August 31, 2018

A new breed of alternative investor is emerging in Japan with an eye on yield, an appetite for long horizons, and an expectation of a sound ESG strategy. Investments in agriculture epitomize opportunities featuring these attributes. In April of this year Nippon Life Insurance Company set precedent by committing AUD 119 million to Hancock Natural Resources for farmland investment in Australia.

At Global AgInvesting Asia 2018 in Tokyo, Nippon Life Insurance Company, SEIRYU Asset Management, Pantheon Ventures and Albourne Partners Japan will share their views on how the Japanese Institutional Investing community should approach agriculture investments. The audience of Japanese pensions, insurance companies, banks and asset managers will be listening. It is not often we have the opportunity to witness the dawn of an asset class being embraced by an investment community of this scale and sophistication. Join us in Tokyo from 2-3 October to participate in the evolution. www.gai-asia.com

Jared Rose, Managing Director, Global AgInvesting