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ݮtv Slovenia organized its 30th Jubilee Assembly on the Slovenian coast in Portorož from Friday 17th until Sunday 19th June 2022. 125 delegates attended the Assembly, which took place at the Grand Hotel Bernardin. Besides, members of the Association from 25 Slovenian financial institutions 42 members’ business partners from 28 institutions from Austria, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Switzerland, the Netherlands and the countries of the former Yugoslavia, took part in the event.
The 30th Annual Assembly began on Friday afternoon with annual reports from the Presidency where the ݮtv Slovenia president Alenka Gedrih from Banka Slovenije and treasurer Mitja Smrdelj from Addiko Banka presented the main activities and financial results of the association followed by the Supervisory Board Report and Court of Honour Report. Such an important jubilee 'in vivo' after three years of mostly remote/virtual meetings due to covid 19 was the result of a year’s preparation by all seven members of the ݮtv Slovenia Board, which in addition to the aforementioned includes Urška Smolnikar, Vice President from Banka Sparkasse d.d., Primož Cencelj, Secretary from Generali Investments, members Igor Bizimoski and Rok Makovec from Nova KBM d.d. and Branko Hafner from NLB d.d.
The ݮtv Slovenia Board is particularly proud of the increase in membership of 12 new members to 106 - the highest number since the establishment of ݮtv Slovenia in 1992 and well above the long-awaited ‘threshold’ of 100 members. We believe this was the result of the rapid adaptation to the new covid-19 situation resulting in the organization of 12 webinars in our current two-year term. Moreover, we have enhanced the cooperation with ݮtv FMA and regional Associations namely, ݮtv Serbia, ݮtv Macedonia and ݮtv Croatia. This point was also raised during the welcome address by Branko Petrović, Co-President of ݮtv Europe and president of ݮtv Serbia.
After the ݮtv Slovenia Regular Annual Assembly, the participants were addressed by the Deputy Governor of the Bank of Slovenia, Tina Žumer. She explained the current macroeconomic conditions and the challenges the monetary policy ECB faced – tackling high inflation and the normalisation of the monetary policy. A very interesting panel discussion followed with former ݮtv Slovenia presidents Aleš Ipavec from the Ljubljana Stock Exchange, Andrej Meža from NLB d.d., and honorary member Janja Pušnik as panel chairs. They highlighted the challenges of the Slovenian and international financial environment during their leaderships. The panellists also emphasised the importance of maintaining social contacts in the current era of digitalisation. The panel discussion was moderated by ݮtv Slovenia Secretary, Primož Cencelj. Friday’s official programme was concluded with Ina Patrascu’s presentation on behalf of the golden sponsor, Integral Development, with the aim to explain what could Integral do for our business in different aspects. The evening gathering continued with a glorious open-air gala dinner on the beach by the Grand Hotel Bernardin and ended with the DJ's dance rhythms on the hotel's terrace.
Saturday's morning research programme, moderated by Primož Cencelj, Secretary of ݮtv Slovenia, was opened with the keynote speech by Scott Thiel, Chief Fixed Income Strategist at BlackRock Investment Institute. He gave us a very interesting update on the BlackRock global outlook in a historically challenging market regime. The next presentation, meaningfully titled “Is it time for action” delivered by Rui Correia, Executive Director and Chair of Board of Education at the ݮtv, focused on the FX Global Code. Rui explained the Roadmap to the adherence to the Code and highlighted its benefits. The interesting presentation ‘Future of trading’ by silver sponsor Bloomberg LP about their trading facilities was followed by Katrine Furber and Gizem Erdogan from Bloomberg’s trading teams. Afterwards, our regular guest Marjan Divjak, Director General of the Treasury Directorate from the Ministry of Finance, informed us of the latest developments in the Slovenian bond market. Next in line was Richard McGuire, the charismatic analyst from Rabobank and a regular attendee of ݮtv conferences with an excellent presentation 'That 1970’s show? Charting the outlook for global rates'. Saturday’s official programme concluded with a very informative presentation of trends in socially responsible investment and global green investment policies by Trevor Allen, Sustainability Research Analyst from BNP Paribas.
Saturday afternoon’s socialising began in Seča near Portorož at the Fonda Fish Farm, where the Fonda family passionately yet carefully breeds Piran sea bass. They greeted us with a delicious array of their products while the manager, Irena Fonda, gave us some interesting and useful information about recognising healthy, fresh seafood and the way Piran sea bass are bred. Afterwards, we visited their 'sea farm', situated in the middle of Piran Bay in the heart of the fishing reserve and the Sečovlje Salina Nature Park, where Irena showed us how the fish are fed manually with the highest quality food. Some chose to visit the fish farm by boat while others opted for a more adrenaline-fuelled way and visited by kayaks. It was a truly unforgettable experience. We are proud that our visit was socially responsible, as the proceedings from each individual's entrance fee purchased a bag of ecologically responsible fish food. Continuing the evening in style we dined at the nearby restaurant Ribič (the Slovenian word for Fisherman), where we were served grilled Fonda sea bass. We finished Saturday night in the beautiful scenery of the restaurant's Beach Bar, where the local DJ managed to get us on the dance floor with the first dance rhythms and kept us there long into the night.
The enthusiasm of the participants over the splendid landscape as well as the organisation was remarkable, which will certainly present a significant challenge when organising the next event. The 30th Jubilee Assembly owes much of its success to our partners: golden sponsor Integral Development Corp, silver sponsor Bloomberg LP and sponsors Sava Re d.d., Nova KBM d.d., NLB d.d., MTS Marketing and Refinitiv, without whom we would not have been able to carry out such an outstanding event.
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Photo, from the left: Primož Cencelj, Secretary (Generali Investments d.o.o.), Rok Makovec, Member (Nova KBM d.d.), Mitja Smrdelj, Ttreasuer (Addiko banka d.d.) Alenka Gedrih; President (Banka Slovenije), Urška Smolnikar, Vice president (Banka Sparkasse d.d.), Igor Bizimoski, Member (Nova KBM d.d.), Branko Hafner, Member (NLB d.d.).