2002
European Small Cap Conference, New York City
PRESS RELEASE - For immediate distribution
November
21, 2002, New York -- Capital Link Forum's second annual European Small
Cap conference took place today at the Pierre Hotel in New York. Presentations
were made by executive managers of European companies and securities firms
from the UK, France, Germany and the Netherlands. A webcast of the entire
conference including presentations and biographies is available as of Monday,
November 25 at www.capitallinkforum.com.
The Forum was a tremendous
success and was attended by over 200 senior executives from the New York
investment community to view presentations and meet with the management
of Arcadis NV, Aveva Group plc, Brit Insurance Holdings plc, Credit Lyonnais
Securities, Euronext, Hannover Re, Medigene AG, SNS Securities, The New
Germany Fund Inc., Vedior NV, and Wavecom SA.
Mr. Christopher Brown,
President and CEO of Institutional Investor Inc. moderated the event and
presented the preliminary announcement of Euromoney Institutional Investor
financial results, which represented increased profits before tax, goodwill
and exceptional items by 10% to £25.2 million in the year to September 30
in spite of a 12% drop in revenues to £180 million. This announcement is
also available at www.capitallinkforum.com.
Mr. Jean-Marie Eveillard,
Co-President of First Eagle SoGen Funds who was voted Morningstar's International
Fund Manager of the Year, opened the conference with an overview of the
environment of European Small Caps and his commitment to these companies.
The luncheon keynote
speaker was Mr. Xavier Leroy, Director of Issuer Relations for Euronext.
He presented on the growth of Euronext, advantages of listing on Euronext
and the overall consolidation of exchanges in Europe.
The media partners
for the event were Institutional Investor, Financial Times and Forbes Global.
ON CAPITAL LINK:
Capital Link, headquartered in New York City, is an international investor
relations and financial advisory firm, whose mission is to assist corporations
worldwide to gain and maintain effective access to the institutional investment
community. The company's services range from corporate advisory to internet-based
communications. Annually, it organizes in New York the Invest in Greece
Forum, the European Small Cap Conference and the Closed End Fund and Global
ETFs Forum.
For more information
please visit www.capitallink.com
or contact:
Pamela O'Brien, obrien@capitallink.com
Melike Atil, caplink@capitallink.com
Tel. (212) 661-7566
Fax (212) 661-7526
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Partners:
