(Tiper Stock Exchange) – AceNEXTthe representative association of listed SMEs, returns to bring together the Euronext Growth Milan (EGM) community at Palazzo Mezzanotte, the headquarters of Borsa Italiana in Milan, for an event dedicated to the small business market. The titled event “All About Us” and made in partnership with Euronext Growth Advisors, it did the point on the market and on new initiatives to be undertaken in support of listed SMEs.
“It is essential to facilitate the listing of SMEs which are the backbone of the country,” he says John NataliPresident AceNEXTrecalling that the association “also carries out training activities to support companies” and urging a capital bill to implement a simplification of the market.
Fabricius HeadChief Executive Officer of Borsa Italiana Euronext Group, recalled that “almost 300 companies have chosen to list on Euronext Growth Milan since its creation in 2009, raising almost six billion euros, 85% of which in capital increases”.
The EGM market received a great success and a certain visibility, thanks also to the important fine-tuning work carried out with the contribution of the companies and professionals participating in the Association. For Emilia OrsiniAssoNEXT General Secretary, the association “has achieved goals to be proud and grateful for. Proud, because there are so many ideas, energies and talents that have led to surprising results. Grateful, towards the companies and professionals who they got involved with enthusiasm and are making a difference, with great competence, foresight and ambition”.
The AssoNEXT Member Guglielmo Manetti, Chief Executive Officer of Intermonte, says he is “excited to be able to contribute, also through our association with AssoNEXT, to the further development of the EGM, a lively market, capable of attracting important capital to support the country’s real economy”. “Intermonte, in its role as Italian leader on the largest IPOs on the EGM and as opinion leader on research in the mid-small caps segment – he adds – has always been committed to supporting its proper functioning”.
“Today we have the opportunity to take a step forward,” he underlines Louis GiannottaGeneral Manager of Integrae SIM, adding “in a phase in which the Italian economy is growing more than Germany and France, we cannot miss the opportunity to strengthen our capital market. With today’s initiative we are trying to create a system at the aim of sensitizing all stakeholders, and in particular the institutions, in creating a package of stimuli, regulatory and fiscal, which favor the channeling of private savings towards the heart of the national productive fabric, i.e. SMEs”.
Federico FreniUndersecretary of State at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, confirms that “the Government is betting on SMEs which are the country’s backbone” and is putting in place “a series of tools to boost the sector starting from taxation and from investments”.
Antonio Misiani, Vice-President of the Budget Commission of the Senate of the Republic observes that “the development of the capital market for SMEs is a strategic objective for the country. The Capital Decree, which collects the proposals of the MEF’s green book, represents a step forward important to simplify the market”.
Julius CentemeroMember of the Finance Commission of the Chamber of Deputies, recalls that Minister Giorgetti “is proving to be sensitive to market development. The Capitali bill is proof of this. The “Capitals” is an important step that must be summarized with continuous improvements in conditions for all the actors involved”.
Mario NotariPresident of the AssoNEXT Scientific Committee, states that “the growth of small caps traded on the EGM market also requires a clear and coherent regulatory context. To this end, the AssoNEXT Scientific Committee is constantly engaged both to monitor ongoing regulatory developments and to to accompany associated companies in the correct and effective application of the regulations in force”.
Daniela BiagiHead of Academy, Euronext Group, underlines that “the role of training is even more relevant for companies that decide to approach listing; for companies, being listed on the Stock Exchange means entering a new ecosystem, knowing and respecting its rules, acquire the necessary skills to implement new “modus operandi” and to streamline interaction with the main players in this ecosystem: investors, supervisory authorities, policy makers and stakeholders”.