All Natural Capital articles – Page 5
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Opinion PiecesGuest view: Government mandates essential to drive private capital into nature
The UK can become a natural capital leader under Labour by expanding regulatory frameworks
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NewsIllinois Teachers calls for consultants for its $12.2bn real assets portfolios
Pension fund issues request for proposals to potentially replace incumbent adviser Stepstone
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Opinion PiecesIPE Real Assets July/August 2024: The links between energy, data and nature
Assets under management (AUM) of the 100 largest infrastructure investment managers have risen to €2.2trn – from €1.98trn last year – according to the latest IPE Real Assets ranking. The industry is consolidating as well, led by the ongoing merger of BlackRock and Global Infrastructure Partners, which – based on current figures – would create a giant with more than €150bn in infrastructure AUM.
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InterviewsWill the EU’s Nature Restoration Law open up new natural capital investments?
Christopher Walker explores what the new law could mean for institutional investors
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NewsCatachanas’s new firm seeks capital for sustainable investment strategies
Tower Peak Partners seeking capital strategies, including infrastructure and natural capital
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NewsStudy reveals nature trade-offs when investing in energy transition
Report by UBS and Planet Tracker warns investors against ignoring the impact on nature
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NewsOctopus creates natural capital strategy led by Godfrey
Strategy to generate carbon removal credits through ’conservation and land management’
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Special ReportsReseeding agri-tech investments after a barren 2023
Investment in agri-tech might have stalled last year, but it will be a growing area critical to global food security and sustainability. Florence Chong reports
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InterviewsMichael Brand on the ‘next generation of assets’
Mercer has appointed its first head of real assets in a sign of the times. Christopher Walker speaks to Michael Brand about the move
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NewsClimate Asset Management to acquire 1,900ha Iberian farmland for up to €90m [updated]
Acquisition will be fourth large-scale regenerative agriculture project acquired by Climate Asset Management’s NCS
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NewsRoyal London makes agriculture debut with £260m South Yorkshire Pension JV
Royal London Mutual Insurance Society is acquiring 21,000 acres as part of the partnership with SYPA
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NewsAviva Investors converts Climate Transition Real Assets Fund to LTAF
Vehicle becomes Aviva’s second LTAF, following the launch of Real Estate Active LTAF in 2023
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NewsWTW cornerstones Gresham House’s $380m biodiversity strategy
Gresham House Biodiversity Co-Invest has been created to invest in habitat banks
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NewsOctopus Energy to inject up to $40m into Cultivo’s natural capital projects
Octopus Energy Generation and MassMutual Ventures lead Cultivo’s latest funding round
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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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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 ReportsRest: Super fund cultivates 25-year-old agriculture portfolio
Simon Esposito tells Florence Chong how the asset class was the highest performer in 2023
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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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Special ReportsBTG Pactual TIG: Americas timber specialist has high hopes after COP28
Caitlin Clarke talks to Razak Musah Baba about Brazil, reforestation and carbon markets
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Special ReportsTop 50 natural capital investors
The 50 largest natural capital investors are dominated by North American institutions. Richard Lowe and Tjibbe Hoekstra report
