By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Power Sustainable is a global, multi-platform alternative asset manager with offices in Canada, China, and the U.S. investing in companies working toward decarbonization, social progress, quality growth, and ultimately the delivery of returns. With CAD$4.2 billion (US$3.34 billion) in AUM, Power Sustainable has been deploying patient capital in a […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media A number of factors have made commercial forestry investments attractive to institutional investors. But Scottish independent fund manager Par Equity has found that high-net worth individuals are also increasingly looking to commit capital to the climate friendly asset class. As a specialist forestry investor, Par Equity stated that individual […]
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”. Currently, Kilter Rural manages 12,000 hectares of farmland across northern Victoria and has more than […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Headquartered in Sydney since its inception in 2005, New Forests is a certified B corporation with operations in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and the U.S. offering high-impact strategies in sustainable forestry and its related sectors. Today, it is the second largest forestry investment manager in the world, and […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Within days of each other, two major U.S. pension funds committed capital exceeding $500 million to ag-focused investment funds. The Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association (LACERA) has deployed a total investment of $456 million to TIAA-CREF Global Agriculture Funds, committing $191 million to TIAA-CREF Global Agriculture, and another […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Launched by siblings Joelle and Benji Faulkner, Canadian private equity firm Area One Farms bridges the gap between agriculture and equity by creating joint venture partnerships with farming operations looking to expand, but that do not want to take on large amounts of bank debt. Understanding that it’s often […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Manulife Investment Management announced the launch of the Manulife Real Asset Investment Fund – a vehicle through which accredited Canadian investors can gain exposure to a mixture of global private and public real asset investment opportunities. Managed by Manulife’s Multi-Assets Solutions Team, headed by Eric Menzer, senior portfolio manager, […]
photo credit: Mitsui By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Japan’s Mitsui & Co. announced it has invested in an Australia-based carbon offset fund jointly developed with New Forests, which will manage the fund. This New Forests and Mitsui initiative is where investment has arrived,” said Dayne Johnson, partner with HWL Ebsworth, advisor to New Forests […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Namibian private equity firm Eos Capital has had a first close at $5.7 million in capital commitments for its Euphrates Agri Fund. Founded in 2015, Eos Capital is a 100 percent Namibian owned, woman-led, ethically diverse fund manager with more than N$1 billion (US$62 million) in AUM across its […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media INVL Asset Management, one of the top asset management companies in Lithuania, has sold its INVL Baltic Forests Fund I portfolio consisting of 1,300 hectares of forests in the country of Lithuania for EUR 7.5 million (US$8.5 million). The fund’s entire forest portfolio was owned by Šiluona UAB, which […]
