LNG (Liquefied natural gas) is in the center of many global negotiations at the moment, so after President Trump has pointed out that Germany is one of the largest buyers of Russian Gas, Picking Alpha has addressed to Dan Gramza to shed light on the LNG market trends.  Dan is answering the following questions in […]

Dan Gramza talks to Picking Alpha about his view on the markets for the second half of 2018.  How traders can navigate the rest of the year. Q.: 2nd half of 2018 for markets: trade wars, pre-Brexit uncertainty, interest rates hike and returning volatility, how to navigate in such conditions.  Historically, what are the most […]

Picking Alpha is talking to Pekka Pesonen, Secretary General of Copa -Cogeca, leading European Farm and Farm Cooperatives Lobby.  Our discussion is centered on the land ownership, possibilities of investments in Farm IPOs and funding opportunities.

Vincent Van Dessel, CEO Euronext Brussels, talks to Picking Alpha about Agricultural IPOs on Euronext.  Euronext can boast about very old listings (fromm 1919) to two Unicorns.

Dr. Mila Kletsky, President, Academic Director, Picking Alpha With just weeks away from long expected legalization of recreational marijuana in Canada and Massachusetts (USA) the global market of cannabis goes through understandable volatility, fear and tension. Cannabis indexes.      In November of 2017 on expectations of California and other states medical/recreational marijuana legalization the Global Composite […]

Picking Alpha has asked Dan Gramza to share his opinion on the returning market volatility and share his ideas on how to navigate it successfully. Is it true that USA government plays a major role in US market volatility?  D.G.: Yes, either directly or indirectly the USA government can play a role in US and […]

Author: James Eagle Sasha and Cedrique had pulled it off. It was breathtakingly brilliant. They had set up a stand at one of the best known organic food conventions in Europe. The trouble was that they didn’t own a restaurant or a genuine business, which was sort of a prerequisite. They didn’t even have a […]

Dr. Mila Kletsky, President, Academic Director, Picking Alpha   Europe. Europe potentially  is set to become  one of the biggest cannabis  markets in the world with its  742,517,277  population  of which at least 12%  are already its’ active users  and this is  apart from medical, edible  and industrial uses of  cannabis.  Legislation in Europe is […]

Macro conditions – Cannabis legalization in the world.    Part 1. Dr. Mila Kletsky, President, Academic Director, Picking Alpha Cannabis market, as many investors watching the market consider now, is gradually unfolding in the    future MEGA Trend.  Of course, there is an opposition to this opinion, investors who see no bright future for this market,   or […]

To answer a question that worries all market players at the moment: Would looming trade wars destabilize currencies, bonds, gold and equity markets, Picking Alpha has addressed to Dan Gramza.  Dan answers the following questions: The first question is of course about real possibilities of USA-China trade wars.  As it was suggested by Peter Navarro […]

Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)  chaired by Michael Bloomberg has received an overwhelming support of its’ activities in the face of Belgian Government, Belgian Regulators, pan-European stock exchange Euronext and Euronext Brussels, which was the host of this milestone event. Belgian Government was the fourth government to support this initiative and Belgian regulator […]

Picking Alpha has addressed to Dan Gramza – globally renown market analyst and educator, who has presented trading courses in over 35 exchanges, four regulators and 35 countries, to understand how traders can approach markets during the trade wars. How has so-called “trade wars” threats have affected aluminum, steel and related industries markets in USA ? D.G.: Besides an […]

Sustainability and Sustainable Finance are among the widely discussed topics especially where Alpha is concerned.  It is Picking Alpha’s mission to show the opportunities and search for solutions, so this time we have addressed to Martina Macpherson, President, Network for Sustainable Financial Markets & Visiting Fellow at Henley Business School, with questions related to the […]

It’s estimated that more than half of organizations across the EU are still unaware of the GDPR, said Jane Murphy, Founder and President of the European Data Protection Office. “Unawareness of the extraterritorial reach of the GDRP is also an alarming fact. A vast majority of companies outside the EU don’t realize that the GDPR […]

As the world embraces Circular Economy and Sustainability becomes common practice Picking Alpha has addressed to Dan Gramza to start the research of the impact one of the key components of today’s progress – electric cars.  How electric car industry will affect the commodities market. Q.: What components of the electric car are making an […]

Dr. Mila Kletsky President, Academic Director, Picking Alpha Farm & Food 4.0 International Congress (Berlin, Jan 22, 2018) stands out of the whole family of similar events on Digitalization of the AgriFood sector.   In this article we do not intend to review or narrate all Congress events, our goal is to focus on the major […]

Brussels, Belgium – Euronext Brussels awarded the best performing listed companies and its’ members during the New Year’s reception. The Small, Medium and Large cap winners are: Deceuninck (DECB),  argenx (ARGX), Umicore (UMI).  The past year 2017 was a rather special year for the Exchange as it was able to reach the historical record in […]

Today’s price of Bitcoin has bitten even the wildest dreams for the growth speed as it is being sold for $ 16,700.  And during the first hours of Bitcoin Futures trade it’s price for January 2018 contract jumped from $15,000 to $18,800.  We have asked Dan Gramza to guide us through fundamentals of the new […]

As investors are getting used to the Nordic miracle, Picking Alpha is interested in the components of it’s’ success and results which the democratization of the listing process have delivered to the investment community.  Adam Kostyal, Senior Vice President, Global Listing Services (EMEA) at Nasdaq has stressed that listings are open for a company that is well prepared, […]

In search for new trends and opportunities Picking Alpha is addressing the growing trend in Investments: Venture Philanthropy.    In order to dissect the issue and get clear picture for investors and businesses we have addressed to Bernard Uyttendaele, CEO of European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA).  Venture Philanthropy and Social Investments market in Europe has grown […]

Olga Kletsky, MBA, Editor-in-Chief / CEO, Picking Alpha Who could ever imagine while launching first EU Sentinel satellite that it had been destined among other functions to become a key player in risks management process? The most  unpredictable often  violent and ruthless  components  of any project management are  in-built in  programmatic risks management.  These risks […]

As talks about the next already nearing financial crisis are going around the world Picking Alpha is searching for answers and solutions.  We are taking a deep dive into a Circular Economy that on one hand is as old as the humanity and on the other hand is a new economic term that our fast […]

Part 2 Picking Alpha continues earlier conversation with Mr. Philippe Brunet, Director for Space Policy, Copernicus and Defence at the European Commission, European Commission DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, Directorate I – Space Policy, Copernicus and Defense. Do you think that using space technologies can give opportunity for much faster growth (than […]

Q.: With oil prices going up on the last day of October could you suggest what are your expectations regarding the Brent prices for November, there are speculations that it will hit far above $60 per barrel based on Saudi Arabia and Russia willingness to support oil output cut at the next OPEC meeting? D.G.: […]

Every company and organization has a never ending task – to reduce costs, to concur price volatility for the commodities and inputs.  What do we do when presented with the free commodity?  Are we ready to maximize the potential of the 21st Century commodity – data?  Picking Alpha has started a search for answers from […]

While MIFID II is set to improve financial market transparency and increase reliability of the available information, there are still issues of liquidity and position limits that have to be addressed.  In Agri commodities trade there is one most vulnerable part of the society – the farmers, who are the producers of these commodities.  With […]

Our Interview with MEP Herbert Dorfmann is a follow up conversation after his Key Note speech at the ERIAFF Convention in Hague ( European Regions for Innovation in Agriculture, Food and Forestry), ERIAFF is currently developing an all European platform for innovation Agriculture, Food and Forestry Industries.     Do you foresee a growing impact of European regions on […]

As summer is almost over, we are asking Dan Gramza to give us a snapshot of what is happening on USA grains market and how NAFTA negotiations will change it. Q.: The USDA WASDA and Crop Production report from August 10th has sent as media declares the markets in red, can you comment on this? D.G.: The […]

By 2030 Europe is aiming to have 27% of energy market in renewable energy.  On June 26 New York State was the 4th State in USA to commit to 50% use of renewables by 2030.  Not to mention rapid growth of the Australian and Asian markets.  Picking Alpha has asked Dan Gramza to comment on […]

Investments in Feeding the City: Picking Alpha workshop at the 7th Annual ERIAFF Conference in Hague.   Focus on marketing for innovators are a priority today. Prof. Mila Kletsky, President and Academic Director of the Picking Alpha and Fabio Boscaleri, Policy Officer, Toscana Region Representative Office in EU and coordinator of the ERIAFF network organized the […]

Circular Economy in agriculture is about  resource efficient agriculture with  zero waste, minimization of unpredictability of agricultural production  and precise application of all inputs, like water, fertilizers, energy, as well as optimization of arable lands usage.  All this  should  make agriculture  less unpredictable  and more certain industry for farmers and investors. Also due to the […]

Last year Tuscany Region Government has launched a one of a kind platform.  This platform is facilitating the  “meeting of  farmers’ needs with  what technologies in AgTech can offer”, as it was stressed by Fabio Boscaleri, Policy Office, Tuscany Regional Office in Brussels,  in order to enhance their  implementation process.   We say nothing new by […]

Author: Mila Kletsky, Ph.D. (Econ.), President / Academic Director Picking Alpha What is in it for me?  Do you want me to pay for your “brilliant” innovation and I ask you – why should I if today I can’t use them for my own good?  This is a story about Farmers, Innovators and Innovations, Big […]

Dan Gramza gives Picking Alpha a brief review of the USA grains markets and what June 2017 will bring to the markets.  Q.: Do you think there are grains or other Agri contracts that were negotiated while Donald Trump was visiting Saudi Arabia? D.G.: The information we have so far is the primary focus was on […]

MiFID II (Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II)   aims to ensure financial stability in the European Union member states by improving accountability and transparency in the financial system. Just in few months it will be mandatory for every European Institution to comply with its regulations.  Picking Alpha has talked to Karel Lannoo, CEO of CEPS, […]

Impact investments and socially responsible investments are the two highly trending terms in investment community.  Though not everyone wants to understand and even to hear about them, and so far just very few want to try to implement them.  Acceptance of the need for only thoughtful investments that do not hurt the humanity and our […]

Max Schulman, Chairman of the Cereals & Oilseeds working group, COPA COGECA was one of the key-speakers at the conference Farm Management: Innovations & Financing, organized by PickingAlpha in partnership with COPA COGEA and Toscana Region Representative Office.  It was held in Brussels, May 5, 2017. In his speech in the Policy Panel and Concluding […]

Dan Gramza gives Picking Alpha a brief review of the USA grains markets and how May 2017 political and other events can affect the market. Q.: How did French elections affect grain trade in USA and globally? Do you think the second round will have a different effect? D.G.: The Primary French elections did not seem […]

Picking Alpha interview with Dame Ellen MacArthur, Founder, Ellen MacArthur Foundation.  This interview was taken at the 10th Annual Forum For Agriculture in Brussels, Belgium.  FFA, organized by Syngenta and European Land Owners Organization, is the leading agricultural forum in Brussels, that brings together the greatest trend setters in agriculture and agri policy from all […]

Picking Alpha has asked a leading USA dairy broker Brian Rice, the founder and Co-Owner of Rice Dairy LLC, in Chicago, IL, to give his perspective on the Dairy Export Markets that might have possible effect on US Dairy.  And of course, we have to keep asking the same question all the time about Dairy markets and […]

PARTNERS Date and Time: May 05, 2017 (9:00 am – 1:30 pm) Venue: Toscana Region Representative office in EU, Rond Schuman 14, Brussels, Belgium, 1040   9:00 am – 9:30 am registration, coffee 9:30 am – 10:30 am PANEL I. EC Policy on Innovation – today and tomorrow Moderator: Jan Huitema, MEP Participants: Louis Mahy, […]

By definition, “Eco-design is an approach to designing products with special consideration for the environmental impacts of the product during its whole life cycle”.  Why has it become one of the hottest topics in EU legislation now, how can it in the end of a day change our lives?  The simplest answer is – should […]

Jobs creation is the question of utmost importance in the world with its’ growing population and in Africa in particular with its’ population growth that should reach 2 billion in 2050. So are the environmental impact of the modern civilization, waste accumulation and processing, losses of raw materials, the list can go on and on.   […]

Part  3 Today we publish the final part of Picking Alpha interview with Mr. Pablo Castagnino, Secretary, Embassy of Argentina in Brussels, Head of the Economic Section.  Our conversation concentrated on his insights in analysis of the fastest growing sectors of renewable energy in the country, finance sources in this sector and live examples of the Argentina’s […]

By 2050 the population of Africa will grow by 1 Billion to reach overall 2 billion people.  Taking into account almost 70% of the African population is below 25 years old it becomes clear that this continent is the “youngest” and could be viewed as the most promising in terms of its development in the […]

Second Part of March 2017 is full of turbulent events, to name just two of them: US Feds just raised interest rates by 0.25% and UK is expected to trigger Article 50.  How will US dairy markets react? Picking Alpha has asked a leading USA dairy broker Brian Rice, the founder and Co-Owner of Rice […]

Dan Gramza gives Picking Alpha a brief review of the USA grains markets and their relationships with the EU grain markets. Q: What are the major trends of USA grain market in March-April  do you foresee  with the stronger dollar, stable oil prices and approaching  political risks in Europe ? DG: My outlook for the […]

While we say uncertainty we immediately imagine any phenomena with the unknown or unexpected results.  The expansion of globalization and a new wave of technical progress, when almost daily some new innovations come to the market and the replacement the existing products or technologies have become a “routine” event.  This way hhe Uncertainty gradually has […]

At the moment dairy prices require careful monitoring therefore we have addressed to Brian Rice, Founder and Co-owner of Rice Dairy (USA) so that he could share his views on the hot dairy topics for the month. Q.:  Has the election of new US President affected US dairy market?  A.:   Since the 2016 US Presidential […]

Part 2 We continue our conversation with Mr. Pablo Castagnino, Secretary Embassy of Argentina in Brussels, Head of the Economic Section.  In this part we are publishing information on more detailed steps which country’s new Government has undertaken to make Argentina energy’s sector attractive for foreign investors, specific prospects of the energy sector progress in Argentina. Q.: […]

In this second part of our interview with Kari Herlevi, Senior Lead at SITRA, we continue our discussions on Circular Economy.  Just to refresh our previous conversation let us remind you that SITRA is a Finnish Fund operating under the country’s Parliament.   This fund’s major focus is on bringing together problem solvers of the major […]

Part 1 In our interview with Mr. Pablo Castagnino, Secretary Embassy of Argentina in Brussels, Head of the Economic Section, we focused on current and future development of renewable energy sector in Argentina. Mr. Castagnino said, that “Today, wind energy accounts for 55 % of the world’s renewable energy capacity, followed by photovoltaic (29 %), […]

Where will European agriculture move  in the next 10 years?  Will it depend on import from other countries or it is heading to the self-sufficiency and therefore is attractive for investments?  The dairy sector of EU agriculture today is boasting with high quality products and therefore with a high demand for them in the other […]

While USA is debating the rejection of sustainability in the energy market EU takes very decisive steps towards totally sustainable markets. In our interview with Annika Hedberg, Senior Policy Analyst at European Policy Centre (EPC) we discuss the Energy Union Package, which the European Commission published at the end of November and will be further […]

Interview with Jane Murphy, who is a member of the Brussels Bar, Counsel (Corporate Lawyer) with Law Square.  She holds Masters in Law degrees from the ULB University of Brussels and from Laval University in Canada, as well as a Masters (LL.M) in European and International Law, obtained from the VUB University of Brussels.  Jane […]

In search of new exciting opportunities for investing Every new market requires a multi factor analysis of opportunities, possible players, weaknesses, strength and risks. Consequently as far as Circular economy and Bio economy are still fairly new and unknown terms on the global market, it is essential to meet industry players engaged in the process […]

Circular Economy is the term widely heard and frequently used especially in Europe, now more and more in China, North Africa, and Latin America.  Nevertheless in spite of its popularity and almost habitual usage just a handful of people would be ready to explain its real meaning and significance for the world.  Some would speak […]

According to UN estimation the world population in November 2016 has reached about 7,5 Billion people, with a clear tendency to grow further. The estimated average annual growth of the world population (based on the assumption of declining average rate of fertility) fluctuates around 83 million people.  Around 98 Million are expected to migrate yearly […]

We have to credit Trudeau Government for the swift and thoughtful actions towards signing the CETA deal.  What does it mean for the country?  Canada through this mutually beneficial for Europe and Canada Trade Agreement gains advantages in  accessing  the 500+ million mature European market without trade tariffs, with minimum restrictions for capital movements and […]

Would CETA boost further the EU – Canada trade relations   or would it vanish and leave things as they are? Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Luxemburg  has long planned an extended discussion on CETA and finally it took place at the Federation of Enterprises in Belgium offices.    By coincidence  it happened   right   during […]

Video interview with MEP (Netherlands) Jan Huitema on the Circular Economy and how it brings new opportunities to farmers and fertilizers producers. European Legislators are about to turn problems into opportunities in farm management and fertilizer industry. Recent regulation proposal gives fertilizer industry an opportunity to enlarge their line of products with organic fertilizers, which […]

Wide support for startups’ expansion in Europe has been acknowledged as one of the top current priorities in development of the continent.   It is a well-known fact that namely SME once properly stimulated by the Governments and funded by different investors at the start can provide the lion share of the employment in the economy, […]

What is trending in Brussels now? No doubt that if one wants  to speak  on  what is trending in   Brussels  now she or he has  to talk about  Circular Economy.   Not for too many people outside of Brussels these two words ring any bells though.    Being asked about the meaning of the term “Circular Economy” […]

As Europeans are returning from summer vacations, and the shock of Brexit vote has a little bit settled in people’s minds, one of the world’s top Think Tanks – Bruegel published its new proposal – Europe after Brexit: A proposal for Continental Partnership.   This Proposal has been developed in a  course of  heated  summer  debates, […]

As Europeans begin to settle with the new Brexit / Exit realities, some European markets in no time took up to 30% plunge.  European leaders are about to meet today in Brussels to discuss British Exit and consequences it will bring to the continental part of the Union as well as United Kingdom itself.   On […]

With water being the most indispensable and scarce commodity on Earth, humanity needs to find ways to use it in the most rational and efficient ways.  Picking Alpha is discussing Venture Capital investments in water sector with a Pioneer Venture Capital Investor in CleanTech – Gina Domanig, Managing Partner at Emerald Technology Ventures. Gina Domanig […]

First and foremost Brussels Economic Forum 2016, which was held on the 5th of June,   was about the necessity of fast implementation of deep reforms of European economy.    As President of ECB, Mario Draghi clearly put it “The cost of delay (reforms – ed.)  is simply too high”.   Anything that could be done on the […]

Where do we start to look for the new trends in food chain: Wall Street, Supermarkets, Restaurant Chains or the Global Top Chefs Competitions?  Basque Culinary World Prize has gathered the best Chefs in the world, some of them have culinary empires, some of them fight for great food on our tables in their communities […]

Editorial Review of the Discussion Paper of the Netherlands Presidency Food of the Future “Food of the Future – The Future of Food” Is it not interesting and important for each of us to learn   what are we going to eat in the next future, what will our children and their children find on their tables, […]

Pickingalpha has  interviewed  Christophe Yvetot, UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization) Representative to the European Union on water scarcity solutions.  We talk about water,  the most precious  natural resource  vitally important for humanity survival, which nevertheless has been polluted, inefficiently used, not to say wasted for many decades.  With the global population growing at exponential rates, and […]

Success of  the  company, no matter is it SME or a large corporation, strongly depends on many  macroeconomic and microeconomic factors,  with the  big or even medium level trend  among them  without  any doubt  being  The Factor.   To “marry” the trend and build the niche within it – is the dream of many entrepreneurs, and […]

Interview with Catherine L. Mann, OECD Chief Economist, Head of the Economics Department and Special Counsellor to the Secretary –General G20 Finance Deputy. In today’s pressing demand for solutions in water scarcity, financial and business communities are eyeing the water sector that only few years ago was a very niche market for select investors.  Climate […]

How to manage a highly volatile and bullish Salmon market, that has a steady growth in consumer demands, but at the same time faces a number of production risks.  Soren Martens, Managing Director of Fish Pool has been in the tranches of Salmon market for the past ten years and has managed to contribute to […]

Press release (European Parliament Intergroup on “Climate Change, Biodiversity, and Sustainable Development” and “Long-Term Investment and Reindustrialisation Intergroup”) The European Parliament welcomed representatives working in the domain of water to discuss the importance of ensuring long-term investments in the sector and how they can best be materialized. It was stressed that investing in water is essential […]

Brussels – (April 26, 2016 Press release) Kagerer & Co. of Munich, Germany and Freshpack of San Martin les Boulogne, France won the top prizes in the Seafood Excellence Global awards at Seafood Expo Global, the world’s largest and most prestigious seafood event. The winners were selected from a field of 39 finalists and were […]

Robbie Turner, Head of European Markets, Rice Dairy International video interview with www.pickingalpha.com. The global dairy market has been relatively stable up until 2007,  when the first price shock turned everything upside down.  That was China who entered the market shaking it to become a new market mover.  Today this rather young and highly volatile […]

In part two of our interview with Jean Charles Bocquet, Director General of ECPA we go in detailed discussion about Food Safety and what the Crop Protection Industry is doing to improve the quality of modern pesticides and protect  investors’ expenses from illegal product distribution and consumption. Currently global pesticide industry sales have reached as […]

Food safety MEPs reiterated their support for introducing mandatory country of origin labelling of meat and milk, in a non-binding resolution voted on Tuesday. Mandatory labelling would help maintain consumer confidence in food products by making the food supply chain more transparent, they say. The motion for a resolution restates Parliament’s position in favour of […]

Part 1 Jean Charles Bocquet, Director General of ECPA (European Crop Protection Association) – the Brussels-based trade association representing the manufacturers of agrochemicals in Europe talks to www.pickingalpha.com about the Food Safety and Crop Protection Industries.  Currently they united their efforts to fight against illegal pesticides. As it occurred they cannot act without each other […]

www.pickingalpha.com is talking to John Straw, Founder of iDisrupted, who gives insights on the ways venture capitalists think about disruption in technologies and disruptive business models.  John Straw sits on boards of both European and USA Venture Capital firms and his experience of facing challenges of both markets give him an opportunity to identify and […]

After a very focused and intense debate at the Long Term Investment and Re-industrialization Intergroup of European Parliament, that comprehensively discussed COP21 and Profitability of Sustainable investments, www.pickingalpha.com had a follow up interview with Vice-Chair of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Mr. Gilles Pargneaux, MEP, France.  In this committee Mr. Pargneaux’s  mainly […]

PickingAlpha.com talks to Mark O’Byrne, GoldCore Founder and Research Director.  GoldCore was founded in Dublin in 2003, GoldCore were Ireland’s first gold broker. GoldCore are now one of the leading gold brokers in the world, serving clients in Ireland, the UK, U.S. and over 45 countries internationally.GoldCore have over 4,400 clients, with over $110 million […]

Press release – External/international trade MEP To help strengthen Tunisia’s economy, hit not least by 2015 terrorist attacks, MEPs backed emergency plans to allow an additional 70,000 tonnes of its virgin olive oil to be imported duty free in the EU, in 2016/17. However, MEPs also inserted requirements for the EU Commission to do a […]

Long Term Investment and Re-industrialization Intergroup Press Release, February 17, 2016 Press release – COP 21: Whats’next? On February 17, the Long-term Investment and Re-industrialization Intergroup of the European Parliament held a conference with over 200 participants on long-term investment in relation with climate change, taking stock of what has been achieved and what still needs to […]

Long Term Investment and Reindustrialisation Intergroup Press Release, January 20, 2016 Adoption of the EP Report on stocktaking And challenges of the EU Financial Services Regulation This morning, the European Parliament in Plenary Session adopted by overwhelming majority the final version of Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) Committee’s Report on stocktaking and challenges of the […]

Michael Collins  Deputy Chief Executive & Public Affairs Director at Invest Europe talks to pickingalpha.com about current situation in European Venture Capital Industry, how current and upcoming legislation is set to grow VC industry in 2016. As the interview was filmed US Federal Reserve made a decision to raise interest rates by a .25%.  Not […]

Economical recovery and restructuring for immediate returns and sustainable long term growth to address losses due to the oil prices crisis, is Azerbaijan’s priority right now.  The Second Business Forum in Brussels  Azerbaijan through the eyes of international investors was held by The European Azerbaijan Society.    Participating in the Forum  Belgian and European companies, Belgian […]

Manuela Traldi, President of Italy-Azerbaijan Trade Institute (ITAZERCOM) speaks to www.pickingalpha.com about open niches in Azerbaidjan, the country with strategic location, 9 climate zones, and government driven to take the latest and greatest of global innovation, technologies and knowledge and implement it for the benefit of fast economic growth.  The oil and gas economy is […]

Piet Klop, Senior Adviser Responsible Investments, PGGM which  is one of the biggest Pension Funds in Netherlands.   PGGM consistently implements the idea of Responsible Investments, Exclusion and financial sustainability.  Quoting their own words ‘PGGM is convinced that financial and social returns can go hand in hand’.   The Fund has chosen few directions for […]

In other words we would like to find out how Belgian Textile Think Tank can can serve needs of investors in the industry to prevent investments failure and pave success for the textile based product on the market. Belgium has a very intense and diverse history of textile production from the finest of laces to […]

Milano World Food Expo 2015 has demonstrated that in spite of growing concerns of many an investor regarding the “stability” of agricultural commodities price decline the food chain production continues to be a very attractive investment area. In the first place nobody has any doubts that the exponentially growing world population is and will always […]

Georgia without any hesitation can be considered an emerging aggressive producer in the fast expanding world hazelnuts and walnuts markets.   Georgian nuts producers significantly benefit from the climate compare to the competitors, which few times prevented crops from failure while their competitors experienced big losses.  With the growing support of the EU and thanks to […]

Sarah Taylor, Partner, Holman Fenwick Willan  LLP,  discovers the specifics of the little known for public though heavily used by professionals type of lease which is a lease of gold.  She explains why and how gold owners – both institutions such as banks etc., as well as  individuals – can benefit from their gold vaults […]

Christopher  Wyke,  Schroders,  justifies the reasons of why one of the top global asset management companies contrarily to majority is  heavily investing in commodities and keeps its bullishness on commodity markets. Christopher Wyke explains the company position in regard to energy markets, explains why agricultural commodities markets are very attractive for investments in the today’s […]

Andreas Schweitzer, Senior Managing Partner of  Arjan Capital Ltd  in his market review of Iran  shares with www.pickingalpha.com the firsthand knowledge of the currently undervalued  (even deterrent due to the sanctions) and nevertheless to-be-discovered unique investment opportunities in Iran.  In particular he talks about various sectors of the Iranian economy other than the well-known oil industry.   His almost […]

Dan Gramza gives his insights on trading European Power Futures on the first day of their trade and comments on trading spreads between them and agri futures.   What is your opinion on the connection between agricultural and energy futures?  Is there any? –          Yes,  they are connected for the following reason: to produce a crop energy […]

Mr.Boris Iarochevitch, Deputy Head, Delegation of the European Union to Georgia in his interview to pickingalpha.com talks about strategically located Georgia and it’s economy.  He gave insightful comments on current economic situation in the country which boasted with the high growth just few years ago, its currency, and strategic goals.  In particularly, Mr. Boris Iarochevitch also described the […]

What are the prices of diamonds, do they ever go down? What is the difference between buying a ring or investing in diamonds? Is there the most volatile diamond group?

Boris Iarochevitch, Deputy Head, Delegation of the European Union to Georgia  in his interview to  pickingalpha.com   provides a comprehensive analysis of less known to investors emerging market which as it appeared currently rising  as  gateway to 500 mln European consumers, we are talking about  Georgia.  Why European Union is supporting development of infrastructure projects in […]

Dan Gramza answers two questions about the futures industry.  First question that keeps coming back to the futures traders over the years: whether futures idustry is dying out and why.  Second: how to trade with the futures open outcry closed?  Dan gives us his logic on how to deal with volume during the 24 hour […]

Dan Gramza shares his view on the Italian market, Durum Wheat futures contracts and Spring being annual grain futures market turning point Daniel Gramza one of the most prominent traders in the world, with 30 years of extensive trading life, he speaks to pickingalpha.com about Gold Futures and Gold Mining Stocks.  Dan is President of […]

Giovanni Pagani talks to pickingalpha.com about current situation with Swiss franc, Swiss franc to euro, Swiss franc to US dollar and potential consequenses of Fed’s rate increase in todays economy.

Daniel Gramza opens up on his logic on Grain and Meat Commodities trades and market movements. Daniel Gramza one of the most prominent traders in the world, with 30 years of extensive trading life, he speaks to pickingalpha.com about Gold Futures and Gold Mining Stocks.  Dan is President of Gramza Capital Management, Inc. and DMG […]

Lou Naumovski,  KINROSS Vice-President  & General Director, Moscow Representative Office,CERBA National Chairman, gives an insight on gold prices at the mining stage and talk about different options of investing in gold.  

Lou Naumovski,  KINROSS Vice-President  & General Director, Moscow Representative Office, CERBA National Chairman, gives an insight on gold prices at the mining stage and how changing oil prices affect the market.

Daniel Gramza one of the most prominent traders in the world, with 30 years of extensive trading life, he speaks to pickingalpha.com about Gold Futures and Gold Mining Stocks.  Dan is President of Gramza Capital Management, Inc. and DMG Advisors, LLC. He is a trader, consultant to domestic and international clients, an advisor to hedge […]

Jeff Hirsch, President and Editor-in-Chief of the Family owned Strocktraders’ Almanac, a traders and investors “go to” resource for over 50 years.  The Almanac originated such important market phenomena as the “January Barometer” and the “Santa Claus Rally” and was instrumental in popularizing other tradable strategies, such as “The Best Six Months Strategy” (commonly known […]

Giancarlo Dall’Aglio, is a commodities trader and an Italian commodities trade Guru at www.commoditiestrading.it, Giancarlo is based in Naples, Italy.     How have agricultural commodities reacted to the recent events of oil prices drop, Russian ruble destabilization and Swiss franc jump? What has influenced agricultural commodities prices more in my opinion was the strengthening of […]

Agricultural commodities plunged to the more than decade low on concern  of China economic slowdown along with oil prices slump.  Decline of Chinese economy growth  means less demand  for raw materials affecting demand for all commodities, Bloomberg  commodity index of 22 agricultural, energy and metal prices dropped to the lowest level since 2001 (Nov), by […]

Giovanni Pagani, Partner, Studio Fiduciario Pagani SA, graduated in Physics at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH) in 1992 and in Economics at the University of Lausanne (HEC) in 1995 with first class honours and prizes for best faculty examinations. Afterwards, he started his career at UBS in Zurich while still continuing the […]

Giovanni Pagani, Partner, Studio Fiduciario Pagani SA, graduated in Physics at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH) in 1992 and in Economics at the University of Lausanne (HEC) in 1995 with first class honours and prizes for best faculty examinations. Afterwards, he started his career at UBS in Zurich while still continuing the […]

The Lugano Fund Forum (LFF) is the fourth edition of one of the most important event focused on Asset Management, Investment Tools (covered warrants, certificates, ETF, structured bonds, unit linked …) and Fundamental Analysis, organized in Switzerland and Northern Italy. The forum took place at the prestigious Palazzo dei Congressi, on the 24th and the 25th of November 2014.    

Former President of the ECB, Jean-Claude Trichet speaks to pickingalpha.com at the Lugano Fund Forum about recent and looming financial crises. Former President of the ECB, Jean-Claude Trichet  is presently chairman of the Group of Thirty (Washington), chairman of the Board of Directors of Bruegel Institute (Brussels), Chairman of the Trilateral  Commission (Europe), a member of […]

Markó Partners is an independent corporate finance consulting and advisory boutique company operating in the international seafood industry. Its extended area of expertise embraces various aspects of international seafood industry development, such as monitoring and analysis of news, data concerning fishing and pricing information, consumption trends, any information related to aquaculture, fishing and processing or […]

Markó Partners is an independent corporate finance consulting and advisory boutique company operating in the international seafood industry.  Its  extended area of expertise embraces various aspects of international seafood industry development, such as  monitoring and analysis of  news, data concerning  fishing and pricing information, consumption trends, any information related to aquaculture, fishing and processing or […]

Sustainable fishing is ever increasingly Important. In this video Picking Alpha interview Gisli Gislason of the Marine Stewardship Council about the benefits of business certification.

High quality fish oil which tastes great, a recent food innovation discussed in this video.

Forget Salmon investment it’s overheated, white fish has potential according to Thor Sigfusson.

Jon Olafsson is the Chairman of Icelandic Glacial, Picking Alpha interviewed Jon about investing in commodities.

Reykjavik Fashion Festival 2014 has presented eight Icelandic brands: Farmers Market, Ziska, magnea, ELLA, REY, Sigga Maija, Cintamani, JÖR. Reykjavik fashion festival that was over this Sunday was as unexpected as Icelandic weather: on its cat walk we could see globally recognized brands – Cintamani, Farmers Market alternated with established locally recognized companies and very ambitious start ups.  General impression from the […]

Martin Schierer, CEO, Otto Group Russia talks to PickingAlpha about Otto Group in Russia and answers the following questions: What does OTTO Group do in the Russian market? In OTTO Group what is the share of the Russian market? In many statistical reports Russia is recognized as the fastest growing retail market, do you have retail […]

Holiday Jewelry Show at METALLO NOBILE – Trade School for jewellery crafting and design in Florence Ignacio Elizari at Metallo Nobile (Ring / Yellow & White Gold with diamond & ruby / wax and engraving) Ignacio Elizari at Metallo Nobile (Bracelet / Yellow & White Gold with diamond, ruby & sapphire / done by wax and engraving) […]

First trading day November 22, 2013 showed growth of 43.4% for VINCE clothing brand.  They closed at $ 28.66.  An affordable luxury brand has surprised many with it’s fast growth, it’s parent company Apparel Holding Corp. (est. 1961, New York, New York), a diversified apparel company, designs, manufactures, and markets various fashion products for retailers, […]

We don’t make big news stating, that one foresees a stable development of the luxury market in the near future, with its’ 4-5% projected growth for 2013 and 5-6% growth for each year including 2015.  Following the crisis this market turns out to be a stable and growing investment opportunity for the aspiring investor.   No […]

Zulily operates a flash sales site for apparel, shoes, toys and décor for moms, babies and kids. The company’s brands include Corky’s Kids, Crocs (CROX), Disney (DIS), Dr. Seuss, Lego and Skechers (SKX). Growth has been strong for Zulily. From 2010 to 2012, sales spiked from $18.4 million to $331.2 million. In fact, during the […]

Andrew Weiss, Weiss Asset Management Andrew Weiss is President and CIO of Weiss Asset Management, co-founder of Child Relief International, and Professor emeritus of Economics at Boston university. Weiss graduated from Williams College, received his Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University, and was an Associate Professor of Economics at Columbia University. He is in the […]

Olga Kletsky, MBA, Editor-in-Chief / CEO, Picking Alpha Sohn Conference in London, the gathering of top international investors, has just acknowledged efficiency of “boring” investment strategies for recent economic situation.  Why?  Why these low risk, very cautious strategies, with so far very modest returns of Banks such as Canadian Banks and some other nations’ banks […]

According to OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2013-2022: “ World fisheries and aquaculture production is expected to reach about 181 Mt by 2022, a 18% growth compared to the 2010-12 base period. Most of the production gains will come from aquaculture, which will increase by 35% over the Outlook period. Aquaculture is projected to surpass capture fisheries […]

A very anticipated IPO of Potbelly (symb: PBPB)  in Food Industry is so far matching it’s expectations.  It was estimated to sell at $ 10-11 per share at the beginning of trading, though it started at $ 14 and is now at $ 32.55 per share, so it jumped in two hours 232.5% from nearest […]

5000 tons of the world’s precious commodity  – fish- is being discarded into the ocean every year by the countries  that are fishing in Atlantic Ocean for many hundreds years (fish heads are cut off and thrown into the water).  In our days of Innovation and Efficiency these heads – in fact highly demanded by […]

As a small country Iceland does not breed the small country mentality – quite opposite happens here as we see now.   With the smart navigation in selecting partnerships Icelandic businesses are quickly bouncing back.   Recent IPOs on the NASDAQ OMX Iceland have shown consistent and very impressive results which are very much in line with […]

After a post-crisis reshaping Iceland’s Arion Bank has to “walk the talk”:  be an entrepreneur and innovator itself, something that banks prefer to see in their customers.  Regular banks are not angel investors – it is not their job description, modern banks do not invest in startups, in general they wait for a private angel […]

In the search for the next best investment idea PickingAplha has visited Reykjavik Investor Day for startups, that was held within Start Up Reykjavik 2013 a mentorship-driven seed stage investment program.  This event was organized and supported by Arion Banki, Klak, and Innovit and was very well attended by the Venture Capitalists, Bankers and Private Investors. […]

After working and travelling in many established and young democracies we were pleasantly surprised by Europe’s oldest democracy habits: President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson was in line for his Sunday morning coffee on August 18, 2013 in the charming café in Borgarnes, Iceland.  The only two high ranking distinctions were that the car in which he […]

Óli Örn Eiriksson, Head of Economic Development Department City of Reykjavík, speaks about investment opportunities in Reykjavik and Iceland, in particular about low cost energy sources, renewable energy sector and it’s unexpected relationship with food and agriculture industries.  He draws a an after crisis picture of Icelandic economy and numerious investment opportunities food, IT and […]

The National Retail Federation in USA estimates that Americans will spend $72.5 billion on back-to-school shopping.  According to NRF study the majority vote is the in the hands of school children and college students, not their parents who pay for the shopping.  So the second busiest shopping season has already started, but has not reached […]

A rapidly growing consumer demand for healthy organic food has brought another “healthy food retail giant” to the market.    On July 31, 2013 Sprouts Farmers Market IPO gave a fast jump in stock price of about 123%.  The veteran of natural & healthy grocery stores Whole Foods Market in 2007 has sold its Henry’s stores […]

Australian Retailers are facing a tough competitor – Global Retailers, with a lower price tag and reasonable quality.   How Australians, who took the world with the UGGs, Willow, Sara Phillips and not to mention sport/outdoor lines, will resolve the situation?  They seem to win in the online battle – according to PayPal and Nielsen global […]

Starbucks is demonstrating in Q3 both art of coffee making and art of management.  With the 7% growth in traffic worldwide Starbucks management was able to increase it’s earnings per share by 28%.  Read more….

The value of the cake and biscuits market is to rise 17.7% in the next five years according to Research and Markets study.  As the economic times toughen people are in desperate need “to sweeten” their reality and do not worry about their waistline when consuming cakes and biscuits, though they still think about their […]

A billionaire mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg has introduced a controversial proposal that goes through numerous court rulings at the moment – to limit the size of soft drink glasses in order to fight the obesity.  Some Americans take is too personally as to why the politician has to think about the volume of […]

After the German incubator Rocket Internet has successfully pioneered Asian and Russian on-line fashion markets others are trying to enter as well.  Asos the largest UK online retailer is entering China, though the launch dates are not know yet.  Has Alibaba gained itself new competitors before the IPO, or it will continue to dominate the […]

Red Rabbit  founder Rhys Powell has a great idea as a foundation of his business – to help raise a healthy generation of Americans. A search for a healthy school meal lead a Harlem father to start his own business, because there was a void of healthy food for children in NYC, in the city […]

Bird flue outbreak, dead hogs in Chineese rivers can become a major obsticle for Smithfield Foods, Inc world’s largest hog producer in their attempt to sell shares to the China‘s larges prok producer.  Read more…

One might think that vegetarians are the major downward drivers of the modern meat industry, but it turns out that low daily consumption of meat is the greatest threat to profits and prices in the meat market.  Modern menu is too diverse to be the major driver for just the meat market, as it was […]

National Dairy Plan has helped India to maintain # 1 position in the world in milk production since 2011.  Though India’s GCMMF (Amul) milk processor ranks only # 18 in Global ranking of Milk processors according to IFCN Top 20 milk processors list 2012.  Read more…

Neiman Marcus, Inc. a  USA luxury retailer announced on June 24, 2013  that it has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its common stock to be sold by existing stockholders of Neiman Marcus. The number of shares to be offered and the price range […]

Whole Foods is known to be the most profitable name in  the  grocer business. Last year the company reported  a 6.3% operating margin which gave the company   a  15% return on equity.  The company plans to triple its number of stores, planning to open 1,000  new locations. Read full article

Along with the globalization the food markets demand is dramatically changing.  One of the untapped so far changes is the growth of demand on spicy foods, sauces, chilli, various spices flavoring just regular noodles and pasta.  Pizza demand extension all over the world follows with the increasing demand on spicy sauces….. read more

German, Italian and French  food and beverages companies are far ahead of their UK and US rivals on the highly potential markets of Eastern and Central Europe.   These countries markets of food and beverages with more than 110 million  consumers and more than $1 trillion  of domestic product  looks more potential than BRIC countries for […]

One of the world’s leading experts  in executive careers’ building, award winning entrepreneur, Tony Goodwin (UK), Founder and CEO  Antal International Network, executive recruiting  company, operating on five continents.  T. Goodwin who was one of the pioneers  in developing his own  business in Russia and other emerging countries shares his view on the  growth in […]

Vitaly Paroshin (Canada), Area Director: Eastern & Southern Europe International Trade Branch Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Employment Ministry of Research and Innovation, Ontario,  member of CERBA  highlights  new investment opportunities in Canada other than familiar mining, lumber, construction sectors. He also talks on  developments of Canadian International trade and Canadian SME international  activities.

Two new labels in UK  Man’s Fashion  have won 2013 awards  of  Fashion Forward initiative. Fashion Forward initiative is an  incubator fund, which recognizes and promote new fashion talents in UK.  Last year Fund’s  award  was won by  Lou Dalton, this year Fund’s  list of talents is extended by two new  labels   and they are  Christopher Raeburn and […]

Prof. P. Dutkiewicz (Canada), Carlton University, Member,  National Board of Directors CERBA  comments on investment climate in Russia, investments to Canada and new business opportunities  arising in Russia. He discusses some investment ideas,  that being beneficial nevertheless are  currently undervalued, which are based on  huge investment  opportunities like   in Canada like  in Russia.

Lavazza, 118 years old Italian family company producing organic coffee, focuses on international markets. The company presents in 90 countries in the world. The international sales reached as high as 47% of the company revenue in 2012 and net profit grew to $127.15 million. The company joins competition races with Starbucks.

United States  coffee  market ($27.9 bn currently)  showing  annual growth at 5,6%  for the past few years expects to grow by 2018 to  $33.7 bn.  Within this market the new  rapdly extending segment of sophisticated coffee brewing is attracting investments from investment companies like private equity firms, venture capitalists as well as  rich and famous individuals like […]

Carnet de Mode  or  “Parisien temple of fashion” as they call themselves devoted to digital promotion and sales of new French  fashion designers production.  They provide them with the opportunity to raise funds  via crowdfunding platform operated on the site. Currently the company has 200 designers with more than 6000 products to offer to the  shoppers […]

Sixty two years old Finnish fashion leading company aimed at world’s  dominance.  The company has a rich history and a clients’ list to boast with, for ex. they  designed  clothing for Jacky Kennedy.  Now  after close examination of highly potential  Chinese market for a number of years the company opening its stores in Shanghai and Beijing.  […]

Fast  food market in China doubled from 2007 to 2012 to reach $163 bn, the growth is backed by the income growth in low tie cities.  Though the road to gowth is not expected to be a smoothy ride due to the growing concern of chinese public with food quality, growing popularity of organic and green food […]

Sold for $21,2 a piece shares of Canadian  BRP snowmobile maker located in Quebec brought company to $2,5 bln capitalization level. BRP produces vehicles under Ski Doo and Sea Doo names as well as it is known to design  some exclusives  such as intelligent brake systems for personal watercraft and three wheeled motorbike Spyder.  BRP  (DOO) […]

Campbell soup shifting  its “gravity” into faster growing food categories – the world famous giant acquired the fourth largest overall  and second largest USA organic babyfood brand  PLUM.  American PLUM developed 150 organic products for babies, toddlers and teenagers distributed  as online as through various health channels.

Turkey’s power market growth is recognized as the second biggest following China in the world.   Currently  German based EEX – rival of ENDEX-  signed an agreement with Turkey’s transmission system operator to create an energy exchange in the country.  Futures trading  introducing by the the  Turkey’s  electricity exchange will help to turn the country into the trading […]

Korea’s number one retailer Lotte Group has been studying Indonesian retail market for 10 years to enter the country, which as they say is a very appealing market due to its huge and growing consumer sector, growing population and developing economy. Partnering with Ciputra World Jakarta project aimed at opening Ciputra World Jakarta  innovative shopping […]

Tate & Lile  globally  renowned provider of specialty food ingredients and solutions  acquired early stage Swedish company Biovelop.Swedish company founded back in 2005 and produced its first commercial  product in 2010, in 1 year it has  already been licensed by FDA and Health Canada to operate in USA and Canada through the   exclusive distributors.  Biovelop […]

Fights  between developed countries producers of packaging materials and developing nations producers  currently occurs  in the area of materials and branding, with the former  fighting for  branding and design to drive growth and increase sales of food products, while growing economies are more working at the new materials for packaging production, which makes packaging more […]

Investments in food processing industry cause big growth in machinery and equipment  servicing Indian food processing growth, to deeply process any products  from orchards and grains to meat and poultry sectors from raw products to fork, India needs more and more machinery and equipment for all food processing sectors such as: fruits, vegetables, dairy, meet, […]

 Whole Foods Market made a  decision to lower prices to attract more customers.   Focus on lower prices assumes that customers at Whole Foods are price-sensitive, and forgoes the notion that for certain consumers, buying pricey organic food is as much about displaying social status as it is about the food itself. As big-box retailers like […]

BARILLA, largest and most known food company from Italy  aiming at reaching $6 bln sales volume in 7 years decided to extend its activities to the emerging countries Read full article

The wool industry was the first Australian rural sector to achieve major success in China and exports totalled $2.319 billion in 2011-12 from total overseas sales worth $3.06 billion.

Luc Jones, author of the book Guide to Successful Hiring in Russia, partner of the International company with branches in dozens countries ANTAL Russia, which  is hiring in Russia  CEOs for foreign companies operating in this country.  He has been working in Russia since early 90th  of the last century.  Mr.Jones with his extensive experience […]

US company Happy Family which holds 4% of American market of baby food was founded in 2006. Last year it had more than $60 mln in  sales volume.  The deal with Danone will help the company to expand to the international markets and to acquire Danone expertise and participate in its R&D. Read full article.

Chinese phone maker Tecno has partnered Qualcomm Incorporated  and Etisalat (UAE)  to launch the Tecno P3 smartphone into the Nigerian market as a first step to  fill Nigerian and African markets with Techno smartphones.  Etisalat and Tecno had previously introduced a co-branded Dual SIM phone, the T341 alongside a 12-month free data bundle for a […]

US frozen food giant Belisio Foods that  produces an average of 2 million meals a day, working in many countries  and is the third-largest producer of frozen entrées in the United States. The company expands into the market of frozen snacks and  entrées  buying frozen food supplier Overhill Farms for $80 mln ($ 5 a share). Read full […]

As Italian  borrowing costs for both bonds due in 2016 and 2026 consequently by 30 and 48 cents the country  raised 3.5 billion euros with bonds due in 2016 and 1.5 billion euros in bonds due in 2026, as well as  3.0 billion euros of a new bill due in 2018.  Read full article

The New York-based company – Jones Group stands behind  such brands as Anne Klein, Nine West, Vanderbuilt, Jones New York and others  is aimed at improving its profitability, taking some measures recently the company already  had reported a higher-than-expected profit for the holiday quarter in February, as sales of its shoes and jeans to U.S. department […]

“Any entrepreneur working with these companies can expect  to get triple the feedback, investment and support”, –  said Bill Maris, managing partner of Google Ventures.   Three firms are pledging to work together to arrange seed funding ranging from $250,000 to $2 million to support ideas for software and other gear built for Google Glass.  The venture […]

Investment management  company  TowerBrook Capital Partners   Managing Director Andrew Rolfe said, that the company is excited to help the  True Religion Jeans  to build the brand and expand their international opportunities.   Read full article

E-commerce is  rapidly qrowing in business in India. Just one example – with operations in Bangalore, Mumbai and Hyderabad,  Bigbasket has garnered 40,000 active users over the last two years and sales are growing at a clip of 20% month-onmonth. “People are now ready to try it and once they do, they come back. Stickiness […]

Joerg Wolle, president and CEO, DKSH Group, said: “While mature markets like the US or Europe are still facing challenges, companies continue to turn to Asia for growth opportunities. Due to the rising Asian middle class, end-consumers are becoming wealthier, have more disposable income and are getting more discerning in their choice of food. Today, […]

Watch GUCCI – World fashion icon acquired historic Italian porcelain maker Richard Ginori for $16, 8 mln to relaunch the brand, so that Ginori, rescued by Gucci from bankruptcy will continue its own production as well as contribute to launch of Gucci luxury tableware brand,  read full article

Indian market of packaged wheat flour grows by 10-15%  annually, LT Foods Inc, listed,  one of the biggest companies which  manufactures and sells rice in India, United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, European Union, the Middle East, and Africa.  The company expects about 40%  growth in 2013 compare to 2012. Read full article published in […]

Two major factors allowed to forecast the strong growth for Canadian agriculture in the current year – the slower agricultural growth  in USA and rapid growth of emerging countries’ demand for agricultural products, not to mention such factors as technological improvements and others mentioned in the staff article published in Advisor.ca    

Lou Naumovski,  KINROSS Vice-President  & General Director, Moscow Representative Office, CERBA National Board Director, Russia talks about  Kinross successful developements  in Russia, which has invested  since  2007 more than $2 bln in Russia, challenges appearing on its way, how to communicate and work  to take advantage of this really  beneficial emerging market. How would you […]

Americans gradually return back to dining-out – since Feb 15 Full-Service Restaurant Index USA  (Bloomberg) has grown by almost 10% , while Cosumer Discretionary Select Service Index performed only 4,5% growth.  In their article Anna-Louis Jackson and A.Field  analyse the new trend and possible outcome for investors, read full article  

Scotiabank Chief Representative Carlo de Benedictis  talks about  Russian membership in WTO, current situation in the Russian market, some pros and contras of working in Russia, selects some most beneficial sectors of Russian economy for Canadian and other foreign investors.

Cold March pushed  4% down total H&M sales of spring  clothing,  Sydbank A/S  based in Stockholm analyst  is still uncertain whether the company’s April and May sales could overlap the loss, full article by  Katarina Gustafsson & Paul Jarvis  read here http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-15/hennes-mauritz-march-sales-slump-as-winter-chill-delays-season.html

Couronne, Khan and brands such as Woo, a Shanghai-based producer of luxury  goods such as, silk scarves  and alike, are winning client with products that can rival goods made in Europe,  read full article

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