David Jiménez-Blanco, Vice-Chairman of BME, gave the opening speech on ‘Access to markets and the importance of the investment ecosystem’. During his speech, he explained how the Spanish economy has evolved thanks to the flow of investment, both national and international, and highlighted the key role played by investors in driving the country's economic growth. In addition to analysing how financial markets are a key element for Spain to gain in efficiency and competitiveness, he suggested legal, fiscal and regulatory measures to boost them.
David Jiménez-Blanco, Vice-Chairman of BME, gave the opening speech on ‘Access to markets and the importance of the investment ecosystem’. During his speech, he explained how the Spanish economy has evolved thanks to the flow of investment, both national and international, and highlighted the key role played by investors in driving the country's economic growth. In addition to analysing how financial markets are a key element for Spain to gain in efficiency and competitiveness, he suggested legal, fiscal and regulatory measures to boost them.
BME Growth and BME Scaleup, drivers of financing and growth
Jesús González Nieto-Márquez, director of BME Growth and BME Scaleup explained how BME's junior markets accompany companies in the initial stages of financing through the capital markets. He was joined on the panel by Antonio Fernández, Chairman of ARMANEXT, who summarised the main functions of the Registered Advisor as an indispensable guide for companies on the road to listing.
For his part, Eduardo Fuentesal, president of the Sevillian company Tier1, shared the reasons that led TIER1 to list on BME Growth in 2018 and his experience in the market since then.
Manuel Agudo, CEO of the Sevillian scaleup OpenWebinars, explained the benefits of being part of the Pre-Market Environment in preparation for their future IPO.
Finally, BME has highlighted the performance of the Twenix scaleup against the rest of the 20 finalists of the contest of the congress, giving it a special prize, a grant to access the BME Pre-Market Environment for a maximum of three years.