Global AgInvesting(SM) Promises to be the Most Critical Agricultural Investing Conference in 2012

BOSTON, Jan. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Global AgInvesting(SM) 2012, to be held at the famed Waldorf=Astoria Hotel in New York City, April 23-25, may well be the most critical and well-attended agriculture investing conference in 2012.

This fourth annual conference will help end investors understand different strategies and risk and reward exposures that are being pursued by fund managers within the ag space, and provide the opportunity to evaluate the global agriculture investing landscape and meet the managers with investable product who are shaping the burgeoning space.

Host HighQuest Partners, a leading global consultancy focused on agribusiness and agriculture investing, promises an event that features the most relevant, contemporary content to attract significant attendance by investors and key ag fund managers with investable product.

"We are the conference series that people attend to identify where money is moving within the ag space," said Jared Rose, director of Global AgInvesting, noting that last year's New York conference was attended by close to 600 people representing over $3.5 trillion in aggregated institutional assets by attending institutional investors, over 25 million acres under cultivation by attending companies, and over $12.5 billion of farmland assets managed by attending agricultural fund managers.     

Philippe de Laperouse, chairman of Global AgInvesting, added that the agricultural sector is generating increased interest from institutional investors and private capital, following decades of underinvestment. 

"Several factors, including exceptionally strong fundamentals, inflation hedging, and low correlation with other asset classes, are proving to be key drivers for closer examination of ag investments by prospective investors," said Laperouse.  "When one considers this, and that an additional 160-210 million net new acres of farmland worldwide will be required to meet expected demand for crops over the next decade, one can't help but realize the enormous investment potential in this sector."

Global AgInvesting will explain the variables positively directing investments in agriculture, including a growing world population, shift in diets in the developing world, and new demand for biomass feed stocks.

For more information about this conference, and those in Singapore and London, visit www.globalaginvesting.com.

ABOUT HIGHQUEST

HighQuest Partners (www.highquestpartners.com) is a globally recognized strategic advisory and management consulting firm that serves those in the food, agriculture and biofuels sectors in developing and executing tailored agricultural investment programs.  The company has guided the world's most prominent ag industry players and institutional investors in over 100 countries.

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SOURCE HighQuest Partners