Shaw and Partners’ annual Emerging Leaders Conference provides the opportunity for our Institutional clients to hear from up and coming small and mid-cap companies, to identify new or overlooked investment opportunities. Hosted across both Sydney and Melbourne in a two day conference at the end of May, it was once again a highly successful event; showcasing the CEOs and CFOs of 23 leading emerging companies, who presented to an audience of 70+ key institutional clients as well as a large group of Shaw and Partners advisers. The represented industries included retail,  independent financial providers, telcos, transport, sustainable waste and emerging technology companies.

The presenting companies ranged in size from $50m to over $2bn representing a cross section of some of the best examples of Australia’s fastest growing companies. It was a captivating two days, which afforded prospective investors with ample opportunity to mix with the leaders of some of Australia’s finest examples of entrepreneurship, giving them opportunities to explore topical and thematic concepts.

Presenting companies included NetComm Wireless, Audinate, Objective, Bingo Industries, Zip Co, Citadel Group, Melbourne IT, Nearmap, P2P Transport, IVE Group, Centuria Capital, OneVue, Scottish Pacific Group, Axsesstoday, Japara Helathcare, National Vet Care, Managed Accounts Holdings, Midway, Money3, Shaver Shop, Netwealth, Pro Medicus, Praemium.

Shaw and Partners Head of Equities, Mike Ryan said  “The two day event showcased some fantastic investment opportunities, which are well positioned for future growth. All the presentations were well attended by our institutional clients and Shaw advisors alike. Attendees left the conference with a considerable number of fresh investment ideas.”