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On 2 and 3 May, the General and Entry Standard Conference will be held for the third time in Frankfurt. The event has established itself as Germany’s largest and most successful small and mid-cap conference and got off to a successful start on Wednesday with over 500 participants. The General and Entry Standard Conference offers the over 60 presenting companies, which are listed on the Entry and General Standard, a platform to communicate with investors and analysts.
In addition to company presentations, in which companies will present the figures from their annual financial statements at an investor/ analysts’ conference, the event will look at current financing and capital market issues affecting listed SMEs. Speakers at the capital market forum will be talking about investor relations, accounting and corporate governance issues.
The companies attending the event represent the broad range of industries in both segments: 10 companies from each segment will represent the financial services and software segment, followed by real estate, media, pharmaceuticals, industry, technology, consumer goods and basic resources.
The General Standard is one of Deutsche Börse’s EU-regulated segments and is based on the statutory minimum requirements of the Official or Regulated Market. The segment is aimed at companies that want to target both private and institutional investors, but want to focus primarily on domestic investors. Around 370 companies are now listed on the General Standard. The General Standard Index has returned performance of 22 percent over the past 12 months.
The Entry Standard has established itself as the segment for smaller and medium-sized companies that are looking for easy and cost-efficient access to the European capital market. The segment has developed into the largest alternative market in continental Europe since its launch in October 2005. The average trading volume and the number of transactions per company are more than twice as high as on other alternative markets in Europe. The Entry All Share Index has gained 26 percent since its market launch.
