5 Sponsors and Partners Profiles of Companies
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5 Sponsors and Partners Profiles of Companies
5 Sponsors and Partners Profiles of Companies Axel Springer Financial Media/wallstreet: online AG 2 BDO Deutsche Warentreuhand AG Börsen-Zeitung 3 4 CF&B communication Close Brothers Seydler Bank AG CMS Hasche Sigle CNBC Europe Commerzbank AG Credit Suisse 5 6 7 8 9 10 Deutsche Börse AG Deutsches Anleger Fernsehen AG Dow Jones Private Markets dpa-AFX Wirtschaftsnachrichten GmbH DVFA GmbH DZ BANK AG 11 12 13 14 15 16 equinet AG Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft Steuerberatungsgesellschaft ETI Dynamics European Biotechnology News (BIOCOM Verlags GmbH) 17 FCF Fox Corporate Finance GmbH FINANCE Magazin FinanzNachrichten.de Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 21 22 23 24 GoingPublic Media AG 25 Haubrok Investor Relations GmbH Hauck & Aufhäuser Investment Banking HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt AG 26 27 28 Institutional Investment Real Estate Magazin International Herald Tribune IR magazine 29 30 31 18 19 20 5 /1 KfW Bankengruppe KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft 32 33 LBBW/Baden-Württembergische Bank AG 34 mergermarket Morgan Stanley Bank AG 35 36 n-tv Nespresso Neue Zürcher Zeitung 37 38 39 PFE GmbH Property Investor Europe & Property Finance Europe PhoenixCNE Frankfurt 40 41 RCB Group REITs in Deutschland 42 43 Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie. KGaA SILVIA QUANDT & CIE. AG Small Cap News Swiss Equity Media AG 44 45 46 47 Taylor Wessing transkript (BIOCOM Verlags GmbH) 48 49 VDI Nachrichten VISCARDI AG 50 51 WestL B AG 52 Axel Springer Financial Media / wallstreet:online AG Contact Contact Person Hans-Joachim Bischoff Phone +49-(0) 30-2 04 56-4 30 Fax +49-(0) 30-2 04 56-4 50 E-mail hj.bischoff@asfinancialmedia.de Website www.asfinancialmedia.de Address Winsstr. 62 10405 Berlin Germany 5 /2 Since its launch in 1998, wallstreet:online, part of Axel Springer Financial Media, is among the most successful financial portal in German-speaking Europe. About wallstreet:online Germany’s largest financial community More than 550,000 users each month. Active financial community More than 20,000 new reports every day. Exclusive target groups Decision makers, opinion leaders and free-spending users. BDO Deutsche Warentreuhand AG Contact Contact Person As one of the leading companies for audit and audit-related services, tax and commercial consulting and for advisory services, we are your professional partner for corporate success. With 2,000 employees at 27 locations in Germany we offer our clients high quality audit and audit-related services which ensure that opportunities and risks are made transparent along the whole of the value-added chain and contribute to the optimisation of existing market and competitive positions. Our corporate and specialist areas are available to our clients with their interdisciplinary teams and sector knowledge. Their experience and specialisms include banks, insurances, the media economy and real estate, the health and social sector as well as local government institutions and state institutions. Dr. Gebhard Zemke Phone +49-(0) 40-3 02 93-5 25 Fax +49-(0) 40-3 02 93-1 20 E-mail [email protected] Website www.bdo.de Address Ferdinandstraße 59 20095 Hamburg Germany In addition to our sector orientation, we specifically target growth markets. Thus, for example, our China Desk with its intercultural team offers German companies individual and personal advice on the formation and establishment of their companies in China and advises Chinese companies in their investment projects in Germany. We provide our clients with our expertise in cross-border listing in Germany and offer them a huge range of services in the scope of their initial public offering. Our strength is our crossborder understanding for people and markets which has grown over a period of more than 80 years. We are one of the founding members of BDO International, the only of the globally operating accounting groups with a European background. Our worldwide network of auditing firms is represented in 110 countries with around 44,000 employees and is at the disposal of internationally operating groups. 5 /3 Börsen-Zeitung Contact Contact Person Thorsten Hadeler Phone +49-(0) 69-27 32-1 38 Fax +49-(0) 69-27 32-5 00 E-mail [email protected] Website www.boersen-zeitung.de Address Düsseldorfer Straße 16 60329 Frankfurt Germany Börsen-Zeitung: Profit from your reading Daily Newspaper for the financial markets. The Börsen-Zeitung compiles facts and researches background information to give you a daily information edge. The Börsen-Zeitung covers banking and finance, capital markets, companies and sectors as well as economy and policy. Impulses for investors and issuers Financial experts need reliable market data and up-to-date interpretations. From Tuesday to Saturday, the Börsen-Zeitung provides an overview of market activity, with related analyses and commentaries. Sound background reports and detailed analyses make the Börsen-Zeitung an important decision-making tool for the financial markets. Surplus value for subscribers The Börsen-Zeitung also offers a comprehensive price and chart section, as well as a securities database and, on www.boersenzeitung.de, an internet version of the full text with various added features. 5 /4 CF&B communication Contact Contact Person CF&B Communication is a financial communication consultancy, created in 1984. Caroline Gilliume Phone +33-(0)1 44 51-76 05 Fax +33-(0)1 44 51-91 91 E-mail [email protected] Website www.midcapevents.com Address Boulevard Haussmann 97 75008 Paris France Specialized in issuer-investor relations, CF&B Communication has built up its own database of European fund managers investing in Small and Mid caps. With 4,500 institutional investors, whose investment strategies are fully qualified, CF&B Communication has organized ‚Midcap Events‘ since 2000, throughout Europe. These workshops enable issuers and investors to meet a maximum number of counterparts of interest to them, in a minimum of time, thanks to prebooked meeting schedules. In 2008-2009, over 30 such events have been organized with 42 partner brokers hosting participating companies, thereby demonstrating their know-how to many institutions where they were not yet listed, and 700 European issuing companies, initiating 8,000 meetings with institutional investors. Early 2010, CF&B Communication will also propose to non listed companies and institutional fund managers investing in Private Equity, as well as to specialized intermediaries, to take part in the first edition of the ‚Private Equity Event‘, with the objective to facilitate relations between specialized investors and businesses in need of financing. 5 /5 Close Brothers Seydler Bank AG Contact Contact Person Dr. Robert Schlick Phone +49-(0) 69-9 20 54-1 96 Fax +49-(0) 69-9 20 54-7 30 E-mail Close Brothers Seydler Bank AG is an independent company within the securities division of Close Brothers Group plc, London, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange. As one of the most renowned securities trading banks, Close Brothers Seydler Bank AG is a first-class name in Germany and in all business areas, the firm ranks among the top three. The firm’s particular strengths are in floor specialist trading with more than 2,100 foreign equity and bond accounts listed in the Open Market segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (”Freiverkehr“). Close Brothers Seydler Bank AG is market leader in Germany with approx. 170 German and international small- and mid-cap companies mandating us to act as their designated sponsor. In our sales and trading capacity, we provide local and international institutional investors with our expertise of the capital markets, offering a comprehensive range of services in the segments we cover. An experienced, multilingual equity and fixed income sales team – focused on the small and midcap area is well-connected with an international institutional client network. Close Brothers Seydler Bank AG also assists company management with the planning, structuring and placement of capital market transactions. Together with the designated sponsoring team, roadshows and investor conferences are organised for our customers, thus providing companies with a platform to present themselves to analysts and investors. In the UK, institutions are serviced by the sales and trading team of Close Brothers Seydler UK, a division of Winterflood Securities Ltd. Research services are provided via the Close Brothers Seydler Research AG, where the firm holds a majority stake. [email protected] Website www.cbseydler.com Address Schillerstrasse 27-29 60313 Frankfurt Germany 5 /6 CMS Hasche Sigle Contact Contact Person Phone Fax E-mail CMS Hasche Sigle is one of the leading commercial law firms in Germany. From small and medium-sized companies to major groups, more than 600 lawyers, tax consultants and notaries assist our clients with all aspects of national and international commercial law. As a member of CMS, an organisation of nine independent European law firms and tax consultancies, we offer access to a network with a special focus on supporting companies, banks and organisations that operate in Europe or wish to extend their activities to Europe. CMS Hasche Sigle combines outstanding expertise and commercial knowledge with a comprehensive full-service offering that covers all areas of law. One of CMS Hasche Sigle´s core competencies is providing advice in the field of capital markets transactions. We have advised more than 70 IPOs since 1997. Recently a CMS cross-border team advised Germany1, a special purpose acquisition company (“SPAC”) on all aspects of its successful use of this innovative financing model. Furthermore, our comprehensive advice on the first IPO of the year 2009 on the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange underlines our leading position in capital market transactions. Moreover, this is the third Chinese company we are supporting regarding their listing at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. In addition, providing comprehensive advice on private equity transactions is another core competency. The M&A/ Corporate team of CMS Hasche Sigle in Germany comprises 250 partners and associates with strong deal flow that ensures outstanding market knowledge. Thanks to our full-service concept, our established teams of highly specialised lawyers can provide direct access to the market and provide broad legal advice in all fields of law, in every sector and across national boarders. Dr. Andreas Zanner +49-(0) 69-7 17 01-1 39 +49-(0) 69-7 17 01-4 04 35 [email protected] Website www.cms-hs.com Address Barckhausstraße 12 - 16 60325 Frankfurt Germany 5 /7 CNBC Contact Contact Person Marianeve Damascato Phone +49-(0) 69-9 28 87-1 04 Fax E-mail +49-(0) 69-21 65 88 18 [email protected] Website www.cnbc.com Address Goethestrasse 34 60313 Frankfurt Germany 5 /8 CNBC, First in Business Worldwide, is the leading pan-EMEA business and financial television channel. With real-time coverage of financial markets and international business news, CNBC provides business leaders, investors and the financial services industry across EMEA with the information and analysis they need. With programming from EMEA, the US and Asia, CNBC provides the perfect 24-hour global business briefing. From the start of trading in Europe, through the Opening Bell on Wall Street and the closing of the markets in Asia, our fastpaced, hard-hitting business coverage makes CNBC essential viewing for senior business leaders. CNBC offers viewers flagship programmes like ”Squawk Box Europe,“ a pre-market opening program, ”Worldwide Exchange,“ CNBC‘s global daily business news programme tri-anchored from London, New York and Singapore; and ”European Closing Bell,“ a concise wrapup of news and the big business stories which shaped the day. The channel has become must-see viewing for those who need to know first, and viewers all over EMEA are tuning in whether at work, at home, or on the move, to keep up with the latest financial news. Research has shown that each month CNBC reaches a high-level audience of 6.6 million of Europe‘s top 20% of income earners each month (EMS 2008). CNBC also believes in mixing business with pleasure. CNBC Life, the weekend programming block, brings a change of pace for viewers who need to step down a gear after business. CNBC Life starts with a four hour sports block, followed by a two hour travel section and then an hour‘s worth of current affairs and luxury programming. In the evening, viewers can enjoy top U.S. entertainment favourites, including ”Tonight Show with Conan O‘Brien“. The CNBC service is available in Europe via the Astra 1D/E satellite, and digital cable platforms to more than 110 million households, in the majority of four and five-star hotels and on the floors of more than 1,400 banks and financial institutions. Commerzbank AG Contact Contact Person Ute Gerbaulet Phone +49-(0) 69-1 36-2 29 74 Fax +49-(0) 69-1 36-2 34 49 E-mail [email protected] Website www.commerzbank.de Address Kaiserplatz 60261 Frankfurt Germany 5 /9 About Commerzbank Corporates & Markets Commerzbank Corporates & Markets (C&M) is the corporate and investment banking segment of Commerzbank AG, providing a broad range of products and services to corporate and institutional clients in Germany, Europe and beyond. The business incorporates advisory and capital markets activities in debt, equities, commodities, fixed income or currencies with a strong focus on derivatives and structured products. C&M aspires to be clients’ partner of choice when it comes to the development and execution of smart solutions for all their financing and capital market needs. Credit Suisse Contact Contact Person Boris Koegel Phone +49-(0) 69-75 38-21 16 Fax +49-(0) 69-75 38-23 47 E-mail [email protected] Website www.credit-suisse.com Address Junghofstraße 16 60311 Frankfurt Germany As one of the world’s leading banks, Credit Suisse provides its clients with private banking, investment banking and asset management services worldwide. Credit Suisse offers advisory services, comprehensive solutions and innovative products to companies, institutional clients and high-net-worth private clients globally, as well as retail clients in Switzerland. Credit Suisse is active in over 50 countries and employs approximately 46,700 people. Credit Suisse is comprised of a number of legal entities around the world and is headquartered in Zurich. The registered shares (CSGN) of Credit Suisse’s parent company, Credit Suisse Group AG, are listed in Switzerland and, in the form of American Depositary Shares (CS), in New York. Further information about Credit Suisse can be found at www.credit-suisse.com. 5 / 10 DAF Deutsches Anleger Fernsehen AG Contact Contact Person Deutsches Anleger Fernsehen offers access to-up-to-date news from the finance sector for private investors. Thomas Eidloth Phone +49-(0) 92 21-90 51-6 71 Fax +49-(0) 92 21-90 51-6 60 E-mail [email protected] Website www.anleger-fernsehen.de Address Kressenstein 13 95326 Kulmbach Germany The programm focuses on the investor‘s value of benefit. DAF informs the viewer 13 hours daily. Every hour DAF Parkett highlights the current situation at the stock market. Via video conference analysts, institutionals, journalists, and insiders state their opinion on the market situation. Our correspondents report live from the German Stock Exchange in Frankfurt and the NYSE. New on DAF: The high class financial talkshow ”Juenemann“ brings on the top managers, analysts and experts to explain current situations or companies decisions. The Deutsche Anleger Fernsehen will place the content of the show as video on demand on the website – by entering key words such as the ISIN or the companies name all stories can be found quickly. Besides the own website the viewer can reach the program via satellite, cable and the financial sites Finanztreff, Wallstreet Online, aktiencheck and OnVista. 5 / 11 Deutsche Börse AG Contact Contact Person Dr. Martin Steinbach Phone +49-(0) 69-2 11-1 88 88 Fax +49-(0) 69-2 11-1 43 33 E-mail [email protected] Website www.deutsche-boerse.com/listing Address Neue Börsenstraße 1 60487 Frankfurt Germany Deutsche Börse organises the market for securities. It is the only stock exchange worldwide to cover the whole range of products and services relating to exchange trading: From trading through the settlement of orders and preparation of market information, down to the development and operation of electronic trading systems. Deutsche Börse provides both companies and investors with access to the global markets. It offers two ways of accessing capital markets: (1) an IPO in the EU-regulated transparency segments Prime Standard and General Standard (2) admission to trading in the Open Market (Regulated Unofficial Market), with the transparency segments Entry Standard and First Quotation Board. Deutsche Börse provides access to investors worldwide and high liquidity through Xetra® the electronic trading system and supports companies prior to, during and after their stock exchange listing. It publishes the Issuers Guide, aimed specifically at companies aspiring to be listed on the stock exchange. It organises the German Equity Forum, Europe’s leading information and networking platform in the field of equity financing: Companies seeking capital may present their business model and build contacts with institutional investors; listed companies may organise their analyst conferences as part of the forum.The ”stocks & standards“ workshops give companies a regular opportunity to interact with experienced consultants and other market participants. The experienced Issuer & Investor Markets team is available to answer questions and hold one-on-one discussions. 5 / 12 Dow Jones Private Markets Contact Contact Person Phone +44-(0)2 03-2 17-51 76 Fax E-mail [email protected] Website www.fis.dowjones.com Address Commodity Quay 5th Floor East Smithfield E1W 1A London United Kingdom Dow Jones Private Markets (www.fis.dowjones.com) is part of Financial Information Services, a division of Dow Jones & Co., a News Corporation company. Dow Jones Private Markets offers integrated content solutions for the deal-sourcing, due diligence and compliance needs of today’s venture capital and private equity investors, fund managers, advisors, and portfolio companies. Core products include the industry-specific deal databases Private Equity Source, LP Source and VentureSource, as well as the highly-respected publications Private Equity Analyst, VentureWire, Daily Bankruptcy Review and LBO Wire. 5 / 13 dpa-AFX Wirtschaftsnachrichten GmbH Contact Contact Person Marion Köhler Phone +49-(0) 69-9 20 22-4 81 Fax +49-(0) 69-9 20 22-4 20 E-mail [email protected] Website www.dpa-afx.de Address Zeil 121 60313 Frankfurt Germany dpa-AFX Wirtschaftsnachrichten GmbH is one of Germany’s leading real-time financial news agencies. dpa-AFX reports independently, reliably and fast about the international finance events and economic events – in text, audio and video. Via intranets, websides or terminals the dpa-AFX news reach daily more than 12 million private and professional investors. dpa-AFX is part of a worldwide network of 1,500 journalists and so is represented in the most important financial locations of the world. Among the customers are banks, brokers, analysts, financial specialists as well as websides, corporates and the financial press. Business partners are dpa Deutsche Presse-Agentur GmbH, Hamburg, Thomson Reuters, London, as well as APA - Austria Presse Agentur eG., Vienna and AWP Finanznachrichten AG, Zürich. dpa-AFX products: ProFeed – premium realtime news service Compact – neartime news for websites and intranets Analyser – stock analyses/news service Analyser Pro – stock analyses/interactive display space Audio/Video – daily pod- and vodcasts 5 / 14 DVFA GmbH Contact Contact Person Karin Wenzel Phone +49-(0) 61 03-58 33-11 Fax +49-(0) 61 03-58 33-34 E-mail [email protected] Website www.dvfa.de Address Einsteinstraße 5 63303 Dreieich Germany DVFA is the Society of Investment Professionals in Germany, founded in 1960. Currently, DVFA has more than 1,200 individual members representing over 400 investment firms, banks, asset managers, consultants and counselling businesses. DVFA is a leading qualifier for the capital market in Germany with more than 2,300 CEFA/CIIA graduates and more than 3,500 graduates altogether. DVFA also is a leading platform for financial communication and part of an international network of industry associations. DVFA offers Investment Professionals access to a worldwide network via EFFAS - European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies, with more than 14,000 investment professionals in Europe, and ACIIA - Association of Certified International Investment Analysts, with more than 50,000 investment professionals worldwide. 5 / 15 DZ BANK AG Contact Contact Person Andreas John Phone +49-(0) 69-74 47-73 37 Fax +49-(0) 69-74 47-36 22 E-mail [email protected] Website www.dzbank.de Address Platz der Republik 60325 Frankfurt Germany The DZ BANK Group is part of the German cooperative financial services network, which comprises around 1,200 local cooperative banks and is one of Germany’s biggest privatesector financial services organisations measured by consolidated assets. Within the cooperative financial services network, DZ BANK AG functions as a central institution for around 1,000 local cooperative banks with 12,000 branches and also as a corporate bank. The DZ BANK Group includes Bausparkasse Schwäbisch Hall, DG HYP (Deutsche Genossenschafts-Hypothekenbank), DZ BANK International, DZ PRIVATBANK Schweiz, R+V Versicherung, TeamBank, Union Investment Group, VR LEASING and a range of other specialised service providers. With their strong brands, the companies of the DZ BANK Group are central pillars of the cooperative financial services network’s financial products and services. Cooperation among the DZ BANK Group companies makes it possible to optimize the network’s market offerings for the benefit of the local cooperative banks and their base of around 30 million customers. This combination of banking, insurance, home loan savings and securities investment services has a long and successful tradition in the cooperative financial services network. They help equip Germany’s local cooperative banks to offer their customers the complete spectrum of firstrate financial services. In this context DZ BANK also offers a full range of equity capital markets products and services. The business activities include i.a. initial public offerings, capital increases, convertible bonds, participation certificates, equity-research and corporate actions like designated sponsoring, employee participation programs, share-buy-back-programs, public take-over, going private, delisting, squeeze-outs, block trades, paying and depositary agent as well as the conversion into registered shares. 5 / 16 equinet AG Contact Contact Person Gerald Diezel Phone +49-(0) 69-5 89 97-2 00 Fax +49-(0) 69-5 89 97-2 99 E-mail [email protected] Website www.equinet.de Address Gräfstraße 97 60487 Frankfurt Germany equinet AG is a competent and efficient partner for all financing and capital market transactions for small and mid caps. Today, approximately 100 experienced employees represent the independent investment bank in the areas of corporate finance, securities trading, equity research and sales. equinet has one of the most capable sales and research teams for German equity shares, which are well linked-up with leading mid cap investors. Highly qualified equity analysts, who frequently receive top awards for their research, cover more than 120 stock market listed companies, also within the DAX. Our corporate and entrepreneurial customers value our long-term experience in the structuring and implementation of IPOs and placements of shares as well as M&A transactions; furthermore, financial services such as corporate evaluations and debt advisory. As one of Germany’s biggest securities trading banks equinet trades stocks, derivatives and fixed-income securities on behalf of leading German and foreign banks, investment companies, insurers and investment fund companies. In addition, we are active as designated sponsor for approximately 70 companies and have always been granted the top AA rating by Deutsche Börse. equinet is the exclusive partner for the European Securities Network (“ESN”) in Germany. This self-contained network combines ten independent investment banks and security trading companies from ten European countries. They bring their know-how into this organisation and also cooperate with regard to Europewide capital market transactions and M&A projects. The network unites in total more than 200 sales people and 150 analysts, which currently cover approximately 1,000 companies. 5 / 17 Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft Contact Contact Person Lutz G. Frey Phone +49-(0) 61 96-9 96-2 61 25 Fax +49-(0)1 81-39 43-2 61 25 E-mail [email protected] Website www.de.ey.com Address Mergenthalerallee 3-5 65760 Eschborn Germany Assurance | Tax | Transactions | Advisory Ernst & Young is a leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. Its team comprises some 6,500 people united by shared values and an unwavering commitment to quality. Joining forces with the 144,000-strong international Ernst & Young organization, it serves its clients all over the world. Ernst & Young makes a difference by helping its people, its clients and its wider communities achieve their potential. For more information, please visit: www.de.ey.com In this publication, Ernst & Young refers to all German member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited (EYG), a UK private company limited by guarantee. Each EYG member firm is a separate legal entity and has no liability for another such entity’s acts or omissions. All EYG member firms around the world are also collectively referred to as the international Ernst & Young organization. 5 / 18 ETI Dynamics Contact Contact Person ETI Dynamics is an economic development and investments firm specialising in emerging markets. Sanmit Ahuja Phone +44-(0) 79 39-0 52-9 96 Fax +44-(0) 20-77 60-64 15 E-mail [email protected] Website www.etidynamics.com Address 404 Albany House, 324-326 Regent Street W1B3HH London United Kingdom Headquartered in London UK, it also has a growing presence in India, Africa and the Middle East. Its core function is to increase trade and investment flows with the emerging markets. It has a strong expertise in the infrastructure sectors. TI Corridors is a subsidiary of eti Dynamics and focuses on developing cutting edge research. Its core work is to provide detailed research on trade and investment flows between any two nations. 5 / 19 European Biotechnology News (BIOCOM AG) Contact Contact Person Phone Oliver Schnell +49-(0) 30-26 49 21-45 Fax E-mail [email protected] Website www.eurobiotechnews.eu Address Stralsunder Straße 58-59 13355 Berlin Germany European Biotechnoloy News is directed at the decision-makers in science and industry of the unified Europe. With the European Biotechnology News magazine you can address a competent and specialized readership in all 27 EU-countries, in Switzerland and Norway, predominantly in the major biotech clusters, in renowned European research institutions, as well as the current members of 20 scientific and corporate associations and readers in the biotechnology and Life Sciences industry sector. Topical industry news, background information on the current political issues from Brussels, country specials as well as scientific and technical highlights provide an attractive source of information. 5 / 20 FCF Fox Corporate Finance GmbH Contact Contact Person Arno Fuchs Phone +49-(0) 89-2 06 04 09-1 00 Fax +49-(0) 89-2 06 04 09-2 99 E-mail [email protected] Website www.fcfcompany.com Address Burgstr. 8 80331 München Germany FCF is a Corporate Financing specialist arranging, structuring and placing equity and debt capital for private and listed small-/ midcap companies. We provide our clients with growth-financing, acquisition-financing and/or refinancing advice and services, supporting them in implementing an effective and capital market oriented capital structure at the same time reducing the dependency on bank financing. 5 / 21 FINANCE Magazin Contact Contact Person Phone Fax E-mail Since its founding in 2001, the FINANCIAL GATES GmbH has grown into a leading publishing house of finance-related crossmedia platforms. We are majority-owned by the F.A.Z. Group, the publishing house of Germany’s leading daily F.A.Z. Additionally, ten Financial Gates employees are equity partners. Dione Bork +49-(0) 60 31-73 86-1 73 +49-(0) 60 31-73 86-20 dione.bork@finance-magazin.de Website www.finance-magazin.de Address Bismarckstraße 24 61169 Friedberg Germany We have successfully staked out a relevant position in the financial services ad market through our flexible and efficient positioning services. Our flagship publications speak to three distinct core target groups: CFOs of privatesector companies (the German magazine ”FINANCE“ and the English ”FINANCE in Emerging Europe“ magazine), treasurers of municipalities and public-sector companies (newspaper Der Neue Kämmerer), shareholders, founders and CEOs of large family owned businesses (”wir“ magazine). Each of these publications forms the center of a family of thematically related products that come in various media formats: 1. Events (conferences, seminars, etc.), 2. Job exchanges (mostly online), 3. Specialized publications (news services, online portals), 4. Research (studies, market research, etc.), 5. Editorial services on behalf of third parties (speeches, annual reports, client publications, etc.), 6. Event organization for third parties. It is possible to attune this finely differentiated and steadily growing product family comprising about 100 formats to subgroups of the mentioned core target groups as well as to individual regions of German-speaking countries, making it possible to address them in a lasting and non-scattershot way. 5 / 22 FinanzNachrichten.de Contact Contact Person Markus Meister Phone +41-(0) 44-68 83-11 01 Fax +41-(0) 44-68 83-11 02 E-mail markus.meister@finanznachrichten.de Website www.finanznachrichten.de Address Zollstrasse 27 8000 Zürich Switzerland FinanzNachrichten.de is the leading financial news portal in German language and one of the biggest financial websites on the German market. Whilst financial portals usually only offer news gathered from their own in-house journalists, FinanzNachrichten.de offers a wide spectrum of news from different media in different countries. FinanzNachrichten.de offers around 11,000 financial news per day, in German or English, from more than 300 different media sources. These are sorted into different subject columns so that users can easily access the news that they are interested in. News of latest financial developments in the Watchlist is one of the highlights of the website. This makes it possible to follow the development of a list of particular shares. Another advantage of FinanzNachrichten.de is free access to the Xetra order book. FinanzNachrichten.de has established a leading role in this market due to its unique ability to provide financial news from many sources. The website, therefore, has 14 million page impressions and 3.6 million visits per month (IVW) by 350,000 users (AGOF). According to surveys, 87 % of the users are men, around 41 % of the users hold an academic title and half of the users are buying/selling shares at least once a week. That‘s why the website is an interesting advertising partner of banks and brokers. FinanzNachrichten.de - www.finanznachrichten.de 5 / 23 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Contact Contact Person Phone Fax E-mail Sven Hoffmann +49-(0) 69-75 91-19 24 +49-(0) 69-75 91-80 19 24 [email protected] Website www.faz.net Address Hellerhofstraße 2-4 60327 Frankfurt Germany The FAZ is one the leading national newspapers in Germany. It is published 6 days a week and counts as one of the clearest and consistent journalistic voices in Germany. The paper is held in very high regard due to the comprehensive and exclusive background reporting plus sound analysis of a broad number of topics. Politics, finance, business, sport, lifestyle and culture are covered on a daily basis. A broader range of topics such as technology, motoring, science, travel, recruitment and real estate are examined on regular days. The FAZ has won a number of prizes for the business coverage. On a daily basis over 277,000 managers and senior executives reach for the FAZ (LAE 2009). With an abundance of reports, comments, financial market analysis and fund listings, the FAZ brings clarity to international economic affairs and financial markets. The Sunday edition is a forward-looking, lively and entertaining read and has been named world’s best designed Newspaper for several years running. With the FAZ and the Sunday edition, you reach 1.92 million readers (AWA 2009). The FAZ is sold and read in 150 countries around the world. It has one of the world’s largest correspondent networks and Europe’s most comprehensive archives. www.faz.net 5 / 24 GoingPublic Media AG Contact Contact Person Johanna Wagner Phone +49-(0) 89-2 00 03 39-50 Fax +49-(0) 89-2 00 03 39-39 E-mail [email protected] Website www.goingpublic.de Address Hofmannstr. 7a 81379 München Germany Founded in 1998 GoingPublic Media AG is one of the leading publishers of magazines on capital markets, corporate finance and technology trends. In addition to the monthly issued “GoingPublic Magazin” and its well known yearly special editions like “Corporate Finance & Private Equity Guide” or “Biotechnology” which are largely meant as reference books, the company publishes the likewise monthly “Venture Capital Magazin”. The magazine stands as a hub for the private equity industry in German speaking Europe and addresses investors and entrepreneurs who focus on trends in technology, corporate financing and venture capital/ growth capital/ buyouts. Since 2003, the monthly issued magazine ”Smart Investor“ addresses retail investors. The quarterly published “HV Magazin” focuses on organizational, technical und legal trends concerning the annual shareholder meeting and is directed to the decision makers of listed companies. The bi-monthly publication “Unternehmeredition” addresses Small & Medium-Sized Entrepreneurs. “Die Stiftung”, which was acquired in May 2008, is the newest addition to the publishing program. With 15,000 recipients in Germany, Austria and Switzerland “Die Stiftung” is the magazine with the highest coverage in the foundation sector within the German speaking area. Furthermore GoingPublic Media operates the corporate publishing division GoingPublic Services. About 10 issues of magazines and newsletters are annually distributed on behalf of well-known financial institutions. Since 2007, the bilingual magazine “Finanzplatz”, published by Deutsches Aktieninstitut (DAI) is also part of the corporate publishing activities. Moreover, GoingPublic Media is exclusive advertising sales partner for publications of Fachverlag der Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt such as “FINANZ BETRIEB” or “M&A Review“. Since November 2006, GoingPublic Media is listed in the Open Market of Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Reuters: G6P). Most of the publications are published in German. 5 / 25 Haubrok Investor Relations GmbH Contact Contact Person Phone Fax E-mail Axel Haubrok +49-(0)2 11-3 01 26-0 +49-(0)2 11-3 01 26-1 72 offi[email protected] Website www.haubrok.de Address Kaistraße 16 40221 Düsseldorf Germany With its subsidiaries Haubrok Investor Relations GmbH and Haubrok Corporate Events GmbH and its international network, Haubrok AG is one of Germany’s leading financial consulting and communications companies. With decades of capital market experience, the company offers individual consulting services in the fields of investor relations, IPO consulting, public relations and annual general meetings. Since 1990, Haubrok has advised more than 40 companies in their IPOs, taking over their communications with the financial community. Haubrok is still active on behalf of many of these companies today, advising them on their ongoing communications with the capital markets. As well as supporting these clients in the fields of investor relations and public relations, Haubrok will be organizing and accompanying 150 annual general meetings for companies ranging from the Entry Standard through to the DAX in the current year. 5 / 26 Hauck & Aufhäuser Investment Banking Contact Contact Person Phone Fax E-mail Carl-Friedrich von Schumann +49-(0) 69-5 05 00-4 90 +49-(0) 69-5 05 00-49 66 [email protected] Website www.ha-ib.com Address Neue Mainzer Straße 28 60311 Frankfurt Germany Hauck & Aufhäuser Investment Banking offers investment banking services to private and quoted companies as well financial sponsors with a specific focus on Small and Mid Cap’s in the German speaking countries. We offer comprehensive advisory services including Equity Capital Markets, Mergers & Acquisitions as well as Debt Advisory/ Finance Management. In addition, we have a highly ranked Small and Mid Cap research team with excellent access to international Institutional Investors. The commitment to our clients means independent quality advice, free from conflicts of interest, firmly based on a thorough and comprehensive knowledge of Financial and Capital Markets. For further information visit: www.ha-ib.com 5 / 27 HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt AG Contact Contact Person Mark Kahlenberg Phone +49-(0) 2 11-9 10-44 66 Fax +49-(0) 2 11-9 10-26 34 E-mail [email protected] Website www.hsbctrinkaus.de Address Königsallee 21/23 40212 Düsseldorf Germany HSBC Trinkaus and its customers profit from our unique positioning in the German banking sector. We are not only a traditional German private bank with an almost 225-year history, we are also part of the global HSBC Group network. So we offer our customers the best of both worlds. Corporate, institutional and wealthy private clients all benefit from a service that is tailored to their specific needs. Flexibility, pragmatism and fast decision-making characterise our approach to banking. Our customer relations are defined by continuity and personal proximity. Our virtues as a private bank are further enhanced by HSBC’s financial strength and global network. This enables us to offer our clients a comprehensive range of banking and financial services, key market information and first-rate contacts. HSBC Trinkaus’ strong orientation on the SME segment makes it a competent partner in all areas of capital market support. As designated sponsor, we support listed companies with a comprehensive range of stock-related services. We have been one of the leading designated sponsors in Germany for many years now. The large number of our client base also reflects the outstanding quality of our services for mid-cap and small-cap enterprises. 5 / 28 Institutional Investment Publishing GmbH Contact Contact Person Christian Schiffmacher Phone +49-(0) 81 71-4 18 04-91 Fax +49-(0) 81 71-4 18 04-99 E-mail [email protected] Website www.realestate-magazin.de Address Bahnhofstr. 28 82515 Wolfratshausen Germany Institutional Investment Publishing GmbH, founded in October 2006 and based out of Wolfratshausen, Germany, is an independent publisher of magazines on institutional asset management and corporate finance-related topics. Its most well-known product is the “Institutional Investment Real Estate Magazin”, a publication that is positioned at the interface between the real estate industry, asset management, the corporate finance industry and professional real estate investors. Its website ipo-advisory.com is the first and only independent IPO advisory publication in the German-speaking countries. In November 2007, Institutional Investment Publishing GmbH teamed up with Swiss Equality Medien AG, an NZZ Group company, to launch the Swiss Equity real estate day (www.realestateday.ch). The real estate day is already in its second year, and with 320 participants, it has become the most important symposium on real estate investments in German-speaking Europe. In October 2009 Institutional Investment Publishing GmbH published “BONDBOOK” – the first independent German-language bond magazine. The magazine will come out once a year and will be released together with the new Web platform www.fixedincome.org. The site fixed-income.org will be developed into one of leading independent bond platforms. www.realestate-magazin.de; www.ipo-advisory.com; www.fixedincome.org 5 / 29 International Herald Tribune Contact Contact Person Phone Joerg Mueller +49-(0) 69-71 67 79-0 Fax E-mail Website global.nytimes.com Address Friedrichstraße 52 60323 Frankfurt Germany The International Herald Tribune, the global edition of The New York Times, creates, collects and distributes world news, information, entertainment and opinion of the highest journalistic integrity. Its balanced perspective addresses all areas of human interest and is trusted and enjoyed by people in all corners of the globe. global.nytimes.com, the new home on the Web for the IHT’s unique brand of international journalism means that the IHT is now able to provide you with a round-the-clock source for world news, business, sports, style and opinion from a truly global perspective, plus give you access to all the innovative, interactive tools that make nytimes.com a multi-award winning site. 5 / 30 IR magazine Contact Contact Person David Sweet Phone +44-(0) 20 72 51-75 29 Fax +44-(0) 20 74 90-43 49 E-mail [email protected] Website www.irmagazine.com Address Churchill House,142-146 Old Street EC1V 9 London United Kingdom IR magazine is the definitive source of information for the global investor relations community. Launched in 1988, IR magazine is read by over 32,000 decision-makers each month. It is the essential business tool for anyone involved in raising capital for companies and others who communicate regularly with analysts and investors. This includes IROs, CEOs, CFOs and corporate communications professionals within public companies. Over the years we have seen investor relations evolve dramatically. As the industry’s primary editorial voice, we have played an integral role in that growth. And as consistent IR practice continues to be an essential part of a company’s business strategy, IR magazine remains committed to providing investor relations professionals with an unrivalled source of news, reviews, updates, research, feature articles and advice on best practice IR. 5 / 31 KfW Bankengruppe Contact Contact Person Infocenter der KfW Bankengruppe Phone +49-(0) 18 01-24 11 24 Fax +49-(0) 69-74 31-95 00 E-mail [email protected] Website www.kfw.de Address Palmengartenstr. 5-9 60325 Frankfurt Germany KfW Bankengruppe gives impetus to economic, social and ecological development worldwide. As a promotional bank owned by the Federal Republic and the federal states it supports the sustainable improvement of the social and ecological living conditions as well as the economic conditions in areas which include small and medium-sized enterprises, business start-ups, environmental protection, housing, infrastructure, education, project and export finance and development cooperation. KfW Bankengruppe provides one-stop finance for SMEs and business startups. Its financing programmes and advisory products make it a competent partner in all matters concerning company finance. Long-term promotional loans at favourable conditions play a central role as the classical building block of a financing scheme. KfW provides mezzanine financing that helps to overcome financing barriers and to strengthen the financing structures of SMEs and business start-ups. It promotes innovative projects with special programmes to raise equity. KfW gives impetus to business and helps to arrange venture capital for enterprises that work today on the technologies of tomorrow. KfW regards the improvement of business advice provided to small and medium-sized enterprises and start-ups as a very essential task. Entrepreneurs can obtain personal advice on financing programmes from the Infocentre as well as from the advisory centres in Frankfurt, Bonn and Berlin, and during the periodic Open Days for Consultations at the chambers of commerce. Specific services for entrepreneurs such as start-up coaching round off its range of activities. Infocentre of KfW (loan programmes for commercial enterprises), Tel +49-(0) 18 01-24 11 24 (3.9 cents/minute from the fixed network of Deutsche Telekom; other rates may apply for calls made from mobile phone networks) e-mail: [email protected]; website www.kfw.de. Advisory Centre Frankfurt Tel +49 (0) 69-74 31 30 30. Opening times Monday to Thursday 9 am - 6 pm, Friday 9 am - 3 pm 5 / 32 KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft Contact Contact Person KPMG is a global network of legally independent professional firms with over 135,000 employees in more than 140 countries. Dr. Robert Gutsche Phone +49-(0) 30-20 68-42 82 Fax +49-(0) 30-20 68-41 00 E-mail [email protected] Website www.kpmg.de Address Klingelhöferstraße 18 10785 Berlin Germany In Germany too, KPMG is one of the leading auditing and advisory firms and has about 8,500 employees at over 20 locations. Our services are divided into the following functions: Audit, Tax and Advisory. Our Audit services are focused on the auditing of consolidated and annual financial statements. The Tax function incorporates the tax advisory services provided by KPMG. Our high level of specialist know-how on business, regulatory and transaction-related issues is brought together within our Advisory function. We have established teams of interdisciplinary industry specialists for key sectors of the economy. These pool the experience of our specialists around the world and further enhance the quality of our advisory services. 5 / 33 LBBW/ Baden-Württembergische Bank AG Contact Contact Person Jobst Bartmer Phone +49-(0) 7 11-1 27-2 50 21 Fax +49-(0) 7 11-1 27-2 51 98 E-mail [email protected] Website www.lbbw.de Address Am Hauptbahnhof 2 70173 Stuttgart Germany Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW) is a universal bank with regional roots and a balance sheet total of approx. EUR 450bn (30 June 2009). In approx. 210 branches and offices as well as in more than 20 international offices, more than 13,000 employees cultivate customer relationships. Landesbank is also central bank of the savings banks of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and the Free State of Saxony. In cooperation with other associated companies of the savings banks LBBW promotes and supports the competitiveness of the savings banks in the market. In addition to the above-mentioned activities, LBBW is responsible for controlling functions within the Group. Together with the legally dependent institutions under public law Baden-Württembergische Bank (BW-Bank), Rheinland-Pfalz Bank and Sachsen Bank which are integrated into LBBW as well as specialised subsidiaries, LBBW is active in a variety of banking activities. LBBW assists companies in equity financing and provides support in IPOs, capital increases, convertible bonds, public takeover bids as well as secondary and private placements. Since 1996, it has taken part in more than 200 equity issues, of which more than 100 were initial stock market listings. LBBW has extensive research know-how and expertise. Numerous awards from the finan-cial press and international rating agencies underline the high level of acceptance of the research teams’ analyses and recommendations. 5 / 34 mergermarket Contact Contact Person Phone Laura Walker +44-(0) 2 07-0 59 62 59 Fax E-mail [email protected] Website www.mergermarket.com Address 80 Strand WC2R 0 London United Kingdom mergermarket is an independent Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) intelligence service with an unrivalled network of dedicated M&A journalists based in 56 locations across the Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle-East and Africa. Unlike any other service of its kind, mergermarket specializes in providing forward-looking origination and deal flow opportunities integrated with a comprehensive deals database – resulting in real revenues for clients. Visit www.mergermarket.com 5 / 35 Morgan Stanley Contact Contact Person A Worldwide Leader in Financial Services Roland Rausch Phone +49-(0) 69-21 66-18 47 Fax +49-(0) 69-21 66-74 59 E-mail [email protected] Website www.morganstanley.com Address Junghofstrasse 13-15 60311 Frankfurt Germany DEDICATED PRESENCE Morgan Stanley, one of the world’s largest financial services firms, has been active with clients in Germany and Austria for more than 20 years. We have steadily built our relationships and expanded our offerings in the region: our comprehensive range of services includes mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, equity and debt capital markets, and sales and trading activities, as well as asset management and private wealth management. From our headquarters in Frankfurt and our office in Munich, we offer German and Austrian clients access to global opportunity, and solutions to their most complex problems. STRONG REPUTATION Our firm’s local presence is enhanced by our broad reach in the global capital markets, innovative thinking and unwavering focus on meeting our clients’ needs. Together these have made Morgan Stanley an especially strong name in the German and Austrian marketplace. By providing first class advisory and corporate finance services we have earned leading roles in historic equity, debt and M&A transactions. 5 / 36 n-tv Contact Contact Person Christoph Hammerschmidt Phone +49-(0) 2 21-91 52-29 00 Fax +49-(0) 2 21-91 52-20 09 E-mail [email protected] Website www.n-tv.de Address Richard-Byrd-Straße 50829 Köln Germany n-tv is Germany’s first news channel standing for reliable, fast, comprehensive and independent news: 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. For almost 17 years n-tv has been informing round-theclock and, due to mobile-communications and Podcast, also everywhere. Besides the news comprehensive economic news coverage is a key competence: Every day n-tv offers cuttingedge stock market news, enterprise news and service-formats – solidly investigated, processes understandably and competently presented. Up-to-date political talks, high-quality magazines and documentations from a wide range of topics such as history, technology, luxury and lifestyle complete the n-tv-programme. The target group of decision makers on the one hand and a younger and broader audience on the other, are both reached by n-tv’s programme. As the first German TV news channel, n-tv produces continuously digital from its three headquarters in Cologne (main office), Berlin (capital studio) and Frankfurt am Main (stock exchange studio) since September 2004. n-tv reaches more than 5,5 million viewers daily. The news channel is part of Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland. Since 2006, it is one hundred percent owned by RTL Television. 5 / 37 Nespresso Deutschland GmbH Contact Contact Person Vincenzo di Fina Phone +49-(0) 8 00-0 26 34 66 Fax +49-(0) 8 00-0 26 34 00 E-mail vincenzo.difi[email protected] Website www.nespresso-pro.com Address Zollhof 8 40221 Düsseldorf Germany Personalisierter Premiumkaffee per Knopfdruck. Ein exzellenter Kaffee zum Start in den Arbeitstag beflügelt Arbeitnehmer und Arbeitgeber gleichermaßen. Dabei sind die Anforderungen jedes Einzelnen an einen guten Kaffee durchaus verschieden. Mit seiner Business Solutions Lösung ermöglicht Nespresso höchsten Kaffeegenuss im beruflichen Umfeld und wird den individuellen Bedürfnissen und Wünschen des Kaffeeliebhabers gerecht. Die Grands Crus Kaffeevarietäten – Das Kaffeeangebot von Nespresso Business Solutions besteht aus sieben exklusiven Grand Cru Varietäten, darunter drei Espressi, zwei Lungos für den Genuss in eine großen Tasse sowie zwei entkoffeinierte Varietäten, als Espresso und als Lungo, um den individuellen Ansprüchen und den Anforderungen verschiedener Anlässe gerecht zu werden. Ristretto – vollmundig und lang anhaltend im Geschmack Espresso Forte - kräftig und ausgewogen, Espresso Leggero – mild und aromatisch, Lungo Forte – kräftig und cremig, Lungo Leggero – fruchtig und mild, Espresso Decaffeinato – intensiv und aromatisch, Lungo Decaffeinato – ausgewogen und blumig. Nespresso Gemini Generation – Nespresso bietet ein umfassendes Sortiment an Maschinen mit unterschiedlichen Funktionalitäten. Die Serie Nespresso Gemini Generation setzt sich aus drei verschiedenen Modellen zusammen: die Gemini CS 200 und CS 220 mit Doppel-Brühsystem für einen hohen Kaffeekonsum, sowie die Gemini CS 100 mit einfachem Brühsystem, als ideale Lösung für einen geringen Kaffeeverbrauch. Ergänzt wird die Maschinenreihe durch den Milchaufschäumer Cappuccinatore CS 20. Alle Maschinen wurden speziell entwickelt, um Aroma, Crema und Geschmack der Nespresso Grands Crus optimal zur Geltung zu bringen. Mit diesem Konzept bietet Nespresso Business Solutions die Möglichkeit, eine ideal auf die Bedürfnisse des Unternehmens zugeschnittene Kaffee-Lösung zusammenzustellen. 5 / 38 Neue Zürcher Zeitung Contact Contact Person Leserservice NZZ Phone +41-(0) 44-2 58 18 03 Fax +41-(0) 44-2 58 18 29 E-mail [email protected] Website www.nzz.ch Address Falkenstrasse 11 8021 Zürich Switzerland Die Neue Zürcher Zeitung gilt als umfassend informierende, liberale Stimme mit langer Tradition. Mit ihrer 229-jährigen Geschichte ist die NZZ eine der ältesten Tageszeitungen Europas. Als täglich erscheinende Qualitätszeitung mit Schweizer Verankerung ist die Neue Zürcher Zeitung international verbreitet. Sie wendet sich an eine anspruchsvolle Leserschaft, die informiert und nicht bloß unterhalten werden will. In überzeugender Struktur gewährleistet sie täglich Informationen über Politik, Wirtschaft und Kultur sowie Meinungen zu den Themen der Zeit. Sie stellt Fakten in einen größeren Zusammenhang und leuchtet Hintergründe aus. Deshalb wird die NZZ insbesondere auch von Führungskräften aus Politik, Wirtschaft und Kultur als unerlässliche Informationsquelle genutzt und geschätzt. Rufen Sie uns an und überzeugen Sie sich selbst von der redaktionellen Qualität der Neuen Zürcher Zeitung. 5 / 39 PFE GmbH - Property Investor Europe & Property Finance Europe Contact Contact Person Phone Gaby Wagner +49-(0) 69-75 93 85 66 Fax E-mail [email protected] Website www.pfeurope.eu Address An der Welle 4 60486 Frankfurt Germany Property Investor Europe / Property Finance Europe is the leading specialist English language news and information service tracking European real estate finance and investment. Launched in April 2005, it has rapidly become recognised by senior decisionmakers active in European real estate as a unique and authoritative source of news, intelligence and analysis. PFE aims to deliver intelligence and information that the global investor needs on Euro and near-Euro real estate. It provides the platform for companies and real estate professionals to speak to the interantional investment community in its own language. Property Investor Europe / Property Finance Europe track all key developments in European markets, providing global subscribers with a time-efficient ‚radar scan‘ of companies, players, trends, strategies, newcomers, reports, yields, challenges - the risks and, of course, opportunities and rewards. Our subscribers know that information is vital to their success in real estate markets - they know PIE gives them premium content, sourced from the key centres of Europe, providing the information edge to keep them ahead of the competition. 5 / 40 Phoenix Frankfurt Contact Contact Person Introduction of Phoenix Chinese News & Entertainment Ltd. Pingping Luo Phone +49-(0) 69-35 35 78 26 Fax +49-(0) 69-35 35 78 24 E-mail [email protected] Website www.pcne.tv Address Neue Mainzer Str.75 60311 Frankfurt Germany Based in London, Phoenix Chinese News and Entertainment TV is FREE TO AIR and has been integrated into Europe’s major satellite network Sky Digital, as well as cable and IPTV networks in UK, France, Germany and The Netherlands. It is watched by hundreds of thousands Chinese households and its footprint covers also 8.3 billion European populations across the continent. PCNE is proud that it is the only Chinese language channel carried by FreeWire for the British university campuses. Furthermore, an increasing number of UK and European hotels, such as Accor, Hilton, Royal Monceau and Mandarin Oriental, are carrying PCNE for their business guests. We are very pleased that our advertisers benefit greatly from the increased viewership. Broadcast in Mandarin and Cantonese languages, Phoenix CNE Channel features a diverse mix of current affairs and entertainment programmes originating from 14 provincial Chinese television stations. Its regional bureaux ensure that the programming is relevant to the Chinese communities PCNE serves in Europe in their best endeavour. 5 / 41 RCB-Group Contact Contact Person Elena Novikova Phone +7-(0) 4 95-7 85 81 00 Fax +7-(0) 4 95-7 85 81 00 E-mail [email protected] Website www.rcb.ru Address Pochtovaya Street 34, Building 8 105082 Moscow Russian Federation Media group RCB is known for release of professional magazine ”Securities market“ which is published since November, 1992. Published materials reflect all problematic of the capital markets. Except release of magazine the media group runs a considerable quantity of professional public actions and supports own Internet services. Quantity of paid corporate subscribers of magazine – nearby 4000. (The majority of subscribers of the magazine – the legal bodies who receive 1-2 issues which are requested by 5-10 persons in the company ). 5 / 42 REITs in Deutschland Contact Contact Person Matthias Freutel-Thoms Phone +49-(0) 69-27 13 89-13 Fax +49-(0) 69-27 13 89-77 E-mail [email protected] Website www.reits-in-deutschland.de Address Münchener Strasse 36 60329 Frankfurt Germany REITs in Deutschland (www.reits-in-germany.com) is the Real Estate Investment Trusts information portal in Germany and views itself as the central platform for the emerging REITs industry. We create transparency, provide independent in-depth reports, and promote an effective dialogue between investors and issuers. REITs in Deutschland focuses on the real estate and capital market interface. The website and a weekly E-Mail-Newsletter keep our readers up to date with all developments in German real estate securities market. The quarterly magazine “REIT up” provides in-depth research and background information. REITs in Deutschland is the meeting point for the German REITcommunity: Representatives of REITs, Pre-REITs and other Real Estate companies, private and institutional investors, consultants, analysts and journalists. REITs in Deutschland is an initiative of ergo Kommunikation (www.ergo-komm.com), one of the leading communications consultancies and PR agencies in Germany which is focused on Business, Finance and Politics. With ergo are more than 70 employees, the agency’s offices are located in Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt/Main and Munich. 5 / 43 Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie. KGaA Contact Contact Person Phone Fax E-mail Kersten Schmitz +49-(0) 69-71 34-51 61 +49-(0) 69-71 34-9 51 61 [email protected] Website www.oppenheim.de Address Untermainanlage 1 60329 Frankfurt Germany Sal. Oppenheim was formed in 1789 and has been owned by the founding family ever since. As an integrated asset management and investment bank, we offer solutions for high net-worth individuals and families, institutional investors and companies. We stand for independence, continuity, discretion and experience, and our business activities are based on the principle of partnership. With its headquarters in Luxembourg Sal. Oppenheim has key bank subsidiaries in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, as well as representative offices and subsidiaries in numerous other European and non-European cities. We are a traditional bank with innovative business ideas and an international outlook. Oppenheim is now the biggest independent banking group in Europe. Together with BHF-BANK AG, which was acquired at the beginning of 2005, Sal. Oppenheim manages total assets of 152 billion. The Sal. Oppenheim business model rests on two pillars: asset management and investment banking. Both business divisions focus on close networking in advising clients and on cooperation with leading external product specialists. To continue meeting our clients’ high demands in the future, we are expanding our service offering through takeovers, investments and cooperations. This will also secure our access to key European markets outside of the German-speaking countries. 5 / 44 SILVIA QUANDT & CIE. AG Contact Contact Person Phone Investment Banking is based upon trust. Christian von Dreising +49-(0) 69-95 92 90 93-55 Fax +49-(0) 69-95 92 90 93-6 55 E-mail [email protected] Website www.silviaquandt.de Address Grüneburgweg 18 60322 Frankfurt Germany Silvia Quandt & Cie. AG is an owner-managed investment bank for the “Mittelstand”. The provided services include Institutional Brokerage, Investment Research, Corporate Finance und Debt Financing. Silvia Quandt & Cie. AG’s success is founded on its excellent equity market expertise with an solid track record, a broad network providing access to private and public equity, and strong placement power. Our entrepreneurially thinking employees see themselves as advisory partners who will follow the process from the first strategy discussion to the conclusion of the transaction and beyond. 5 / 45 ww Small Cap News Contact Contact Person Phone Andreas Schmidt +-(0) 1 70-4 87 92 55 Fax +49-(0) 30-89 54 02 35 E-mail [email protected] Website www.small-cap-news.de Address Kurfürstendamm 125a 10711 Berlin Germany Small Cap Magazin The German-language region is an extremely interesting target market, which is well worthwhile investing in. Austria, Germany and Switzerland are countries with very high population figures, ranking amongst the ten richest countries in the world. The Small Cap Magazine – the new publication for small caps, second-tier stocks and exploration companies published in Germany – is the ‚signpost‘ for best possible investments in this category. It presents special situations, and conducts comprehensive branch analyses. An essential ingredient is the statistics section that is completely neutral and independent. What is more, over 100 fact sheets of companies with all the data of interest to the reader are published, too. The website www.small-cap-news.de gives an detailed overview of about 1000 small cap companies, including live qoutes from the german, us and canadian stockexchanges. 5 / 46 Swiss Equity Media AG Contact Contact Person Björn Zern Phone +41-(0) 43-3 00 53-80 Fax +41-(0) 43-3 00 53-88 E-mail [email protected] Website www.se-medien.ch Address Freigutstrasse 26 8002 Zürich Switzerland Swiss Equity Medien AG: The professional investor platform Swiss Equity Medien AG is more than a publisher. Along with Swiss Equity magazin und numerous conferences, it offers an unique information platform for professional investors and decision-makers in the finance industry. It is an owner-run media and conference company that is 75% owned by Neue Zürcher Zeitung since January 2008. Swiss Equity magazin For seventeen years Swiss Equity magazin has been covering stocks traded on the SIX Swiss Exchange, BX Berne eXchange, and the Swiss over-the-counter (OTC) as well as the private equity market. Topics covered include the latest market developments, company profiles, as well as investment tips and advice. Some ten thousand investors and decision-makers in the finance industry make-up the audience of the magazine’s eleven issues annually. It is supplemented with seven specialized inserts on topics from Banking, to Life Sciences, Tourism, Swiss Small and Mid Caps, Private Equity I + II and Real Estate. 5 / 47 Taylor Wessing Contact Contact Person Phone Fax E-mail Stephan Heinemann +49-(0) 89-2 10 38-0 +49-(0) 89-2 10 38-3 00 [email protected] Website www.taylorwessing.com Address Isartorplatz 8 80331 München Germany Taylor Wessing is a European full service law firm with over 750 lawyers in Germany, France and the UK as well as further offices in Belgium, China and U.A.E. With a commercial and serviceorientated approach we advise multinationals, quoted and private businesses as well as financial institutions in all aspects of national and international business law. In particular, we are strong in corporate law / M&A, IP, construction and real estate as well as employment law. Commercial disputes and litigation are also part of our daily business. In the capital markets sector we advise both issuers and financial advisors on admission to stock exchanges, initial and secondary offerings, private placements and public tender offers. We are noted for our industry expertise and our lawyers are organised into a number of international industry groups enabling us to understand better our clients’ businesses. Due to our proven strength in intellectual property law, many of our clients are IP-rich businesses which wish to protect and exploit their innovations to build their market position. In particular, we focus on banking and financial services, IT/Telecommunications, healthcare and life sciences, media and entertainment as well as the fashion and leisure industries. 5 / 48 Life Sciences-Magazin |transkript (BIOCOM AG) Contact Contact Person Oliver Schnell Phone +49-(0) 30-26 49 21-45 Fax +49-(0) 39-26 49 21-11 E-mail [email protected] Website www.transkript.de Address Stralsunder Str. 58-59 13355 Berlin Germany The Life Sciences Magazine ”|transkript“ reports monthly about the latest developments of the biotechnology sector in Germanspeaking Europe with news from the economy, science and politics. This is complemented with application-oriented articles from the world of finance, scientific research and technology. Numerous service sections like the stock market, events, product information, further education, books, and the internet etc. round-off |transkript´s wide range of information on offer – www. transkript.de. 5 / 49 VDI Verlag GmbH Contact Contact Person Phone Fax Zentrale +49-(0) 2 11-61 88-0 +49-(0) 2 11-61 88-1 12 E-mail [email protected] Website www.vdi-nachrichten.com Address VDI-Platz 1 40468 Düsseldorf Germany VDI nachrichten is the leading opinion-forming weekly magazine for engineers and technical management. It provides up-to-date, comprehensive and competent information on trends in technology, the economy and society. The newspaper book Technik & Finanzen describes and illustrates with examples how finances can be used to expand and increase efficiency in business. Panels of experts and surveys keep you informed of the capital market, start-up initiatives as well as financial and investment strategies. And analysts and market observers offer an assessment of trends. According to the 2009 Allensbacher Communication Media Analysis, the VDI nachrichten reaches around 296.000 readers every Friday. It is published by VDI Verlag, 60% of which is held by VDI GmbH and 40% by the Handelsblatt GmbH group of publishers. 5 / 50 VISCARDI AG Contact Contact Person Peter-Thilo Hasler Phone +49-(0) 89-2 55 58-1 72 Fax +49-(0) 89-2 55 58-1 00 E-mail [email protected] Website www.viscardi.com Address Brienner Strasse 1 80333 München Germany VISCARDI is an independent full service investment bank and provides a broad product offering covering the entire range of investment banking services for small and mid cap companies. Our Corporate Finance practice includes Equity Capital Markets, Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Financing transactions for both listed and private companies. Moreover, VISCARDI offers Sales&Trading, Equity Research and Designated Sponsoring services to its institutional clients. VISCARDI maintains strong relationships with both financial (Institutional, Venture Capital, Private Equity, Buyout) and strategic investors. Each of these investors provides a different expertise, focus area and investment stage allowing our clients to partner with investors suitable for their particular needs. VISCARDI is active in four industry sectors in which we have a deep understanding of business models, competitive dynamics, regulatory frameworks and investor sentiment: Technology, Health Care & Life Sciences, Real Estate & Retailing and Renewable Energy & Infrastructure. VISCARDI is a securities trading bank (”Wertpapierhandelsbank“). Our headquarters are located in Munich (Germany). 5 / 51 WestLB AG Contact Contact Person Christian Fuest Phone +49-(0)2 11-8 26-86 12 Fax +49-(0)2 11-8 26-81 46 E-mail [email protected] Website www.westlb.de Address Herzogstraße 15 40217 Düsseldorf Germany WestLB AG is a European commercial bank and, with group total assets of 254.5 billion as of June 30, 2009, one of Germany’s leading financial service providers. WestLB closely co-operates with its network and sales partners of the German Savings Banks Association and acts as a centre of competence and link to international financial markets. Having gained broad experience through more than 260 equity transactions, WestLB Equity Capital Markets supports companies with strategic advisory services and tailor-made equity capital markets solutions. The Equity Capital Markets team links the financing requirements of companies with the interests of national and international investors. WestLB, as a full service provider, offers the whole range of investment banking products including private placements, initial public offerings and secondaries (e.g. capital increases, block trades), access to mezzanine products, as well as innovative and flexible equity-linked products (e.g. convertible bonds, exchangeable bonds). Furthermore, WestLB belongs to the leading Corporate Brokers in Germany acting as Designated Sponsor for more than 40 companies. As part of the German savings bank organisation, WestLB has excellent access to retail investors in Germany and strong distribution power with both domestic and international institutional investors. 5 / 52