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We take a look at farmland buy-and-lease done differently in part three of our Deep Dive; NZ Super Fund wants to double in size every decade; Roc Partners is to continue pre-marketing of Food Fund II into 2025; UN climate funds fail to reach grassroots farming worldwide, and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only.
Farmland buy-and-lease meets infrastructure in the second part of our Deep Dive; BNPP AM hits $130 million first close for debut forestry fund; BTG Pactual raises $500 million for $1 billion forestry vehicle; Area One Farms reaches C$127 million first close on Fund V; Gresham House appoints global director of natural capital, and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only.
We take a look inside Ceres Partners' 17-year-old open-end farmland fund as we kick off our three-part Deep Dive into the investment strategy; Pymwymic and Intudo take $195 million across three respective funds; Trafigura partners with Temasek’s GenZero on nature-based solutions, and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only.
Field Notes: IFC seeks partners to double its annual agribusiness investment; weighing the impact...
IFC seeks partners to double its annual agribusiness investment; weighing the impact of a Trade War II; Agri Investor Awards nominations window closes on Friday; Ceres Partners makes two hires as it pushes into US water investment; 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.
Aviva Investors launches Carbon Removal Fund; Craigmore Sustainables forestry funds hits NZ$100 million; Agri Investor Global Awards close for entries in two weeks; Foreign investment in Australian ag and forestry investment falls from A$8.5 billion to A$5.3 billion; Pollination and Howden examine the role of insurance in nature finance, 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.
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.