DGAP-News: Baader Bank AG / Key word(s): Conference Baader Bank AG: Baader-Helvea Swiss Equities Conference 2016 - Swiss firms remain confident despite ongoing challenges 15.01.2016 / 17:15 The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Baader-Helvea Swiss Equities Conference 2016 - Swiss firms remain confident despite ongoing challenges The 12th Baader-Helvea Swiss Equity Conference in Bad Ragaz, an established event for companies with capital market activities in Switzerland, came to an end today. With 54 firms in attendance, a record number of participants were registered on the company side on both days of the conference. As in previous years, great interest was shown by 265 investors from 18 different countries in the small-cap, mid-cap and blue chip companies showcased there. One year after the euro floor was abandoned, the main subject of discussion for the investors present remained the currency-policy conditions in Switzerland and the consistently overvalued franc. The companies signaled their intent to boost the share of value added generated outside of Switzerland in order to reduce their risk-prone dependence on the strong franc. A trend for takeovers seemed to be crystallizing in this context. "The tangibly strong response to the investment ideas presented shows that Swiss firms are becoming ever more attractive for investors worldwide and are facing up well to the challenges of the difficult market environment," argues Christian Bacherl, a member of the Board of Directors of Baader Bank. "We've been able to build on the longtime success of this established event again this year," comments Oliver Riedel, who similarly sits on the Board of Directors at Baader Bank, in response to the successful outcome of the conference. "Participants as well as our team of analysts from Baader-Helvea report of constructive meetings, lively discussions and a thoroughly positive sentiment with regard to new opportunities and growth potential for Swiss firms in 2016," Oliver Riedel sums up. The next Baader-Helvea Swiss Equities Conference will be held in Switzerland again at the beginning of January 2017. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15.01.2016 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: Baader Bank AG Weihenstephaner Str. 4 85716 Unterschleissheim Germany Phone: +49 89 5150 1013 Fax: +49 89 5150 29 1880 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.baaderbank.de ISIN: DE0005088108 WKN: 508810 Listed: Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich (m:access), Stuttgart; Open Market in Frankfurt End of News DGAP News Service --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 429871 15.01.2016