PSP Investments Executes Two Major Australian Ag Deals With Combined Value of A$250M
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Canada’s PSP Investments, the fourth-largest pension manager in the world with a total CAD$243.7 billion (US$177.4 billion) in AUM and a Natural Resources Group with CAD$12.3 billion (US$8.95 billion) of net AUM as of March 31, 2023, has recently executed two major agricultural investments
Read moreManulife Investment Management White Paper – Regenerative Agriculture: Definition, Implementation, and Impact
Brent McGowanManaging Director, Global Head of Agricultural Operations Weiyi Zhang, Ph.D.,Associate Director, Agricultural Economics Hannah BarkanManager, Impact Investing & Natural Climate SolutionsFeeding a growing population in a world of increasingly scarce natural resources will require sustainable solutions, which is where reg
Read morePeoples Company – White Paper: The Evolution of Farmland as an Institutional Asset
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Although farmland is a fairly new asset class - not playing a role in institutional asset allocation strategies in any major way prior to the Great Financial Crisis of 2008 - market conditions, global socio-economic and political developments, and the inherent risk-return benefits associated
Read moreRoyal London Joint Venture Executes Largest UK Farmland Deal, Acquires 21,000 Ac for £260M Deal
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media On behalf of Royal London, Royal London Asset Management announced it has acquired 21,000 acres of high-quality farmland through a joint venture with South Yorkshire Pension Authority (SYPA) for £260 million (US$328.75 million). As part of the deal, the farmland’s management comp
Read moreMad Capital Launches $50M Perennial Fund II to Scale Regenerative Organic Ag in U.S.
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Mad Capital has launched its $50 million Perennial Fund II (PFII) with early capital commitments from Builders Vision, The Rockefeller Foundation, the Schmidt Family Foundation, Zellis Family Foundation, Zarpet Family Foundation, Matthew Zell Family Foundation, Lacebark Investments, and nine
Read moreNew Forests Deploys Final Investment for its A$866M ANZFF 3
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Within weeks of nature-based real asset and natural capital strategies manager New Forests making its first investment through its Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2 (TAFF2), New Forests has now made its final capital investment for its A$866 Australia New Zealand Forest Fund 3 (ANZFF3). Marking
Read moreCibus Capital Closes Cibus Fund II and Cibus Enterprise Fund II at a Combined $645M
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Specialist Investment advisory firm Cibus Capital announced the successful close of Cibus Fund II (CF II) - its second mid-market private equity fund - with over US$510 million in capital commitments, and Cibus Enterprise Fund II (CE II) - its second venture fund - with more than $135 millio
Read moreGresham House Launches $380M Biodiversity Fund Anchored by Willis Towers Watson
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Gresham House has launched the Gresham House Biodiversity Co-Invest LP (GHBC), a new sector specialist strategy to accelerate the deployment of nature-based solutions to mitigate biodiversity loss while gaining strong financial returns. Anchoring the strategy, which has a funding go
Read moreRest Super Makes its First Alternative Impact Investment in Cibus Fund II
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Rest Super (Rest), one of Australia’s largest profit-to-member superannuation funds with 1.9 million members and more than A$80 billion (US$52.3 billion) in global AUM, has made its first alternative asset class impact investment in Cibus Fund II. Advised by London-based Cibus Cap
Read moreScottish Borders Council Partners With Nuveen’s Timberland Fund for First Natural Capital Investment
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The Scottish Borders Council Pension Fund has partnered with Nuveen to make its first natural capital investment by backing Nuveen’s flagship Global Timberland strategy, while noting the potential for future allocations across Nuveen’s Natural Capital platform in both forestry and farmla
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