The traditional Investment Conference of the Ljubljana Stock Exchange is being held in Ljubljana today, joining forces with the Zagreb Stock Exchange this year. The traditional Ljubljana conference has attracted a large number of interested investors for individual meetings with the most prominent companies on the Ljubljana Stock Exchange each year, and this year, the interest is even greater, as investors have a perfect opportunity to hold meetings with the best Slovenian and Croatian listed companies in one day: Krka d. d. Novo mesto, Luka Koper d. d., Nova Ljubljanska banka d. d., Petrol, d. d., Ljubljana, Sava Re, d. d., Ljubljana, Telekom Slovenije, d. d., Ljubljana, Zavarovalnica Triglav, d. d., Ljubljana, AD Plastik d. d., Arena Hospitality Group d. d., Atlantic Grupa d. d., Ericsson Nikola Tesla, INA - industrija nafte d. d., Podravka prehrambena industrija d. d., Valamar Riviera d. d. and Zagreb Stock Exchange.

As many as 25 investment companies and banks and 34 analysts and investors from Croatia, Estonia, Malta, Slovenia, Sweden and Turkey are attending the event. Investors have registered for 140 meetings and in one day the companies will have held as many as 109 individual and group meetings.

The event hosted a presentation on the Slovenian and Croatian capital markets. Presentations were held by representatives of Ilirika and InterCapital Securities. In addition, the event hosted the traditional Ljubljana Stock Exchange award ceremony where the Exchange awarded the best listed companies and the best member firm. The presentation and award ceremony were extremely well attended, further demonstrating that interest in the markets is growing.

For this occasion, Mr Aleš Ipavec, President of the Management Board of the Ljubljana Stock Exchange, stated, “We are very pleased to have joined forces with the Zagreb Stock Exchange to also promote listed companies in Slovenia, as in this way we exploit synergies and offer investors easier access to the companies of both markets. Investors' interest in this year's conference has shown us that our decision was right, as the number of investors this year is very high, and the conference is truly a success. The exchanges cooperate also in other areas of market promotion and development and we have already seen positive outcomes from our joint efforts, such as greater visibility of our markets and higher interest of international investors, new markets catering to the needs of small and medium sized enterprises and much more. We believe that we can raise the bar on possible collaboration even higher and we are really looking forward to what the future holds.”

Mrs. Ivana Gažić, President of the Management Board of the Zagreb Stock Exchange, further added, “Zagreb and Ljubljana Stock Exchanges are continuously working on expanding communication channels between companies and investors. With this winter edition of our joint investor day, we have provided both companies and investors another platform for meeting and exchanging information and we will continue to work together to support open dialogue between companies and investors.”.

The main goal of the event is to facilitate the access of Slovenian and Croatian listed companies to local and international investors and thus strengthen their visibility and liquidity.

The Zagreb and Ljubljana Stock Exchanges will continue with individual and joint activities to increase investor interest and to further strengthen the existing trust of local as well as international investors.