About
For the 8th consecutive year the conference will gather experts from the financial sector, capital markets and foreign and exchange markets
• Highlights in this year’s edition are the discussions with experts and institutions, Investor Day and capital markets topics
• ESG investing – new topic and important discussion
• Discussions on most important topics – financial instruments, tendencies and practical advice on investing and finance
• Speakers at the conference are experts from the market who will look for answers on investing opportunities
Main topics:
- Overview on the investment ecosystem
- What to expect for the global financial markets
- Financial markets regulations
- FX strategies
- Blockchain
- Cryptocurrency
- ETFs
- Capital Markets
- Alternative investments
- Investor’s psychology
- FINTECH
- Fund Investing
investor finance forum
Specialized conference for the companies in the sector and individual and institutional investors. The best experts from the financial sector will discuss on trends, financial instruments and give prognoses for the market.
INVESTOR DAY
Institutional investors and representatives of the capital market in Bulgaria meet with public companies from the region. Discussions and presentations on current topics related to the functioning of the modern capital markets.
Seminars
Innovations and evolution of the financial industry and fx trading.
INVESTOR EXPO
Expo of platforms, forex brokers and representatives of financial and capital markets. Participation in the exhibition area allows each company to show its platform or selected product to the attendees of the conference.
The unique annual meeting of the companies in the sector with individual and institutional investors
November 29, Inter Expo Center, Sofia
Audience
Profile
Institutional: 24%
Individual: 76%
31 - 40 years: 42%
41 - 50 years : 29%
21 - 30 years: 10%
50 years and over: 19%
Networking
• Brand awareness
• Meeting the investment community
• Over 70 speakers and over 50 partners for all editions
EXPLORE
• Presentations
• Seminars
• Trends and prognoses
Agenda
Official Opening
Boyko Atanasov, Chair of the Financial Supervision Commission
Manyu Moravenov Ph.D, Chief Executive Officer at Bulgarian Stock Exchange
Georgi Biserinski, CEO, Bloomberg TV Bulgaria
Discussion: How Macro Trends Shape the Market’s Future
- Investments in the new economic environment
- How analyzing macro trends and significant events can serve as a key investment tool
Discussion:
Georgi Zamanov, CEO, Allianz Bulgaria,
Valentina Grigorova Gencheva, Founder and Head of Gold Department, First Investment Bank
Emil Asparouhov, Board member and partner, Trend AM
Moderator: BloombergTV
Panel: Regional Capital Markets
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Prospects and Opportunities for derivatives trading and the role of the Central counterparty clearing
- Opportunities for cross-border cooperation and the successful model in CEE
Discussion:
Cristian Agalopol, Head of Securities Services Central and Eastern Europe, Citi
Adrian Tanase, CEO, Bucharest Stock Exchange
Marius-Alin Barbu, Deputy General Manager, Bucharest Stock Exchange
Dimitris Karaiskakis, CОO, Athens Exchange Group
Socrates Lazaridis, CEO, Athens Exchange Group
Milan Božić, CEO, Banja Luka Stock Exchange
Siniša Krneta, CEO, Belgrade Stock Exchange
Darko Sima, Director, SEE Link.
Moderator: Manyu Moravenov Ph.D, Chief Executive Officer at Bulgarian Stock Exchange
Panel: Investing in Mutual funds and ETFs
- Global tendencies in fund investing – Amundi presentation
- ETF Investing discussion
Nikolay Vassilev, CEO, Expat Capital
Petko Valkov, Private banking Director at Fibank
- Bulgarian Funds Ranking 2019 – Investor.BG
- Discussion:
Nikolay Vassilev, CEO, Expat Capital
Petko Valkov, Private banking Director at Fibank
Amundi representative
Moderator: Pavel Bandilov, CEO at BPD Industrial Real Estate Fund
Discussion: Technologies That Will Disrupt Financial Services
Yanki Onen, Senior Manager at nextmarkets Trading Limited and Founder of Wamo.io
Johan Gabriels, Country Manager Romania and Bulgaria, Ebury
Iliyan Dimitrov, СОО, ReportX.eu
Moderator: Georgi Bulgarski, Strategic Project Manager at FinTech, TradeTech & RegTech start-ups
Discussion: Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies
Angel Gyaurov, CFA, Belayer
Nikola Tchouparov, Co-founder and CEO, Moneyfold
Meet the Investors
SME Investing
- SME growth market BEAM – presentation
Alexandrina Giurova, Bulgarian Stock Exchange
- Alternative Funds – presentation
Nikolay Martinov, Co-founder and partner at Impetus Capital
- SME finance – presentation
Viktoriya Hristova, Fund of Funds
Presentation of public companies:
Kolev&Kolev – Ivan Kolev, CEO of Kolev & Kolev
Discussion: Financial Regulation
- New obligations on how firms providing investment services to provide clients with information – presentation
Martina Savcheva – Chief Expert at „Supervision of Investment Intermediaries and Markets in Financial Instruments & Market Abuse Investigation“ Department at the Financial Supervision Commission (FSC)
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Changes to the Regulatory Framework – presentation
Vladislav Matev – Chief Expert at „Public Companies, Issuers and SPICs“ Department at the Financial Supervision Commission (FSC)
- Discussion:
Andreas Roussos, Partner, Point Nine Data Trust
Georgi Malinov, Lawer, Elana Finance Holding
Moderator: Dimitar Kaldamukov, Partner at TM Law Office
ESG Investing
Responsible investment: practices and trends – video presentation and Q&A (live)
Speakers: Yulia Sofronova, Head of Nordics, CEE & CIS and Anna Georgieva, Manager Investment Practices – Fixed Income, The Principles for Responsible Investment
Discussion:
Tsvetelina Kuzmanova – International Cooperation Expert at the Financial Supervision Commission
Moderator: Bloomberg TV
Listed Companies vs Investors
- Listed companies vs. Investors. New legislation on transparency. Measuring the impact of changing regulatory requirements – presentation
Ivan Daskalov and Danil Djorgov, Association of Bulgarian Investor Relations Directors
- Discussion:
The effect of the new regulatory requirements on capital markets
Long-term commitment of companies to investors and to investors to companies based on the new regulations
Transparency as a precondition for increasing the liquidity and attractiveness of the Bulgarian capital market
Konstantin Prodanov, Chief investment strategist at Karoll Capital Management, Chairman of the Board at Bravo Property Fund REIT
Vasil Golemanski, CEO, Central Depository
Ivan Daskalov and Danil Djorgov, Association of Bulgarian Investor Relations Directors
Moderator: Pelagia Viacheva, Investor Relations Director of Sopharma AD, a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Investor Relations Directors
Webinar with Alex Gerchik
How to make money in any market – live video seminar
Alex Gerchik is a proffesional trader and a Wall street legend.
Alexander Gerchik is a trader at NYSE/NASDAQ, RTS, CME.He start his career in Day trading firm Worldco were he traded firm capital. In 2000-2003 he was a number one trader in the firm amogn 2000 traders with only 9 losing days of all of those years.As well He had no losing months in the daytrading sector in a period of 10 years. He is known as one of the safest traders.In his second year in trading he earn more than 2 mln $
From 2003 to 2009, he was Hold Brothers LLC managing partner 2 largest day trading firm in the USA . 2011-2014 managing director of FINAM Management. Since 2014 co-founder of Gerchik.ru biggest stock market related educational project in Eastern Europe. and Gerchik and co wich is one of the fastest growing forex broker,
Alex starred in the “Wall Street Warriors” HBO Mojo project as the safest day trader on Wall Street.
Seminar: How to trade financial markets with a cool head and make money as well
Host of the seminar – Ali Persembe, Vice Chairman, Saha Credit Rating , Trading Tutor, Author, TV Presenter
A solo presentation on how to trade financial markets (specifically yes, but not necessarily just forex) with a cool head.
It’s a presentation that encompasses:
- unpredictability of markets
- behavioral finance
- importance of risk management with stops as well as risk/reward ratios, and
- a detailed trading strategy.
The presentation is fast, furious, factual, shocking, tickling, provoking and funny!!
It underlines the importance and the inevitable imperative to overhaul the traders’ approach to markets.
Who will benefit:
Individual and institutional investors
Asset/fund/portfolio managers
Brokerage houses
Traders of banks’ treasury
Research personnel
Investment advisors
Traders (equities, forex, bonds, crypto, derivatives)
Gold as an investment – past, present, future
Host of the seminar is Valentina Grigorova-Gencheva, PhD, Founder and Head of Gold and Numismatics Department of First Investment Bank