As of 30 June 2006, there have been a total of 1,549 companies listed and traded on AIM, of which 270 are non-UK issuers. In just the six months ended 30 June 2006, there have been more than 151 companies listed on AIM and a total of US$ 15.76 billion has been raised. Chinese companies are significant in this number. Should your company join their successful ranks?

To give you a greater understanding about AIM, our speakers, who include investment bankers, accountants and lawyers active in the AIM market, will answer your questions on AIM and the specific issues for Chinese issuers and investors including:

  • Why are Chinese companies being listed on AIM?
  • How does AIM compare with NASDAQ?
  • What do investors expect from Chinese companies?
  • Valuation - what are the key drivers and market trends?
  • What professional advisers do you need and what do they do?
  • What does the process involve and are you ready for and IPO?
  • What are the issues for exiting investors?

Event details:
Date: 21 November, 2006
Time: Registration: 2:15 p.m.
Seminar: 2:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Location: Hennessy Room, Conrad Hong Kong Hotel
Pacific Place, 88 Queensway

You are invited to a Post-Seminar Networking Reception at the British Consulate-General, 1 Supreme Court Road, Hong Kong (directly opposite the Conard Hong Kong Hotel) between 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
RSVP Contact: Ms. Lilia Chin, (852) 2845 6100 or lchin@hkvca.com.hk
Organizers: HKVCA, supported by London Stock Exchange, British Consulate-General Hong Kong and UK Trade & Investment
Sponsors: Dorsey & Whitney LLP, BDO International, and Evolution Securities

 

Programme

1400 Registration
1415 Opening Video Presentation
Opening Remarks from the British Consulate General

Bob Rayer, Deputy Head of Mission and Director of Trade & Investment
1425 Presentation by the London Stock Exchange
Jane Zhu, London Stock Exchange
1440 Presentation by Evolution Securities
David Tsang, Head of Corporate Finance, Hong Kong Office
1510 Presentation by Dorsey & Whitney
Mark Taylor, Partner, Dorsey & Whitney London Office
1530 COFFEE BREAK
1550 Presentation by BDO
Jack Clipsham, Partner, BDO
1610 Presentation by Dorsey & Whitney
Frances Doherty, Partner, Dorsey & Whitney London Office
1630 Presentation by BDO
Alfred Lee, Principal, China Services, BDO
1650 Panel Discussion
David Ketchum, CEO Upstream Asia
Mark Taylor, Partner, Dorsey & Whitney London Office
Jack Clipsham, Partner, BDO
David Tsang, Head of Corporate Finance, Hong Kong Office
Moderated by
Michael Chin, Partner, Dorsey & Whitney Hong Kong Office
1730 General Q&A
1800 Cocktails at British Consulate General


 

 

Date: December 5, 2006 (Tuesday)
Time: 9am ˇV 6 pm
Venue: Cyberport 3 (Function Rooms 1, 2 & 3)

Cyberport Venture Capital Forum (CVCF) has become one of the key signature events of Hong Kong Cyberport. CVCF is a unique venture capital forum to connect the venture capital community to the entrepreneurs in the creative digital media and digital content industries. CVCF has been held twice very successfully in 2004 and 2005. Continuing on the past successes, CVCF 2006 will consist of a series of programmes running from early October to 5 December 2006, including 3 sessions of Entrepreneurship Inspiration Seminar Series, followed by the one-day grand finale, the Forum itself, on Tuesday, 5 December 2006.More than 300 participants, including VCs, local entrepreneurs and top management executives, attended last year. CVCF 2006 will be the greatest chance to connect the world class venture capitalist speakers to entrepreneurs, to meet the ITU Telecom World VIP delegation as well as representatives of the local ICT industry.

Highlights of CVCF 2006
CVCF 2006 presents a top notch cast of female investors/venture capitalists and women entrepreneurs, who have achieved great success against phenomenal odds, to share their visions and insights to create and accelerate values in business, through contrarian and creative thinking, finding unique execution angles, leveraging on affordable localized technology, forming successful public-private partnership enterprise, and/or making a bold prediction on what's coming next.

For more information, please visit http://www.cyberport.hk/campaign/cvcf/agenda.html
HKVCA members can enjoy a privileged rate $300. For register, please contact Ms. Lilia Chin at Tel. 2845 6100 or Email at lchin@hkvca.com.hk.

 

Full Member

NIF SMBC Ventures Asia Ltd
Representative: Mr. Hisao Katsuta

On October 1, 2005, NIF Ventures Co., Ltd. And SMBC Capital Co., Ltd. Merged and made a new start as NIF SMBC Ventures Co., Ltd. The newly merged company is the only private equity house which integrates the brand, expertise and track records of Japanˇ¦s top-ranked securities and banking groups.

STIC International Hong Kong Ltd
Representative: Mr. Trevor Chan
STIC Investment started as a venture capital company in 1999. To date, STIC Investments has invested in more than 150 companies with innovative IT technologies, services and products more than 20 of these companies successfully went IPO.

Associate Member

Elite View International Trading Ltd
Representative: Mr. Christopher McNeur

Elite View International Trading Ltd, an affiliate of the New York based East-West Country Art Ltd, was founded in 2005 to search out unique business opportunities in the Peopleˇ¦s Republic of China.

 

 

2006 China Venture Capital Annual Forum   Industry Strategy Symposium (ISS) Hong Kong 2006

Date: 6-7 December 2006
Venue: Grand Hyatt, Shanghai

China Venture Capital Annual/Semi-annual Forum is a leading platform for China Venture Capital and Private Equity industry and for active investors to gather and share experiences in China since its debut in 2001. It is also an excellent platform for VC practitioners to meet local entrepreneurs. This time we will bring together over 700 attendees, most of whom will be venture capitalists and private equity investors. We will invite 70 VC/PE/LP luminaries came from US, Europe, Singapore, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China to attend the event as panelists or speakers to share their expertise and new views.

For detailed program please visit http://www.zero2ipo.com.cn/cvcf/cvcf2006_annual/
en/agenda.asp


HKVCA Members can enjoy 15% off of the attendance fee.

For enquiry, please call 8610-8458-0476 8014 or email to lindali@zero2ipo.com.cn
 
Date: 17-20 December 2006
Venue: Hong Kong Gold Coast Hotel

ISS Hong Kong offers a wealth of different perspectives to give you more ways of looking at value. You'll hear the latest market forecasts from leading analysts, discover the latest business trends and key technology issues from prominent industry leaders, and examine the challenges and opportunities facing solution providers along the value-chains of semiconductor and related industries in Greater China.

For more details, please visit http://www.semi.org

Contact: Ms. Gabrielle Wu at Tel: 86.21.6448.5666 or Email: gwu@semi.org