-- Learn about opportunities in all forest product market segments from the best economists in the business, as they present their outlook for the next two years.
BOSTON, Feb. 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- RISI's Annual Forest Products and Timberland Investment Conference will examine how investors rate timberland amongst other real assets, while pairing this with expert analysis on the outlook of forest products markets. The conference will take place in New York City from March 31-April 1, 2015 at the Marriott Downtown Hotel.
"In the US alone last year, 45 major transactions closed, involving $2.6 billion and total deal flow since 2010 tops $13 billion. This conference is an incredible opportunity to get a crash course in just two days and a very efficient way to gather the information you need for investing in any part of this value chain," said Bob Flynn, Director of International Timber, RISI.
The two day Investment Conference will focus on North American investment trends and opportunities, as well as the Global forest products and timberland investment market. This is a unique event combining analysis of timberland investments with an outlook on all key forest product markets including the entire supply chain, from plantation investment through end-user markets. While more than 75% of institutional investment in timberland has been in North America, major players like TIAA CREF, Harvard Management Company and PSP have been expanding their investments globally, to countries like New Zealand, Uruguay and Chile.
More than a dozen sector experts will provide regional comparisons and analysis of new trends and emerging opportunities. Conference speakers will represent investment banks, pension funds and hedge funds and will discuss how investments in timberland compare with other real asset classes, such as real estate, infrastructure, energy and agriculture.
For more details regarding the program, speakers, venue and registration, visit the event website at www.risi.com/invest.
About RISI (www.risi.com)
RISI is the leading information provider for the global forest products industry. The company works with clients in the pulp and paper, packaging, wood products, timber, biomass, tissue and nonwovens industries to help them make better decisions.
Headquartered in Boston, MA, RISI operates additional offices throughout North and South America, Europe and Asia.
About DANA Limited (http://www.dana.co.nz/)
DANA Limited is a New Zealand based company formed in 1993 by Dennis Neilson. Dennis' experience in managing land acquisition, establishment, forest management, harvesting, log transport, shipping, log and woodchip export sales and marketing forest financing and strategic planning, enabled Dennis to quickly establish a forest industry consulting business covering a number of fields.
DANA Limited presents many conferences around the world in areas of the forestry and forest products sector, timberland investment and Wood product and Wood product services.
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