The International Investor Conference 'The Green Deal vs. Geopolitics' concluded with a gala banquet held at the historic Literaturhaus Frankfurt where the guests were addressed by Friederike Rotsch, the Board Member of SAP. The prominent and ever well-attended biennial conference traditionally organized by the German Shareholders' Association (DSW) and the European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users (BETTER FINANCE), was opened as early as this Tuesday by Verena Ross, the President of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) that Mr. Verbič, the President of VZMD, has been a participant of since 2016 as a member of the consultative working groups, the Financial Innovation Standing Committee (FISC CWG) and the Corporate Finance Standing Committee (CFSC). Mr. Verbič has been attending the investor conferences in Germany since 2008, and yet again took this opportunity to speak with the distinguished speakers and guests, about numerous ongoing initiatives and proceedings of VZMD.
The conference hosted as many as six excellent round tables where the keynote speakers Christoph Regierer, the member of the Executive Board of MAZARS, Stephan Leithner, the member of the Executive Board of Deutsche Börse, and Norbert Winkeljohann, the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BAYER AG, shared their views on individual topics. The guests from 25 countries were also addressed by Michael Rüdiger, the president of BLACKROCK Deutschland, Rainer Riess, the Director General of the Federation of European Securities Exchange (FESE), Ralf Thomas, the Chief Financial Officer of SIEMENS AG, Burkhard Lohr, the Chairman of the K+S Board of Executive Directors, Melanie Kreis, the Chief Financial Officer of Deutsche Post DHL, and many others.
On Monday, the day before the conference opening, Mr. Verbič, as a member of Executive Board, actively participated in the meetings of the Executive Board, General Assembly, and Legal Committee of BETTER FINANCE, which also addressed the European dimension of 'Share SUPPORT', the current proceedings in the case of MERCATOR and FORTENOVA, the 9th anniversary of the expropriations (bail-in: How far it can go?!) in the 'rehabilitation' of the Slovenian banks (VIDEO: https://youtu.be/XmtwGKxlrbg), as well as the progress made in developing the EU Strategy for retail investors which saw a prominent participation also by VZMD and Mr. Verbič as the member of the Expert Advisory Group of the Financial Services User Group at the European Commission (FSUG).
At the same time, the VZMD President's visit to Frankfurt marks the end of this year's international tours investo.si and investo.international which, in 2022 alone, took VZMD to Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Greece, Croatia, Ireland, Macedonia, Monaco (VIDEO: https://youtu.be/KjcQaeJdNww), Germany, Slovenia, Turkey, and Great Britain. Companies, individuals, and investment projects are invited to join the activities of yet another extensive program of the international business-investor programs of the VZMD in the coming year.
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