Investment Forum & Private Equity Awards Gala 2017

Investment Forum & Private Equity Awards Gala 2017 program

Panel I: Capital for entrepreneurs?

• Why is Private Equity funding so popular in mature capital markets ? Is it now time for Poland?
• Is IPO going to be gradually crowded out by Private Equity investors in Poland? Future role and relevance of the Warsaw Stock Exchange to Private Equity?
• How do investors view the Polish asset class today and how do they identify opportunities and sectors to invest in?
• What unique contributions outside of capital does private equity bring that stock exchange or debt funding cannot supply?

Panel II: Political risk in private equity

• Has risk in Poland changed in the eyes of Private Equity investors? What is the current risk assessment?
• Government influence on private equity performance in the region. Challenges and opportunities
• Relative risk of CEE, Poland and developed markets. How do current political and economic uncertainties affect investments?
• Taking into account the current political landscape, what is the equity story for Private Equity Funds?

Panel III: Recent trends in the Polish private equity

• Increasing visibility of large international Private Equity funds. Upcoming PE disposals in the region
• The rise of a secondary market in the region for PE. Performance of secondary and tertiary deals v. primary deals
• Alternative funding of enterprises from state-sponsored entities and non-commercial sources of capital: allies or competitors? PFR as a new player: does it have a chance to address some underserved niche?
• Different perspectives of PE investors from Western European vs. Asian vs. South African business cultures.rcie Gali – Marek Michałowski –  Przewodniczący Kapituły Konkursowej „Diamentów Infrastruktury i Budownictwa”

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