#PrivateEquity The Morning Leverage: +PrivateEquity Eyes The Fishy Future Of Seafood

By Thomas Dunford

Mike Lucas for Dow Jones
Here’s a look at the top stories in this morning’s LBO Wire:

Some people find fish to have an unpleasant odor, but to private equity it may smell like opportunity. LBO Wire’s Beina Xu reports on the Seafood Investment Forum in New York, where investors including a few dozen PE firms heard about the future of aquaculture, or the farm raising of seafood. Projections of plummeting natural seafood supplies (think “Wagyu steaks of the sea”) have made aquaculture look increasingly attractive. Although, much like the sea, the market can be volatile.

In an LBO Wire exclusive, Shasha Dai reports that Morgan Stanley’s direct buyout arm, Morgan Stanley Private Equity, is about halfway through investing its current fund, according to Managing Director Alan Jones, global head of the private equity group.

And Mohammed Aly Sergie reports exclusively that Aqua Capital Partners has raised $50 million for its debut fund with a target of $150 million to invest in agribusiness, food and related services in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay.

Also, Hudson Clean Energy Partners is set to make its first investment in China, taking a minority stake in waste-to-energy project development company GSE Investment Corp….EDG Partners closes its second fund at $177.8 million after passing its $150 million target in October…Parthenon Capital Partners rounds up $700 million for Parthenon Investors IV LP.

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