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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20261013T140000
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SUMMARY:From Participation to Prosperity: Employee Ownership as a Driver of Financial Literacy and Capital Market Development in Europe
DESCRIPTION: \nHow can employee share ownership help Europeans build long-term wealth\, improve financial literacy and become more active participants in capital markets?\nThat is the question that BETTER FINANCE and its Austrian member organisation IVA – Austrian Shareholders’ Association will explore at their upcoming conference: \nFrom Participation to Prosperity:\nEmployee Ownership as a Driver of Financial Literacy and Capital Market Development in Europe\nDate: 13 October 2026 | Time: 14:00 – 18:00 | Location: Vienna\, Austria \nDiscussions will explore how employee ownership can contribute to: \n\nbuilding long-term wealth and financial resilience for employees;\nstrengthening financial literacy and investor participation;\nencouraging a broader ownership culture in Europe; and\nsupporting deeper and more inclusive European capital markets and the Savings and Investment Union.\n\n\n\nThe conference will also mark 25 years of the highly successful voestalpine employee participation programme\, offering a unique opportunity to examine one of Europe’s most prominent examples of employee ownership in practice. \n** \nProgramme\n13:30 – 14:00 | Registration\n\n14:00 – 14:15 | Welcome & Opening Remarks\nFriedrich Mostböck\, Head of Group Research\, Erste Group Bank AG and Chair of the Austrian Association ÖVFA \nFlorian Beckermann\, Chairman of the Austrian Shareholder Association – IVA Interessenverband für Anleger \nAngelika Sommer-Hemetsberger\, President\, Aktienforum \n\n14:15 – 14:40 | Opening Keynote | Employee Ownership as a Strategic Factor in Companies\nAngelika Sommer-Hemetsberger\, President\, Aktienforum \n\n14:40 – 15:25 | Panel Discussion | Production\, Sustainability\, Financial Education\, Experience on the Capital Market\nCorporate Representation: Gudrun Egger\, Board Member ERSTE Stiftung – DIE ERSTE österreichische Spar-Casse Privatstiftung \nLegal: Philip Vondrak\, Grama Schwaighofer Vondrak Rechtsanwälte GmbH \nEmployee Representation: Johannes Pointer\, Voestalpine Mitarbeiterbeteiligung \nStakeholders: Angelika Sommer-Hemetsberger\, President\, Aktienforum \n\n15:25 – 15:40 | Coffee Break\n\n15:40 – 16:00 | Keynote Speech |  A Roadmap for Europe: Employee Ownership as a Pillar of the Savings and Investment Union\nAleksandra Maczynska\, Managing Director\, BETTER FINANCE \n\n16:00 – 17:00 | Panel Discussion |  From Employee to Stakeholder: How can Europe Facilitate Employee Ownership?\nEuropean Shareholder Representation: Aleksandra Maczynska\, Managing Director\, BETTER FINANCE \nCapital Markets: Manuel Prieschl\, EuropeanIssuers Brüssel \nInvestors: Walter Hatak\, Head of Responsible Investments\, Erste Asset Management GmbH \nCorporate Representation: Günther Ofner\, Joint CEO & CFO\, Flughafen Wien AG and Chairman\, Supervisory Board\, ÖBAG \n\n17:00 – 17:20 | Q&A Session\n\n17:20 – 17:40 | Keynote Speech | Best Practices: Successful Employee Ownership Models in Europe\nJörg Ziegler\, Managing Director\, J.P. Morgan Workplace Solutions \nCorporate Representation: Julia Jäger\, MA\, Senior Expert Rewards\, Total Rewards & Global Mobility\, OMV AG \n\n17:40 – 18:00 | Closing Remarks & Reception\n\nRegister Here\n
URL:https://betterfinance.eu/event/employee-ownership-driver-financial-literacy-market-development/
LOCATION:Vienna\, Vienna\, Hesse\, Austria
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20261014T153000
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SUMMARY:A New Era for the Capital Market in Portugal
DESCRIPTION:EU financial markets remain fragmented\, holding back retail investors from accessing better products and returns. Portugal’s capital market faces the same challenge\, at a moment when the Savings and Investments Union is reshaping the EU-level debate on integration and access. \nTo explore what this means in practice\, BETTER FINANCE\, alongside Maxyield\, the BETTER FINANCE member organisation in Portugal\, is organising: \nA New Era for the Capital Market in Portugal\nDate: 14 October 2026 | Time: 15:30 – 20:15 (CEST) | Location: Portugal + Online \nWith a wide panel of speakers\, during the conference we will discuss the impact of the European Capital Markets Reform and the state of play for Savings and Investment Accounts in Portugal. \nCheck the programme for more information \n*** \nProgramme\n15:30 – 16:00 | Registration\n\n16:00 – 16:15 | Welcome Remarks\n Carlos Rodrigues\, President of the Board\, Maxyield \n\n16:15 – 17:45 | Panel Discussion | Impact\, Opportunities and Challenges of the European Capital Markets Reform\n\nBetween the fragmentation and integration of European markets.\nThe major drivers of SIU.\nA new paradigm in negotiation and market access.\n\nPanelists: \nJoão Duque\, Professor at Lisbon School of Economics and Management \nRicardo Santos – EIB Senior Economist \nTiago Matias – Director of the International and Regulatory Policy Department at the Portuguese Securities Market Commission (CMVM). \nRepresentative from AEMEC (Spanish Association of Minority Shareholders of Listed Companies) \nModerator: Vera Bastos – Investor Relations at Sonae – SGPS \n\n\n\n17:45 – 18:15 | Coffee Break\n\n\n\n18:15 – 19:45 | Panel Discussion | Savings and Investment Accounts\n\nPurpose\, attributes\, and conditions for success.\nState of the art at the European level.\nTechnology: Paradigm shifts in investment options.\n\nPanellists: \nRui Leão Martinho\, Former President\, Order of Economists \nJoão Pina Pereira\, Economist\, member of the Board of Directors at GNB Asset Management\, Chief Investment Officer and member of APFIPP Board \nMartin Molko\, Senior Policy Officer\, BETTER FINANCE \nLuís Agrellos\, Entrepreneur \nModerator: Diana Ramos – Editor-in-Chief\, Jornal de Negócios \n\n\n\n19:45 – 20:15 | Closing Session | Contribution on a New Era for the Capital Market\n\n\nDr. Gonçalo Sequeira Braga\, President of the General Assembly\, Maxyield. \nDr. Luis Laginha de Souza\, Chairman of the Board of Directors\, CMVM. \n\nRegister Here\n
URL:https://betterfinance.eu/event/new-era-capital-markets-portugal/
LOCATION:Lisbon School of Economics and Management\, Lisbon\, Hesse\, Portugal
CATEGORIES:Conference
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