Amsterdam, 28 June 2016

International Project Finance Association's (IPFA) 3rd annual European Infrastructure & Energy Finance Forum

What is the future outlook? - PPP's, renewables, transportation and infrstructure assets

Venue: VanDoorn, Jachthavenweg 121, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

The Forum is now firmly established as a 'must attend' event for Europe's leading infrastructure finance fund managers, asset managers, project developers/ sponsors, procuring agencies, lenders, institutional investors and project advisors who are involved in delivering Europe's major PPP, transportation and renewable energy deals and projects.

This one day event offers unrivalled networking and access to Europe’s infrastructure dealmakers and brings together a distinguished mix of international infrastructure players from across the eurozone and further afield. The 2016 agenda will offer delegates timely market updates on key sectors, analysis of upcoming deals and country project updates as well as several well structured roundtable panel discussions.

For more information please contact Paul Haley, Event organiser: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Business and Finance Outlook Event

9 June 2016 | Paris, France

Summary

Following on from last year’s launch of the first OECD Business and Finance Outlook, this event will launch the release of the 2016 Business and Finance Outlook.

It is seven years since the global crisis and despite easy monetary policy, financial regulatory reform, and G20 resolutions favouring structural measures, the world economy is not making a lot of progress. Indeed, the responses to the crisis seem mainly to have stopped the banks from failing and then pushed the many faces of the crisis around between regions—currently taking the form of excess capacity in emerging markets. Productivity growth raises income per head, allows companies to pay better wages and it raises demand to help to eliminate excess capacity and improve employment. However, this element is missing in the global corporate sector. The theme of this year’s Business and Finance Outlook is fragmentation: the inconsistent structures, policies, rules, laws and industry practices that appear to be blocking business efficiency and productivity growth.

Global Infrastructure Investors Summit (GIIS) 2016

7 June 2016 | London Stock Exchange 

The 4th Global Infrastructure Investors Summit (GIIS), taking place on 7 June 2016, is the private gathering of world leading infrastructure investors that will discuss market transformation at the top end of the infrastructure investment sector and debate where and how best to commit capital.

Supported by Preqin, the Global Infrastructure Investors Summit (GIIS) is working in partnership with the leading Institutional Investors currently planning allocation for 2017 and a limited number of Fund Manager and service providers whose interest and track record, fund strategy and focus meet the established criteria of our attending Institutions.

The global infrastructure investment is expected to reach $4 trillion by 2017 with 79% of institutional investors looking to maintain the same capital allocation to the asset class. Despite the growing interest for infrastructure, the vast financing potential of international capital markets remains largely untapped.

Long-Term Infrastructure Investors Association (LTIIA) members are entitled to 20% discount.

If you are an institutional investor and interested in attending GIIS 2016 please contact LTIIA to receive your complimentary pass.

For further information about the event and sponsorship opportunities please contact Anna Timoshenko at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

Tel:  +44 20 7352 4356. For more information: http://globalinfrasummit.com

Green Week Programme

The 2016 edition of Green Week, the biggest annual occasion to debate and discuss European environment policy, will take place from 30 May to 3 June 2016. The theme of this year is "Investing for a greener future".

On Monday we look at how investing for greener cities can improve the quality of urban life. On Tuesday we explore ways of securing our future through investments in the countryside, which provides so many of the resources that our society needs. Wednesday focuses on finding the financing for our needs, and Thursday then looks at investing in our oceans. Friday widens the scope to a more global outlook, namely investing in sustainable development for future generations. Partner Events take place throughout May and June (see Partners Section for more details).

The call for proposals for Partner Events will be launched soon. Here are the background details about what they should focus on and the guidelines, in order that if you intend to organise an event and submit an application for a Partner Event, you can already see what needs to be considered.

The ELTI Deputy Secretary-General, Mr. Helmut von Glasenapp will make a presentation in Brussels during Green Week 2016 on Wednesday 1 June to present the common characteristics of the relevant ELTI activities. 

Agenda  Summary

The 16th Tokyo Roundtable on Capital Market and Financial Reform in Asia took place on 22-23 March 2016 at the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) in Tokyo, Japan. This meeting was jointly organised by the ADBI and the OECD, in co-operation with the Government of Japan.

Initiated in 1999 in the aftermath of the Asian financial crisis, the Tokyo Roundtable offers a forum for regulators, policy-makers, experts, scholars, private sector and international organisations to discuss issues relating to capital market and financial reform in Asia.

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High-Level Conference 'Europe as an Investment Destination'

6 April 2016 | Charlemagne Building, Brussels

Programme

Hosted by the European Political Strategy Centre (EPSC) the European Commission's in-house think tank reporting directly to President Juncker.

The European Commission uploaded all presentations given during the High-Level Conference "Europe as an Investment Destination" on the dedicated conference webpage: http://ec.europa.eu/epsc/events/detail/2016-04-06-europe-as-an-investment-destination_en.htm

The Long-Term Investors Club (LTIC) Steering Committee (SC) meeting took place on 26 May 2016 at the China Development Bank (CDB) headquarters in Beijing which was later followed by the D20 conference on the 27 May 2016.

The SC meeting renewed the different executive positions of the LTIC. The 4th D20 conference, consisting of the state financial institutions of the G20 member countries, was also held within the framework of the LTIC Steering Committee meeting. The D20 Statement was published during the conference and outlines the proposals put forward by the group regarding the conditions needed to enable promotional banks and long-term investors to play their role in supporting long-term investment.

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Investment: Taking it up to the next level

Wednesday, 15 June 2016

BNP Paribas Fortis, Brussels

Conference Programme

The conference will be organised around three round tables:

1.      European and global instability: What macroeconomic policy does Europe need?

2.      Over to the financial and industrial actors: investment valuation and risk reduction

3.      Lessons learned from the Juncker Plan and the prospects for its development

The debates will be simultaneously translated into English and French.

Please register with Christine Gauffreteau This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. +33 1 43 17 32 83.

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The OECD Green Investment Financing Forum (GIFF) is an annual event aimed at promoting dialogue and enhancing understanding between a wide range of countries and institutions interested in mobilising private investment financing for low carbon and climate-resilient infrastructure. Speakers include high-level representatives from governments of OECD countries and emerging economies, developing countries, Green Investment Banks (GIBs), institutional investors and the private sector, international organisations and NGOs. Forum subject to Chatham House Rules. 

As part of its extensive work on green finance and investment, ADBI and OECD convened the inaugural Green Investment Financing Forum in 2014 and the 2nd GIFF in 2015 in Paris. Building on the success of these two events, ADBI and OECD held the 3rd GIFF in Tokyo.

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Bpifrance, hosted its second annual Bpifrance Inno Génération event bringing together thousands of entrepreneurs and startups from across France.

This unique 24-hour event (May 25 and 26 2016) at the Accor Hotels Arena in Paris connected France’s startup ecosystem with decision makers from top companies.

The event tackled many subjects linked to innovation and how it is shaping the way we will do business tomorrow. Participants were able to take part in workshops dedicated to sectors such as tourism, cybersecurity, securing investment, and international expansion. Networking was at the heart of this event.

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Bpifrance Inno Generation gathered thousands of entrepreneurs from all regions of France and all sectors of industry to help find growth tools and development partners.

24 hours non-stop to better understand the new challenges faced every day in your industry, day-to-day business, and trading.

24 to step back, reflect together and meet.