The annual SeafoodSource.com Business Forum will take a hard look at what some say the seafood industry needs most: outside investment. The “On the Money: Trends and Opportunities for Investing in Seafood” panel discussion brings experts from three sectors of the seafood economic landscape together: commercial banking, investment banking and investing.
The trustee selling off the assets of shuttered US Company Contessa Premium Foods received a flood of 40 inquiries from parties interested in purchasing Contessa’s assets during the first 36 hours after the company’s closure went public. There is an unusually high level of interest, an unusually prompt response, Steve Victor, senior vice president of […]
While Latin America may be one of the most promising and accessible areas to acquire and invest in natural resources, non-Latin companies have been — with a few notable exceptions — reluctant to jump into the fray. “There is a risk perception that is higher than reality,” Ignacio Kleiman, managing partner with advisory firm Antarctica […]
Access to resources and lucrative markets got the continent’s leading seafood suppliers to the top of a crowded field of competitors. Maintaining relationships with key customers and building trusted, branded product lines should keep them there. The annual SeaFood Business Top 25 North American Seafood Suppliers list illustrates the importance of name recognition. Except for […]