IEK GROUP Financial Director Mikhail Gorbachev participated in the panel session "IPO: Awaiting a New Boom" within the framework of the "Strategic Financial Market Session" by Expert RA.
Session participants discussed a number of questions: when will new issuers appear on the stock market again en masse, how effective is raising debt capital compared to an IPO, and what kind of companies will investors welcome most on the market in 2025.
The panel discussion gathered representatives of IT and technology companies, traditionally popular with investors, for whom it is important that the business is a provider of significant technologies. IEK GROUP's portfolio includes solutions and technologies for industry and infrastructure, IT and construction, solar energy, and agribusiness.
Mikhail Gorbachev, Financial Director of the company, noted in his speech: "IEK GROUP powers the world with electricity. We understand that with the growth of IT, electricity needs will grow, and our competencies will always be needed. At the same time, IEK GROUP is not only engaged in electrical equipment. Firstly, we are developing business in the passive telecom industry: our company can form a complete solution for data center power supply using unique devices fully assembled based on IEK equipment, which have no analogues on the Russian market. Secondly, we offer solutions for industrial automation. The company's portfolio includes MasterSCADA software - one of the leaders among solutions for managing low-level automation devices in Russia. Furthermore, our engineers have developed an MES system for managing production processes, which we plan to release to the market as a separate IT solution in the near future."
Within the discussion, participants discussed not only IPO but also other formats of raising financing, in particular, bonds.
"Bonds are a clear and studied instrument for us," noted Mikhail Gorbachev. "We issued in 2022, then in