PPP MENA Forum

Stephens Annual Investment Conference returns to Music City November 15-17, 2022. The Stephens Annual Investment Conference delivers value and drives relationships. In 2021, more than 1,528 joined us in Nashville or virtually, including 247 private and public companies and 769 investors. The Stephens team booked 1,234 meetings and hosted various dinners and group networking sessions. With each year, comes growth and opportunity, be sure to join us in 2022.

Join us for the Chief Financial Officer Summit on January 25 to gain valuable insights and connect with fellow senior financial professionals. This virtual event will focus on preparing for the challenges of 2023 and modern leadership. Our lineup of expert speakers includes CFOs and VP of FP&A from companies such as Sage, Barclays, P&G, American Coatings Association, Mobileum, and Johnson Controls. Attend sessions on topics such as sharpening financial strategy, building trust, creating a vision for your company, and the future readiness of your finance function.

The hike in interest rates by the US Federal Reserve, rising inflation levels and global macro-economic situation, combined with MENA’s central banks recently ending the targeted economic support schemes have the potential to trigger an uptick in corporate insolvencies and debt restructuring in the wider MENA region. While MENA’s banks have exhibited remarkable resilience and stability during the entirety of the pandemic nevertheless, the current bag of challenges has the region’s banking sector on its toes, pushing them to adopt numerous proactive measures to mitigate potential downturn of events and restructure assets before these become NPAs.

The past decade has seen ESG investment on an unstoppable rise, with AUM in EU-domiciled ESG mutual funds forecast to reach dizzying heights of 7.6tn€ by 2025. Integrating ESG criteria usefully and reliably into every investment decision is no longer aspirational. Today, ESG is non-negotiable. At Reuters Events: ESG Investment Europe 2022, we unite more than 300 of the most senior decision-makers from all corners of the ESG investment ecosystem. Together, we deliver practical solutions to the industry-wide challenges holding the financial community back from full-blown ESG integration capable of delivering low-risk, high-return, and purpose-driven investment strategy. By uniting every one of ESG's core stakeholders - from asset owners and managers to policymakers, standard setters, data providers, and more - we are charting a way forward for the next generation of investment. Getting to grips with a changing regulatory landscape; meaningfully engaging with invested companies; hearing and responding to shareholder needs; and working collaboratively to confront industry-wide challenges spanning data quality, comparability, transparency, and market volatility are the essential ways Reuters Events believes investors will unlock ESG’s full potential. With all eyes on ESG, now is the time to equip yourself to take your place at the front of the charge.