All Forestry/Timber articles – Page 7
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News
APG to double forestry and agriculture investments
€573bn Dutch pension investor wants to grow its investment from €1.8bn to up to €5bn in the next few years
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JP Morgan expands into timberland with Campbell Global takeover
BrightSphere sells forest management and timberland investing company to JP Morgan for an undisclosed sum
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Analysis
Analysis: Manulife plots global assault on private real assets
Canadian firm plans to expand in all geographies in property, infrastructure and natural resources
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Schumacher exits Credit Suisse to lead Manulife’s global real assets business
Former Union Investment managing director to oversee property, infrastructure and natural resources
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Korea’s NPS gains global timberland exposure via Stafford fund
South Korea public pension fund invests in Stafford’s ninth global timberland fund
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Magazine
Forestry: Seeing the wood in the trees
The crucial role that timber plays as an alternative material to concrete, steel and plastics is becoming evident. Florence Chong reports on a fast-evolving global industry
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Magazine
Forestry: UK woodland values on the rise
Woodland values in the UK have been rising sharply. Elisabeth Jeffries reports on a burgeoning institutional market
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News
Astarte, SilviPar launch Latin America forestry fund with assets [updated]
Duo’s newly launched SAIFF fund seeks to raise $150m to $200m
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Gresham House buys Appian to combine housing and forestry funds
Specialist alternative asset manager Gresham House has acquired Appian Asset Management for an intitial consideration of €4.55m. Based in the Republic of Ireland, Appian is an active asset manager with €330m in assets under management across a range of asset classes including equities, property, infrastructure and forestry. Gresham House, ...
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Alaska Retirement tops up Sentinel Real Estate separate account
Consolidates farmland and timberland managers to help improve fee structure, refine strategic focus
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Iowa PERS eyes real estate, infrastructure with new allocation increase
IPERS ups allocation to private real assets from 7.5% to 8.5% as part of annual asset allocation review
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Evli targets €100m fundraise for global forestry fund of funds
Evli Impact Forest Fund I has so far raised close to a third of its target
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Illinois Teachers earmarks $920m for real estate and real assets
The $53bn pension fund has earmarked $440m for real estate and $480m to target infra, agric and timber
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Orange County redeems investment from UBS AgriVest Farmland Fund
OCERS seeks to move its agriculture allocation to zero to help reduce its real assets target weighting
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Willis Towers Watson backs True North UK forestry fund
FCS Fund, which can raise more capital via sidecar, achieves £30m target at launch
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Magazine
Timber: Slow growth environment
The timber asset class has been beset by a series of challenges. But new technology could help manage them, writes Christopher O’Dea
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News
Folksam, KLP and FPK invest via Nordic forest fund’s €500m funding round
Silvestica Green Forest fund taps Nordic pensions and insurance sector following rapid business growth
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New Mexico SIC commences real assets co-investment programme
First co-investment commitment made to BlackRock energy infrastructure fund
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News
AXA IM - Real Assets adds 4,074 hectares in Ireland to forestry portfolio
Gresham House will act as the operating partner for the 4,074-hectare Irish portfolio
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News
Sampension makes first direct forestry move with Oregon deal [corrected]
CIO cites inflation protection benefit; says much of deal price to be recouped quickly