Bjorn Sibbern's debut at Spain Investors Day

His Majesty the King, Felipe VI, presided over the opening ceremony of Spain Investors Day (SID), a benchmark meeting that brings together the main executives of listed companies, managers of large international funds, as well as members of the government's economic team, regional and local administrations and regulators.

BME has supported this initiative since its inception and in its 15th edition has had the opportunity to present its ideas and proposals to the investment community through its new CEO at SIX, Bjorn Sibbern.

Sibbern took part in the family photo at the opening ceremony presided over by the King. He also participated in one of the main panels of the meeting together with Manuel de la Rocha, director of the Office of Economic Affairs and G20 of the Spanish Government Presidency; Lord Davies of Abersoch, chairman of Letterone; Luis Megías, CEO of BlackRock Spain, and James Seppala, senior manager director of Blackstone. The debate was moderated by Daniel TraÇa, Director General of ESADE.

During his speech, Sibbern highlighted the attractiveness of Spain as an investment destination, as shown by the acquisition of BME by SIX or the successful IPO of Puig, the largest one in Europe and one of the most important operations of 2024 worldwide. In addition to this transaction, there were two more IPOs, inmocemento and Cox, and 23 new listings in the growth markets for SMEs managed by BME. “We work to offer safe, attractive and accessible market infrastructures for investors to operate, and we support issuers throughout the process. However, if we want to attract and retain our issuers, we urgently need more flexible regulation to facilitate their access to the stock market and make them more competitive with other operators,” he said.

In addition, the Palacio de la Bolsa de Madrid hosted the gala dinner and was attended by Juan Flames, who gave the welcome speech, accompanied by Carlos San Basilio, chairman of the CNMV, and Jacobo Hornedo, CEO of AON.

Flames stressed that BME works to ensure that companies find the Spanish financial markets the best place to finance their growth and expansion projects, as well as to offer investors a robust, liquid and efficient stock exchange. “We manage a century-old but at the same time modern and global market, which with the acquisition by the SIX Group in 2020 has gained scale, momentum and position on the international stage, as SIX is the third largest European operator and the tenth largest worldwide.”

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