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Upcoming Events

Timberland Investment: A Growing Asset Class

October 20 - 22, 2004

Held at Château Élan resort just 40 minutes north of Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

The conference agenda included panel discussions, academic papers, and focused question and answer sessions to provide conference participants the opportunity to interact with a wide array of timberland investment professionals.

Major topics included:

  • Timberland Ownership Trends
  • Expected Returns & Correlations
  • Portfolio Diversification Opportunities
  • Environmental / Regulatory Environment
  • Financing Trends for Timberland
  • Methods of Investing in Timberland
  • Timberland Return Drivers
  • Tax Policy for Timberland

 

 

Click the links below for video streaming of select portions of the conference.  This will open a new window in your browser.

 

Timberland Investment - The South in a Global Context

Introduction to Session 1 by Charles M. (Charley) Tarver, founding principal and President of Forest Investment Associates, an investment advisory firm in Atlanta, Georgia specializing in timberland investment management for institutional investors.


An Institutional Investor’s Perspective on Ex-US Timber Investing

Presentation #3 of Session 6, presented by Kurt Akers, Director of Research, Global Forest Partners. 

 

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