On October 25, the first deputy general director of IEK GROUP Mikhail Gorbachev participated in two discussions at the SmartLab conference for retail investors.
The first - "From Private Debt to Public Capital: How Bond Issuance Opens the Path to IPO" - was organized by IEK GROUP. The speakers discussed the gradual and deliberate path to publicity, one stage of which is bond issuance. The second - "IPO Candidates" - was dedicated to the market's readiness for technological companies, competition in the IT sector, and how businesses today can explain their case and specifics to investors.
We have collected the main quotes from Mikhail Gorbachev:
"To say that placing bonds means almost doing an IPO is not accurate. It's hard work. But we chose this path consciously. A company that knows how to disclose information, work with the Moscow Exchange and the Central Bank, already has a serious advantage."
"Publicity gives our consumers a sense of reliability. When a switch worth several tens of thousands of rubles ensures the operation of equipment worth millions of dollars, trust in the brand and the company's stability becomes critically important. Publicity encapsulates this complex of reliability."
"We focus on long-term, confident, stable growth. Our market - electrical equipment - is growing exponentially against the backdrop of AI development and the digital economy. We cannot grow as fast as IT, but we bet on stable growth and dividend flow, which the stock market values."
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