Forestry’s Good Returns Attract Investment Interest
13th February 2014
Forestry’s Good Returns Attract Investment Interest
With forest
products exports continuing to enjoy a run of high commodity
prices there is plenty of attention worldwide on the robust
returns delivered from forest resources. So it’s timely
that New Zealand and Australia are soon to host a major
forest investment and market outlook conference series. The
event in it’s third year is popular with forest company
CEOs and financial sector leaders for it’s
insight.
One of the keynote speakers headlining the
FIEA event is Kevin Mason, Managing Director and Senior
Analyst of ERA Forest Products Research (www.ERA-Research.com), a Canadian-based
independent research firm that covers the global forest
products sector.
“We focus first and foremost on
understanding the commodity side of the market,” says
Mason, “as trends in the underlying commodities far
outweigh managerial abilities, or the lack
of.”
Mason and his team of top analysts have a
reputation for having been able to predict nearly every
bankruptcy in the North American forest products industry,
as well as highlighting some of the best upside returns as
well.
“Timing of investments in the forest products
sector are key,” says Mason.
Over the past 20 years,
ERA has built up a large following of investment clientele,
and advises many of the leading hedge funds, mutual funds,
pension funds and private equity players. As ERA’s senior
analyst, Kevin Mason is no stranger to controversy and is
always willing to challenge accepted wisdom. His negative
views on several prominent mergers in the sector have won
him accolades in the investment industry, but also angered
many merger proponents. He has helped the firm expand its
investment coverage within North America, and is now
building out coverage of European and Latin American
firms.
Mason is joined by two other speakers known for
their global forest sector insights – Gary Myers of
Timberlink and Brooks Mendell from Forisk Consulting. Visit
www.fimo2014.com to register or see
programme details.
The Forest Industry Engineering
Association (FIEA) is running the third biennial forest
industry investment conference – FOREST INVESTMENT AND
MARKET OUTLOOK – in Auckland on 9–10 April 2014. It will
be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in the city. This latest
conference will focus on strengthening ties between the
equity investment, finance and forest products industries in
New Zealand and globally. New Forests are confirmed at the
Principal Conference Sponsor. New Zealand’s key industry
associations have also indicated their support for this
pan-industry meeting.
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