AGENDA

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08:30
 Registration & Coffee
09:00 Opening Address by Tracey Pierce, Director of Equity Primary Markets, London Stock Exchange Group
09:15 Keynote speech: Russian Investment Climate
09:30 Capital Markets Landscape in 2012

  • Eurobond & Debt offerings by CIS issuers
  • Prospects for Emerging Market IPOs & SPOs
  • The Eurozone & Emerging Markets
10:00 Panel 1: Emerging Markets Investors – Who’s buying and what are they buying?

  • Chinese investment in listed Russian companies
  • US and European fund flows into Russian IPOs
  • Family office and sovereign wealth funds
11:00 Coffee break
11:15 Panel 2: GDR or Premium Share Listing

  • From GDR to Premium
  • The GDR investor universe
  • FTSE RIOB and FTSE UK Indices
12:00 Preparation for IPO: Financial Accounts, Structure, Tax considerations
PwC
12:30 Panel 3: Foreign Market Participant Access to Russia

  • DMA access to the Russian securities market
  • ETFs
  • Futures & Options Contracts
13:30 Lunch
14:30 Panel 4: Comparing the Sectors

  • Extractive
  • Financial
  • Consumer
15:20 Panel 5: Growth Companies & AIM

  • Raising money on AIM
  • AIM to Main Market
  • Small-cap and Mid-Cap investors
16:10 Coffee break.
16:20 Closing speech: London is Open for Business

Speaker: The Lord Mayor of London Alderman David Wootton
17:00 Drinks & Networking Reception