“Emerging Funding for the Real Economy” will take place on May 13, 2014, at the Athenee Palace Hilton Bucharest Hotel. The conference aims to bring together the stakeholders of the real economy’s funding value chain, giving everybody a platform and a chance to speak out - concerns, debates, plans, regulations, case studies, to dos.

Main topics include: Local and regional views: Romania vs CEE countries, Supporting viable alternative solutions for the real economy funding, Making both ends meet: how low can one go with fees and commissions to make non-banking funding viable, How “fast and furious” can a primary offering be, Rethinking companies’ capital structure, Are pension funds ready to be the steward of improved corporate governance for Romanian public companies?, Supporting change process and structural reforms, Private equity focus. A new day’s dawn for private equity – is it different now?, Challenges in the acquisition of privately-held businesses, Factors that influenced venture capital investment activity in Romania.

The confirmed speakers are: Bogdan Olteanu, Deputy Governor, National Bank of Romania, Daniela Nemoianu, Executive Partner, KPMG Romania and Member of the Board, AmCham, Dan Bucsa, CEE Economist, Unicredit Bank London, Diana Popescu, General Deputy Director, Treasury and Public Debt, Ministry of Public Finance of Romania, Marius Dan, Investor Relations Manager, Franklin Templeton Investments, Cristina Reichmann, Head of Capital Markets, FIS and Structured Finance, CMS Cameron McKenna, Jim Turnbull, Senior Advisor, Local Currency and Capital Markets, EBRD, Cristian Sporis, Vice President, Corporate Banking, Raiffeisen Bank, Dragos Neacsu, CEO, Erste Asset Management and President, AAF, Raluca Tintoiu, CEO, ING Pensii, Irina Anghel-Enescu, Managing Director, South Eastern European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, Dan Farcasanu, Investment Director, Resource Partners, Mihai Sfintescu, Partner, 3TS Capital Partners, Claudiu Corcodel, Managing Director, Mezzanine Management Romania, Perry Zizzi, Partner, Clifford Chance Badea, Matei Paun, Partner, BAC Romania, Octavian Vidu, Investment Manager, CEE Equity Partners, Jesper Moller, Executive Partner, Peria Capital.

The event partners and supporting organizations are: Raiffeisen Bank, Erste Asset Management, KPMG Romania, CMS Romania, Peria Capital, CEEMEA Business Group, AmCham, CEO Clubs, AAF, APAPR, BNI.

The AmCham members benefit from a Special Booking Rate of Euro 99 + VAT. To register, please fill in the attached booking form and send it by email to ramona.raicu@theassociates.ro.

For more information on the event and the detailed agenda, we invite to visit the event website or to contact Ramona Raicu, Event Manager by email at ramona.raicu@theassociates.ro or by phone at +40723145546.