The word is out: There is no more promising sector in the agriculture space right now than seafood. The list of investors now active in the space – or actively looking – reads like a who's who in the institutional, High Net Worth and private equity fields.
Whether it's established companies, greenfield projects or groups riding on the sector's expansion, you'll be hard pressed to find a segment of the industry that has not experienced fantastic growth, or that doesn't have the potential to be a winner in the future with the right investor and the right team to execute.
That said – no investment is a sure thing. Next month, the IntraFishSeafood Investor Forum will convene a panel of experts to discuss the pros, cons, upsides and potential pitfalls of investing in the space.
You'll find out:
*Where are investors finding the most opportunity in the seafood space?
*What key factors should every investor consider before investing into seafood?
*Which investments have yielded the best returns, and which have failed to deliver?
*What publicly listed seafood companies show the most promise for returns?
*How can investors best avoid the risks associated with aquaculture?
*What 'hidden gems' can yield the most promise for adventurous investors?
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The IntraFish Seafood Investor Forum, sponsored by Pareto Securities, is the industry's premiere investment event, bringing together top executives from seafood companies around the globe together with the world's most powerful investors.
This year's lineup includes Marine Harvest, Calysta, Rabobank, Ernst & Young, AquaBounty, Bakkafrost, Clearwater Seafoods, Benchmark Holdings, Sino Agro Foods, Anavon, Amerra and Seafarms, among others.
Past events have drawn executives from Lion Capital, Black River Asset Management, EQT Partners, Oaktree, the Walton Family Foundation, Aegis Capital, AGR Partners, US Bank, UBS, Bank of America, Sun Capital Partners, Paine and Partners, BNP Paribas, Omnivore Capital, Tremblant Capital, Goldman Sachs, the Clinton Global Initiative, Bloomberg Philanthropies among many others.
Participating companies have included Marine Harvest, Iglo Group, Disney, Cermaq, Cooke Aquaculture, Sysco, Icicle Seafoods, Regal Springs, Norway Seafoods, American Seafoods, Trident Seafoods, Red Lobster, Thai Union Foods, Bakkafrost, Aker Seafoods, Nutreco and a range of other firms in the fisheries, aquaculture, seafood processing, foodservice and retail sectors.
The May 19 investor forum is IntraFish Media's 10th seafood investor forum.
For the second year in a row, investment bank Pareto Securities is event's lead sponsor. Pareto Securities specializes in a range of services including corporate finance, project financing and equities.
Pareto serves clients across the globe with offices across the Nordic countries, the United Kingdom, France, the US, Singapore and Australia.
