All Agriculture/Farming articles – Page 2
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Special ReportsTop 25 natural capital fund managers: Fertile ground for innovation
Timber and agriculture fund managers are growing, but they are also evolving to incorporate new revenue streams such as renewable energy and carbon credits. Florence Chong reports
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AnalysisIPE Real Assets January/February 2024: Natural capital sees growth as real estate wilts
The outlook for real estate markets in 2024 is mixed, at best. The hope is it won’t be as bad as last year, when the asset class experienced varying degrees of repricing across the globe. As Tom Leahy, head of EMEA real assets at MSCI Real Estate Research, quips, “2023 has not exactly been a vintage year for real estate”.
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Special ReportsBVK: German pension fund with 15 years’ experience in timber
Kathrin Kalau-Reus tells Luigi Serenelli that the asset class will become more expensive
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NewsCenturia’s open-ended agriculture property fund adds greenhouse facility
Centuria Agriculture Fund grows to $351m with Adelaide Plains acquisition
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NewsIowa PERS plans $500m real assets commitments for 2024
Plan involves investing up to $200m in real estate and investing $300m into non-real estate deals
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NewsMirova fully deploys sustainable land fund, targets €350m for successor
MSLF2 will support sustainable forestry and regenerative agricultural projects in developing countries
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NewsAIMCo and New Agriculture buy A$300m Western Australia cattle breeding business
Chinese investor Shimao Group sells 3m-hectare Kimberley Cattle Portfolio
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NewsMaryland Retirement System makes $150m commitment to Tiverton AgriFinance fund
Tiverton Advisors is the manager of the commingled fund
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NewsPPF, APG and UniSuper take ownership of large Tasmanian plantation
Pension funds acquire Forico and hardwood estate worth over A$1bn from New Forests fund
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NewsRegenerative agriculture transition venture invests €120m in Biobest
Tikehau Capital, AXA, Unilever invest in global biological pest and disease control company
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NewsCibus Capital agrees sale of olive oil producer Innoliva to Fiera Comox
The sale highlights the market appetite for sustainably produced agriculture
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NewsClimate Asset Management buys 1,800ha farmland in Queensland
Manager to transform former sugar-cane-farmed land into a sustainably managed Macadamia orchard
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NewsMacquarie to invest up to $325m in green nitrogen fertiliser plants via Atlas Agro
Macquarie GIG Energy Transition Solutions fund is investing in US and Latin America plants
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NewsGresham House secures £80m from Bedfordshire and Staffordshire pensions
This interim close brings the total capital raised for BSIF and its side-car funds to more than £400m
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NewsWarakirri Australian agricultural fund acquires A$30m nut plantation
Warakirri Diversified Agriculture Fund buys asset in north-west Victoria
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NewsFidante enters strategic partnership with Proterra Asia to focus on agribusiness sectors
Transaction builds on existing distribution agreement between Fidante and Proterra Asia in Europe -
NewsCDPQ and CEFC partner to help boost and decarbonise farming in Australia
Canada’s CDPQ invests A$150m in newly created platform, with CEFC co-investing A$50m
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NewsAgriculture and commodities company Bunge to merge with Viterra
Viterra owners Glencore, CPP Investments and BCI to get $2bn cash and 30% stake in merged group
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NewsUK pensions slow to invest in biodiversity despite opportunities
Asset owners agreed that addressing biodiversity risk is as crucial as tackling climate change
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NewsGoldman Sachs to buy Norwegian aquaculture support services firm Frøy
Infrastructure funds managed by Goldman Sachs to buy Oslo-listed Frøy for NOK6.6bn
