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Fiera Comox lays out the roadmap to deal execution with Indigenous groups; Agri Investor Global Awards 2024 open for submissions; how Farmland Partners’ $289m portfolio sale to Farmland Reserve materialized; Forestry-Linked Securities looks to exit its portfolio via securitization; NZ Super Fund appoints co-CIOs, and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only. Tips and feedback to: binyamin.a@pei.group.
Macdoch eyes growth agtech VC funds; El Salvador completes $1 billion DFN swap for the Lempa River; Australian farmland values rise as transaction volumes fall; Earth’s water systems are in danger says Global Commission on the Economics of Water; New Zealand is set to relax its overseas investment policy, and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only.
Butterfly Equity eyes co-investors to take Duckhorn to 'the next level' following $1.95 billion deal; Conservation Resources hits $80 million first close on its Forest Fund VII; England’s natural capital classified as being in high or medium risk; Rabobank warns of the need to stimulate pistachio demand ahead of massive supply, and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only.
Agri Investor’s 2024 Forestry report is now available to download; Acre Impact Capital secures $25 million commitment from US DFC; Morgan Stanley IM closes $750 million climate fund; S2G Ventures report warns ‘enabling ecosystem’ is critical to global resource efficiency, and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only.
Sustainable timberland investments offer investors traditional portfolio diversification benefits alongside new opportunities for positive impacts, say Manulife’s Thomas Sarno, David Fortin and Mary Ellen Aronow.
The increasing demand for wood products drives investor interest toward the timberland investable universe, writes Nuveen’s head of research and strategy Gwen Busby.
Various standards are emerging as regulatory bodies look to standardize conservation and carbon credit quality.
Inside: The green goldmine – why investors are turning to timber?; Reforestation and agroforestry in focus; Plus expert comment from Nuveen and Manulife Investment Management; And much more…
The AFF 20 reveals the biggest agri-food and forestry fund managers; BTG’s LatAm reforestation strategy takes a $55m commitment; Britain’s Crown Estate acquires a 2,552-acre rural asset; Mombak sells 50,000 carbon credits to Google; ING’s five lessons for adapting farming to climate change, and more. Here's your start-the-week brief for valued subscribers only from the Agri Investor editors.
CDPQ acquires Chinook Forest Partners; BTG’s Reforestation Fund sells 1.3m carbon credits to tech giant Meta; Australian farmland returns hit new low in Q2; Leaps by Bayer releases Ag Playbook for start-ups; Climate Asset Management appoints new non-executive chair, and more. Here's your start-the-week brief for valued subscribers only from the Agri Investor editors.