Emerald Asset Management, Inc. will welcome hundreds of investment
industry professionals to the 22nd annual Emerald Groundhog
Day Investment Forum, scheduled to be held on Thursday, February 5th
at the Radisson Blu Warwick Hotel in Philadelphia, PA. “Each year we say
that the investment year begins in earnest with our annual Forum,” said
Emerald CEO and Founder Joseph E. Besecker. “This year with increased
market volatility and an uncertain economic outlook, hearing directly
from corporate leaders and our team of analysts and portfolio managers
is even more imperative,” he said. Public company senior managers,
investment portfolio managers and research analysts come together to
review 2014 and provide their initial outlook to 2015 and beyond. This
year’s Forum will include sessions focusing on cyber security, advances
in biotechnology, community and regional banks, income-oriented and
alternative investments and ongoing innovations by corporate America
generating potential investment opportunities.
The first Emerald Groundhog Day Investment Forum was held in 1994 and
has grown to become the definitive kick-off conference for investors
focusing on small- and mid-cap companies. This year senior executives
from over twenty public and private companies and Emerald are scheduled
to present, including Emerald’s “Outlook for Growth - 2015.” “The U.S.
economy has thus far avoided much of the malaise affecting other global
economies,” said Emerald Director of Research Joseph W. Garner. “Will
our leadership continue? The Forum provides a great chance to hear how
presenting companies are positioned moving forward and what they are
seeing in terms of growth and opportunities,” he said.
Presenting companies are scheduled to include: Actua Corp. (ACTA),
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY), Apogee Enterprises (APOG), Aqua America
(WTR), Bryn Mawr Bank Corp. (BMTC), Customers Bancorp (CUBI), EPAM
Systems (EPAM), GSV Capital (GSVC), Inovio Pharmaceuticals (INO),
Marinus Pharmaceuticals (MRNS), Matthews International (MATW), Quaker
Chemical (KWR), Royal Bancshares of Pennsylvania (RBPAA), S&T Bancorp
(STBA), Safeguard Scientifics (SFE), Sanchez Energy (SN), Sandy Spring
Bancorp (SASR), StoneMor Partners (STON) and Trex Company (TREX), as
well as the team of portfolio managers and analysts from Emerald
providing their outlook for 2015 and the annual economic outlook
presented by noted economist Joel Naroff. A full list of presenting
companies, seminars by Emerald’s investment professionals and
registration details are available on Emerald’s website at www.TeamEmerald.com/groundhog.
Presented by Emerald Asset Management, Forum sponsors include Pepper
Hamilton LLP, Janney Capital Markets, Boenning & Scattergood, Greentree,
Trout, Ebersole & Groff LLP, and Sturdivant & Co.
Founded in 1991, Emerald Asset Management, Inc. is a diversified
investment management company that operates thru its subsidiaries
Emerald Advisers, Inc., Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust, Emerald
Separate Account Management, LLC, Emerald Fixed Income Advisers, LLC and
Emerald Direct Lending Advisers, LLC. Assets managed by these companies
totaled over $3.2 billion as of December 31, 2014. “Driven by
Research,” Emerald is an asset management firm providing research-based
growth-oriented and income-producing portfolio management services for
institutions and individuals.
Emerald Asset Management, Inc.
Emerald Advisers, Inc.
Emerald
Fixed Income Advisers LLC
Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust
Emerald
Separate Account Management LLC
Emerald Direct Lending
Advisers LLC
3175 Oregon Pike
Leola, PA 17540
717.556.8900
800.722.4123
King
of Prussia, PA
Pittsburgh, PA
Oceanside, CA
www.TeamEmerald.com
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