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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 investors and financial advisors an […]

Solum 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. This spin-out of its natural […]

Farm Capital Launches $100M Agro-Industrial RE Fund in Mexico

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media As is often the case, potential cannot be realized without the necessary logistics and framework to support it. Latin America currently accounts for 16 percent of the world’s total food exports, a figure that the UN FAO expects to increase to 25 percent by 2028. And, as food security […]

Harvard Spins Out Natural Resources Into New Investment Management Firm, Solum Partners

By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Harvard University’s $41.9 billion endowment is spinning off its natural resources portfolio and team to launch Solum Partners, an independent management firm focused on investment opportunities in the global agriculture and food industries. The company will target large-scale, efficient ag production assets that present potential for vertical integration into […]