January 25th 2022 | Rome, London
Today the equity investor conference dedicated to Italian small and medium cap companies thirteen Italian companies attended the conference, 27 investors, representing 22 investment houses, requested 95 meetings scheduled.
Polytems HIR Corporate Access (“Polytems”), a company, active in the Investor Relations and Corporate Communications services, is pleased to host today the 6th Annual Polytems Hir Investor Day in Frankfurt, the investor conference dedicated to Italian small and medium enterprises.
Due to COVID restrictions, Polytems has been transitioning this conference to a virtual format also this year. The event has been organized in collaboration with Alantra, the independent global Investment Bank and Asset Managers, providing a leading independent financial advisory to the global midmarket companies and institutions.
It is a one day virtual conference with primary Italian Companies in a series of both one-to-one and small group meetings – 95 meetings scheduled in total with an average of over 7 meeting for company. The thirteen Italian listed companies attending are: ALMAWAVE (Technology), ANTARES VISION (Technology), EL.EN. (Medical devices), ENAV (Italian Air Navigation Service Provider ), EUROTECH (Technology), EVISO (Utilities), INTRED (Telecom), IREN (Utilities), PLANETEL (Telecom), PORTOBELLO ( Retail), POWERSOFT (Consumer product and services), UNIDATA (Telecom), ZIGNAGO VETRO (Industrial Glass Production).
The Italian Conference is attended by 27 institutional investors from Germany, such as Mutual Funds, Banks, Family Offices and Asset Managers, analysts, representing 22 investment houses.
Dr. Andrea Esteban Samà – Consul General of Italy in Frankfurt, Germany – opened the Virtual Investor Conference underlying the importance of the Italian-German economic relations and the numerous opportunities that Italy offers to German investors.
Commenting on the event, Bianca Fersini-Mastelloni, Polytems President and CEO, said “We are pleased to have organized the virtual edition of the 6th Annual Polytems Investor Day in Frankfurt, an international conference in one of largest financial centre in continental Europe, even in this difficult time of restrictions by all Governments due to the Covid 19 pandemic. In this complex macro-economic environment, it is extremely important to foster the relationship between Italian listed companies and international investors and virtual conferences help to this. Over time our investor conference is becoming, year by year, a benchmark of the German financial community as well as a recurring opportunity for Italian companies to meet with the German financial community regularly, also via virtual conferences. Our Company goal is always to help the Italian firms to get a constant attention from investors, in Italy and abroad. We push our customers to see around the corner pushing boundaries of the financial markets, meeting with international investors in order to increase their shareholder base and their visibility. This year 13 companies as well as more investors attended the Conference. We have registered 27 investors and have been organized 95 meetings. Our relationship and joint forces with Alantra were really smooth and extremely productive. We hope to continue to strengthen this fruitful cooperation in the future”.
Patrizia Rossi, Managing Director at Alantra said “We are fully committed to providing, as a bank dedicated to Mid&Small Corporate, support to global mid-market companies by giving them great opportunities to meet top Italian and international investors interested in their story and growth strategies”.
The opening of the conference was moderated by Isabella Bufacchi, Germany correspondent of the Il Sole 24 Ore from Frankfurt.
Bianca Fersini Mastelloni
Bianca Fersini Mastelloni is Chairman and CEO of Polytems HIR. She is a seasoned consultant in Corporate Communication with extensive experience for over 30 years. Since 1999 she is active in Investor Relations and Financial Communication for companies listed on the major financial markets. Bianca provides strategic IR, corporate access in Italy, Europe, USA, investor’s market intelligence, profiling investors, critical communication and reputation. A scholar of issues pertaining to Communications and Investor Relations. Bianca studied at SUNY – State University of New York, Buffalo and at Boston University, Boston, and she works as lecturer with some Italian University. Bianca is author of the book Investor Relations ed Etica , Efficacia e Vantaggi Competitivi - edited from Guerini e Associati - as of as several articles about Investor Relations and financial communication.