Clare Pennington
Peace negotiations between the government and the guerilla group Farc were already an important factor in encouraging new investment in Colombian agriculture and forestry, and investors are still relying on their ultimate success.
US firm Paine & Partners has invested in the sector on the back of growing regulation and consolidation prospects.
Gladstone continues to invest in almond production, this time buying properties with well-developed trees already on-site.
The firm, previously known as UBS AgriVest, now has assets under management of $1.2 billion but still believes row commodity crop farmland is too expensive.
We ask TIAA’s Justin Ourso about where the $639 billion manager is focusing geographically, why it’s walked away from some Australia deals and how it approaches risk in emerging markets.
The Gunn Agri Cattle Fund has grown in gross asset value to A$96.9m after only two quarters of operation.
The firm is considering investing up to a quarter of mid-cap buyout Fund VI in food and agribusiness, and is already looking at deals.
The EBRD says it is focusing on climate-change friendly solutions in Morocco and the surrounding region in the lead up to COP22 in Marrakesh this year.
A Timberland Investment Resources partner, TIR Europe's strategy is to anchor the fund with core assets in the US Southeast, as well as considering a strategic opportunities in Europe, South America, Australia and New Zealand.
We talk to Australian impact investment firm Blue River’s co-chief executive Craig Shapiro about why his firm's buyout of Fonterra subsidiary Wagga Wagga is a safe bet, and what makes his firm an impact investment rather than private equity house.