Hunter Wise's Dan McClory to Speak at China International Private Equity Forum in Tianjin on "Identifying and Completing Deals in China"
IRVINE, CA and TIANJIN, CHINA -(PRNEWSWIRE)- June 9, 2008 - Hunter Wise Financial Group, LLC Managing Director Daniel J. McClory will speak on "Roles of Intermediaries in Identifying and Completing Deals in China" during a panel discussion at the 2nd Annual China International Private Equity Forum at the Tianjin International Exhibition Centre and Tianjin Grand Theatre in Tianjin, China on June 11, 2008.
Mr. McClory, who has opened Hunter Wise offices in London and Beijing, leads the firm's Small Cap Public Equities Practice, which has completed Alternative Public Offerings with European and Chinese private companies to bring them to the U.S. and U.K. capital markets.
The Tianjin event, sponsored by The Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), the All China Federation of Industry & Commerce, and the Tianjin Municipal People's Government, provides an introduction to investing in China and will feature more than 1,000 pre-screened private Chinese companies seeking Western investment, Chinese government officials, and a wide variety of private equity professionals, intermediaries, corporate development executives, lawyers, consultants and others interested in investing in China.
Other participants on Mr. McClory's panel include Brian Smith, Principal at Conway MacKenzie, Robert Dault, Managing Director of Lazard Middle Market, Mike Meagher Managing Director at C.W. Downer, and Sheena Shen, Managing Director for Great Wall Research.
Forum attendees will meet with pre-screened private Chinese companies seeking Western investment; learn first-hand about how to make successful investments in China from dealmakers succeeding in China and Chinese officials; network with other leading private equity professionals, corporate development executives, and intermediaries from North America, Europe and Asia, as well as Chinese entrepreneurs and government officials.
The forum will also include ACG's renowned Capital Connection and DealSource "speed dating" adapted to encourage maximum interaction between Western professionals and Chinese growth companies. Hunter Wise will have a booth at the China International Private Equity Forum.
In addition to the discussion on the role of intermediaries, other panel discussions at the event will include: International Investment in Chinese Growth Companies, Corporate Perspectives on Strategic Investment in China, The Changing Role of Western Private Equity in China, and Due Diligence and Managing Expectations.
Hunter Wise Securities, LLC, a FINRA Broker Dealer and SIPC Member Firm which is wholly owned by Hunter Wise Financial Group, LLC, served as exclusive placement agent in a $17 million fundraising transaction in January 2008 involving Dalian Chuming, a pork processing company that trades in the U.S. under the symbol ENHD.OB. As part of the transaction, ENHD, a Nevada corporation, acquired all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Precious Sheen Investments Limited, a British Virgin Islands corporation and parent company of PRC-based Dalian Chuming.
Energroup Holdings Corporation has subsequently reported that revenues for the year ended December 31, 2007 totaled $124.7 million, a 77% increase over the $70.4 million reported in 2006. After-tax net income for 2007 was $11.7 million, representing a 44% increase from the $8.1 million reported in 2006. Most recently, ENHD reported after-tax net income for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 of $4.2 million, a 41% increase over the $3.0 million reported in the same period of 2007.
About Hunter Wise
Headquartered in Irvine, California, Hunter Wise Securities, LLC is a FINRA-registered Broker/Dealer and
SIPC Member Firm. FINRA, or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, is the successor to the NASD and is the largest non-governmental regulator for all securities firms doing business with the United States public. All told, FINRA oversees nearly 5,100 brokerage firms. Hunter Wise Securities is wholly owned by Hunter Wise Financial Group, LLC (
www.hunterwise.com), which provides mid-market investment banking services from eight offices in North America and the United Kingdom.
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