Nomura Hosts 5th Asia Equity Forum in Singapore
Hong Kong, July 3, 2008 – Nomura, the leading Asian-based investment bank, will be hosting its 5th Asia Equity Forum at Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore from Tuesday 8th July through Friday 11th July.
The conference, "Nomura Asia Equity Forum (NAEF)", is one of the largest Pan Asian equity conferences in the region, bringing together some 200 Japanese and Asian companies and 1500 global investors. Going into its fifth year, NAEF is a key event in the institutional investor community connecting quality companies in Japan and Asia with global investors.
Through group presentations and one-on-one meetings, the conference will provide investors an opportunity to gain invaluable insight on participating companies' perspectives, plans and strategies, and to expand understanding on the latest market trends and global economies. The four-day event will focus on several hot investment themes including Environment and Energy, Consumer and Soft Commodities, Financials, Real Estate, Telecommunications and Technology.
Highlights for this year's NAEF will include a special program featuring a dialogue between Mr Lee Kuan Yew, Minister Mentor of Singapore and Dr Takatoshi Ito, a professor of the University of Tokyo. There will also be keynote speeches by Mr. Yoshifumi Nishikawa, CEO of Japan Post Holdings, H.E. Sheikh Ebrahim Bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, Minister of Housing - Kingdom of Bahrain and Mr. Bill Emmott, Former Editor-in-Chief of The Economist and author.
Kenichi Watanabe, Nomura President & CEO will be hosting this year's event in Singapore, signifying Nomura top management's strong commitment in the Asia Region.
"We are confident that NAEF 2008 will continue to act as a key platform bringing together Asian companies and global investors. Nomura is the only house that has true 'Pan-Asian' capabilities covering Asia including Japan. We are committed to bringing value to our clients by helping investors broaden their knowledge in the Pan Asian market, while supporting Asian corporates in gaining international exposure," said Mr. Hiromasa Yamazaki, Senior Managing Director, Head of Global Equity of Nomura.
As part of the company's CSR initiatives, this year Nomura will incorporate several social and environmental activities into NAEF 2008. These activities include purchasing 24,080 kilowatt-hours of power through the "Green Power Certificate" to reduce carbon dioxide emissions throughout the event, donating part of the money consumed for food and beverage to schools in developing countries through the "Table for Two" program, an organization that addresses hunger in the developing world, and obesity and other life-style related diseases in the developed world and collecting & selling bottle caps through the "Eco Cap Campaign", where the fund will be used to purchase vaccines for children in developing countries. In addition, Nomura will co-ordinate with the Community Chest of Singapore in other fund raising activities that will encourage NAEF attendees to participate.
For detail of Nomura Asia Equity forum 2008 please refer to the following event website:
http://www.nomura.com/research/Forums/NAEF08/index.htm
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