Nuveen Expands Partnership with iCapital, Increasing Investor Access to Ag Assets
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Nuveen, the investment arm of TIAA with $1.1 trillion in AUM as of March 31, 2023 and operations in 27 countries, has expanded its partnership with global fintech platform iCapital, essentially providing greater access to alternative investments for the wealth management industry by offering
Read moreSumitomo Forestry, Eastwood Forests Launch Forestry Fund I in North America
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Sumitomo Forestry and Eastwood Forests (EF), a U.S.-based forestry asset management company co-founded in October 2022 by Alex Finkral, Glenn Wallace, and Sumitomo’s Forestry’s wholly-owned subsidiary Sumitomo Forestry America Inc., have launched Forestry Fund I with an initial contribut
Read moreCEFC, CDPQ, Gunn Agri Form New Partnership, Launch AUD 200M Australian Farmland Platform
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), a green bank owned by the Australian government, and global investment group CDPQ have formed a strategic partnership with leading Australian farmland manager Gunn Agri Partners that will focus on agricultural land in Australia. Under the terms
Read moreBunge, Viterra Merge Creating $34B Global Powerhouse
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Through a deal with an overall value of approximately $18 billion, Bunge, one of the original A-B-C-D giants of grain trading, has agreed to a merger with Glencore, CPP Investments, and BCI-backed Viterra, creating a global powerhouse. Glencore acquired Viterra in 2012 for CAD6.1 bi
Read moreHancock Prospecting Group Acquires Moolan Downs, Ottley Station From Packhorse for A$80M
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Packhorse Pastoral Company Australia (PPCA) launched in Australia in 2021 with its eye set on building a $1 billion portfolio of regenerative cattle properties by 2027 that would play a critical role in carbon sequestration and addressing climate change. The plan called for pro
Read moreJLL Agribusiness Manages Sale of Entire Queensland-Based Carson Family Portfolio
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media After nearly 50 years in the hands of the same family, JLL Agribusiness has managed the sale of the entire 18,000-plus hectare (44,924-acre) Carson Family Portfolio (Ooraine Pastoral Company) located near the township of Dirranbandi on the lower Balonne floodplain in southwest Queensland, Au
Read moreSolum Partners Closes Fund II Oversubscribed at $850M
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Solum Partners began at the height of the pandemic, in October of 2020, when Harvard University’s $41.9 billion endowment spun off its natural resources portfolio and team into a new independently managed firm focused on investment opportunities in the global agriculture and food spaces.
Read moreFarmland’s Inflation-hedging Characteristics: A Comprehensive Analysis of Different Crop Types’ Responses to an Inflationary Environment
Contributed content from Weiyi Zhang, Ph.D., Senior Agricultural Economist, Manulife Investment Management Farmland is often considered to be a real asset class that provides investors with attractive risk-adjusted returns, portfolio diversification benefits, and access to natural resources with sustainable management practices in addi
Read moreKilter Rural Launching Evergreen A$500M Kilter Agriculture Fund
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Founded in 2004 with an initial investment of $175 million from Vic Super, Kilter Rural is self-described as “a specialist manager, dedicated to investment in Australian real assets of farmland, water, and ecosystem services”. With 30 years of experience in sustainable farmland and wa
Read moreHighlight: Third Annual Peoples Company’s National Land Values Report
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media It all starts with land - Peoples Company Peoples Company is one of the U.S.’s leading land brokerage, management, appraisal, energy management, crop insurance, and capital markets providers. Having established strong relationships through the industry with a coast-to-coast footprin
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