In case you missed it, last week Agri Investor held its inaugural Australia Forum in Melbourne, hosting nearly 200 investors, fund managers, government officials, consultants and corporates.
A sixth-generation farmer talks family offices, strategy, returns and time frames.
Stafford Capital Partners closed its $484m timberland fund of funds at the end of May. Partner Thomas Goodrich talks about the maturation of timberland as an asset class and why inefficiences in the sector make secondaries a good opportunity.
The joint venture between Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board and established farming family business Hewitt Cattle highlights various key aspects of agri investing in Australia.
Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, has €6 billion to allocate and is looking for opportunities in food and agriculture, according to Cathal Fitzgerald, head of food and agriculture investments at ISIF.
Many corporate and institutional investments into Australian agriculture have not performed well compared to the returns achieved by the family farm, argues David Cornish, principal at Cornish Consultancy.
The advice from BDO’s executive director of international business Cameron MacMillan comes ahead of an expected free trade agreement between Australia and India next year.
What questions should agri investors should ask themselves before constructing an agri portfolio?
LPs are raising the stakes on GPs’ responsible investment policies. Managers that haven’t yet responded will need to do so soon, including smaller ones with limited budgets, argues Kelly Holman, senior reporter at Private Equity International in New York.
Lincoln Moore, executive director at the AIM-listed Cote d'Ivoire palm oil producer, tells Agri Investor why the company turned to the public markets to raise money for its mills.