Annual Israeli Corporate Finance Conference 2010

The Annual Corporate Finance Conference covers the topics of raising debt and capital in times of crises, private equity, bond issues, IPO:s in local and foreign markets, securitization, debt classification, venture capital, reversed mergers, unrated bonds, credit, institutional credit, bank credit, mezzanine, M&A as well as other associated subjects.

Target audience: CFO’s of medium and large sized private and public companies, financial managers, bankers, the regulatory authorities representatives, analysts, rating agencies’ representatives, lawyers, accountants, economists and underwriters.

The 2008 conference: the event was attended by more than 600 senior CFO’s and CEO’s and was widely covered in the press.

Last year's sponsors included: Mizrahi Tfahot Bank, Grant Thornton, American Express, Continental Airlines, Yehuda Raveh and Co., FBC and Co., Upswing Capital, Menora Underwriting, Excellence Underwriting, Clal Finance, The Marker and our consultant the firm Giza, Even, Zinger.

A glimpse from the 2008 conference is available at: http://dcf.co.il/eng/catalog_in.asp?id=545&cat=0&thepage=updates.

Press coverage videos are available at YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FxEdBKr3NA and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FxEdBKr3NA.

Background: There has been a significant change over the past decade regarding finance means available to firms. The establishment of the non-bank financing market – as yet a still incomplete revolution – together with increased complementary financing means have destabilized the old banking hegemony. The current crisis has placed new challenges on firms and financing sources.

The basic idea of the Annual Corporate Finance Conference is to create a platform for the professional community that enables professional, continual and profound discourse on the issues and challenges on the agenda, thereby contributing to its formation. The conference will deal with thr