DBRS Event: DBRS in Italy - Focus on Corporate Funding – Milan – 17 April 2018

DBRS Ratings Limited (DBRS) cordially invites you to an event hosted by DBRS on Tuesday, 17 April 2018, at Palazzo Mezzanotte, the headquarters of Borsa Italiana (the Italian stock exchange) in Milan. The event will feature alumni from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and distinguished speakers including Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, the Chairman of Société Générale.

9:00 - 9:30 a.m. Registration

9:30 - 9:40 a.m. Welcome Remarks
Detlef Scholz, Head of Europe, DBRS

9:40 - 9:50 a.m. Keynote: Italy within the European Context: Implications for Italian Corporates
Elisabeth Rudman, Managing Director, Head of European Financial Institutions Group, DBRS

9:50 - 10:20 a.m. The Private Placement Market: An Opportunity for European Corporates and SMEs to Attract Investors and to Diversify their Funding Sources
Valentino Teobaldo Daprile, Senior Vice President, Head of European Corporates, DBRS

10:20 - 11:00 a.m. Coffee Break

11:00 - 11:25 a.m. The Infrastructure / Project Finance Market in Italy with a Case Study on TS Energy Italy
Giuseppe Fresta, Vice President, European Corporate Credits, DBRS
Radi Annab, Vice President, Project Finance, Global Corporates, DBRS

11:25 - 11:55 a.m. Moderated Discussion: Opportunities and Challenges for Italian Corporates
Chaired by Paola Caburlotto (Executive Vice President of the University of Chicago Alumni Club of Italy) with distinguished speakers such as Lorenzo Bini Smaghi (Chairman of Société Générale).

11:55 - 12:00 p.m. Closing Remarks
Marta Zurita Bermejo, Managing Director, Head of European Business Development, DBRS

12:00 - 12:30 p.m. Networking Cocktail Event
Registration is now open. DBRS asks all interested parties to RSVP as soon as possible. To RSVP and for additional questions regarding this event, please contact: euevents@dbrs.com.