chairman, SEG

Moderators: Florence Bindelle, Secretary General, EuropeanIssuers; and Rainer Riess, Director General, FESE

11:25 – 11:30 | Closing address | Luc Vansteenkiste, Chairman, EuropeanIssuers