Euromoney to hold global confab in Colombo in September
View(s):Sri Lanka has drawn the attention of one of the largest global banking-investment media and confab institutions which is holding an investor conference in Colombo.
“This is the first time that we, the Euromoney Magazine, would be holding an investor conference of such a scale in Sri Lanka. We just don’t want to hold a one-off conference and leave but we are looking for long term engagement in Sri Lanka. We will als be honoured and delighted to partner with the 2016 May Expo Fair in Sri Lanka,” said Tony Shale (CEO-Asia of Euromoney Institutional Investor) on Tuesday in Colombo, according to a media release.
Mr. Shale made these observations during a meeting with Industry and Commerce Minister Rishad Bathiudeen at the Export Development Board (EDB), the ministry release said.
He said: “We are looking at holding an investment conference and in principle agreed to hold the global conference in Colombo this September.”
Euromoney is targeting participation from 250 members of the global financial and investment community to this event and another 250 from Sri Lanka.
Created in 1969, Euromoney magazine started covering the re-emergence of the international cross-border capital markets and today has a 12 million strong readership across the global investment world.