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«Business News» is organising its first annual forum for capital markets to discuss the latest developments and regulatory procedures for a capital market that is able to keep up with the needs of economic develop- ment and to provide non-bank financing via multiple tools that are suitable for the investment goals of both individuals and organisations. The annual summit, held for the first time this year, is entitled «Capital Markets and Financing Growth». The summit will discuss the government’s vision of how to benefit from the capital markets and the non-banking tools in financing government projects. The summit will also discuss the future of the government debt markets, modern tools of finance such as; revenue warrants and bonds, bonds of enterprises and localities. The summit will also shed the light upon the ways to activate the government bonds and securities second- ary market and the role of capital markets in reducing government debt cost. The summit is an extension to the activity of “Business News” in the organizing conferences such as; the energy annual conference and the automotive summit “Egypt Automotive”. This is in addition to the “Expert Guide” program for round tables and economic sector activities, which starts in February 2016 to discuss the future of the poultry industry in Egypt. The conference also seeks to introduce the process of developing legislations, currently undertaken by the EFSA and the of companies’ reactions towards it. The conference will also study the opportunity of growth
- f this broad sector.
Additionally, this event will give the chance for the demands of financial service providers to be recognized. Furthermore, the conference will illustrate their role in pumping liquidity into the economy in this period; where investors and companies are suffering from the apparent lack of funding. The summit will devote a special session about REITs and how to build an integrated system to attract fund- ing from outside and inside Egypt towards investing in real estate and its contribution to developing projects. This session will also address stimulating supply and factoring operations, re-injecting money into the arteries
- f economy and monetization of real estate assets owned by the government and public enterprises in order
to achieve the best returns out of them. The summit will also address the direct investment activity and the future of private equity operations in the light of international practices, and the legislative and regulatory infrastructure for the establishment of funds and exit operations. The summit will review the brokerage firms’ vision regarding the future of the stock exchange and how to make the local market a competitive one with regards to attracting foreign investment and developing tools and institutions operating in the market. The summit will also discuss the role of the stock exchange in stimulating listing of corporate and first market versions of the various tools and mechanisms to increase the institutional weight of the investors in the stock market. The summit will discuss the role of regional cooperation between the capital market and dual listing of companies and competitive advantages of listed companies in the securities firms that offer their clients a combination of markets through a single platform.